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06 Oct 2023

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Alumni Spotlight

Nicolas Fayad MArch II ’10 Studio Awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022

Sarah Cowles MLA ’05 and Ben Hackenberger MLA ’20 Firm Ruderal Featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine

Vaissnavi Shukl MDes ’20 Awarded Graham Foundation Grant

Joaquín Pérez-Goicoechea MArch ’02 and Nasser B. Abulhasan MArch ’02/DDes ’07 Firm Wins Public Competition

Lauren McClellan MArch ‘16 Launches Threshold Office

Flatland by Mais al Azab MArch ’11 Recognized at 2022 Tamayouz Excellence Awards

Several Alumni Collaborate on newly published “Landscape Approach: From Local Communities to Territorial Systems”

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28 August 2023

A Message to Architecture Alumni from Grace La MArch ’95, Chair of the Department of Architecture and Professor of Architecture

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18 July 2023

Honoring the 2023 GSD Alumni Council Award Winners

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12 June 2023

Student Story: Maggie Musante MArch I ’24

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Sep 21

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#Repost from @gsd.bid ・・・ TOMORROW! The Black in Design conference, organized by the Harvard Graduate School of Design African American Student Union @gsdaasu, recognizes the contributions of the African diaspora to the design fields and promotes discourse around the agency of the design professions to address and dismantle the institutional barriers faced by Black communities. Yaad, ile, lakay. All languages have a word for home, shelter, a claim to a place, to a delineated territory of heritage. However, the experience of Black people across the world has created a unique yet divergent practice of creating and claiming home. This year’s Black in Design conference explores the Black home’s multidimensionality — as a literal structure that shelters, as a reflection of culture and traditions, and as spaces that are not entirely physical. The conference brings together keynote panels, workshops, and conversations that discuss and expand these themes with different thought leaders involved in designing and creating various interpretations of Black homes. The goal is to establish a broader understanding and alternate ways of experiencing the Black home in an effort to reinforce the ideals of Black communities living across the country and larger diaspora and to help plan for the future. For more, choose "Events" in our #LinkInBio! Illustration by Diego Justino __ #BiDConference2023 #BiD2023 #BlackHome2023 #HarvardGSD #Design
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Sep 17

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Are you a Harvard University student or alum interested in a career in climate and sustainability? Or an employer interested in sharing career opportunities with Harvard students and alumni? Register now for the @HarvardSalata Climate and Sustainability Career Expo on 12/1. Link to register in bio. #HarvardGSD #Climate #Sustainability #HarvardAlumni
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Sep 15

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2024-2025 applications are LIVE! Head to “Admissions” at our #LinkInBio for more information, and make sure to follow @gsdadmissions! #HarvardGSD #Architecture #LandscapeArchitecture #UrbanPlanning #UrbanDesign #Design #DesignEngineering #RealEstate
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Sep 14

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In an upcoming episode of ON CITIES @oncitiespodcast, host Carie Penabad (MAUD ‘98, partner at @cureandpenabad with Adib Cure MAUD ‘98) engages in a lively conversation with Mohsen Mostafavi. Together, they delve into the rich tapestry of Japan’s social and physical environments, exploring their historical underpinnings, current practices and future possibilities. The podcast will be available Friday, September 15th, at 11:00 AM EST on the Voice America Variety Channel https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/4119/on-cities (or you can connect on your favorite podcast platform). Mohsen Mostafavi, architect and educator, is the Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design and Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, and served as Dean of the GSD from 2008-2019. His work focuses on modes and processes of urbanization and on the interface between technology and aesthetics. 🖼️ Portrait of Mohsen Mostafavi by @chidywayne #HarvardGSD #MohsenMostafavi #Architecture #Japan
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Sep 12

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Have you passed by In and Out of Boxes (2023) in the back yard of GSD? From the creators: "Instead of using AI to dream new forms, we asked, what if we used it as the world’s biggest audience? What if AI were the client? As architects and fabricators, we have plenty of ideas for buildings. What’s more mysterious to us is how people react to these, interpret and desire them. If the large language models are compilations of our collective writing, it makes sense to think of them as an aggregate of how people see, interpret, and judge. That’s how we used ChatGPT: as a mass client. The LADG input various prompts into ChatGPT to generate a story/narrative, from which they interpreted a design response in Rhino — a series of modules that alternate between normative boxes and unfolded 'boxes' each unleashed from their linear, orthogonal constraints in a different way." Design The LADG (@the_ladg) Associate Professor Andrew Holder Claus Benajmin Freyinger Fabrication and Software Development STUD-IO Construction (@studio.construction) Installation and Construction Windover Construction (@windover_construction) Corporate and Industrial Partners AutoDesk (@autodesk) Howick LTD (@howickltd) #HarvardGSD #Design #Architecture
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Sep 5

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📚 Have a great first day of class!! 📸: Justin Knight #HarvardGSD #Architecture #LandscapeArchitecture #UrbanDesign #UrbanPlanning #RealEstate #DesignEngineering #Design
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Sep 2

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"Projects that go through impact review should be deemed to comply with zoning, regardless of whether they conform to the rules. The uniform zoning rules would still apply to homeowners, small business, people doing small, simple things that don’t warrant impact review, but even they could opt in. And, by the way, the rules should be more permissive, especially of multi-family housing, given Boston’s housing shortage." GSD’s Matthew Kiefer argues for a more flexible—and democratic—approach to urban development in this interview (read more at our #LinkInBio)! #HarvardGSD #UrbanPlanning #UrbanDesign #RealEstate #Boston
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Aug 31

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🎙 New episode of our podcast Talking Practice! Host Grace La @ladallmanarchitects interviews Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee, partners and co-founders of Johnston Marklee @johnstonmarklee and Professors in Practice of Architecture at the GSD. Sharon and Mark discuss the beginning of their partnership, which is deeply rooted in a shared connection to Los Angeles. The pair reflect on the demands of oscillating between project types– designing for single-family homes and for institutionally scaled projects– explaining how this spectrum of work influences their working dynamic and office culture. They provide insights into the “art of finding the problem” and how they foster an economy of means through strategies for building components. Mark and Sharon also describe their interest in exhibitions and the significance of interiors. ⁣⁣ Listen at #LinkInBio or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!⁣ ⁣ [Video description: A white waveform moves across a black background as captions appear at the bottom. Also pictured are headshots of Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee.]⁣ ⁣ --⁣ ⁣ #HarvardGSD #TalkingPracticePodcast #Architecture #GraceLa #LosAngeles
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