GSD Reunion Weekend 2018

The GSD Classes ending in 3′s and 8′s will be celebrating their reunions with a festive weekend in Cambridge, MA! Meet faculty and students, see how the GSD, Harvard Square, and Boston have changed, and reconnect with your classmates and fellow alumni. Spouses/guests welcome.

For questions, please contact [email protected]. 

• Share Your Photos

You can join the memories of photos to be shared during Reunion by uploading photos of you and your classmates during your time at the GSD.
Upload yours to this DropBox link or email [email protected]. Please label the photo file name with this naming convention:
• First Initial_Last Name_Degree_Year_Function (if known)
• Example: L_Grant_MArch_1996_Traylife

REUNION SCHEDULE

Schedule as of 8/8/2018; subject to change. Please refer to the final schedule in your registration packet for all locations.

Friday, October 12, 2018

2 p.m. – 6 p.m. Pre-Reunion: PRACTICE: Outside In | Inside Out

This symposium considers discourse on contemporary issues of design practice in two parts: external pressures of economic, environmental, and political systems, and internal forces, such as techniques, strategies, and new tools of design. Addressing the multifaceted nature of the profession, we will explore themes such as work and labor, tools and technology, and issues of ethics and agency as strategies for the design of practice. In exploring these themes, the symposium highlights potential avenues for the growth and constitution of practice, as well as the issues currently at stake within the profession. The following discussions confront pressing questions regarding the shifting responsibilities of design practice, and the future of practice itself. Click here to read more.

5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Registration Opens, Tours of the Trays and Special Collections
Druker Design Gallery

6:30 – 8:30 p.m. All Reunion Class Reception
Class members and their guests are welcome to reconnect.

8:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Dinner (by class, informal, and on own)

Saturday, October 13, 2018

8:00 a.m. Registration Opens

9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Class Breakfast and Pecha Kuchas
Enjoy time with your classmates over breakfast and learn what they’ve been up to over the years.

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Lunch

12:00 – 1:30 p.m. GSD Faculty Leadership Panel
Hear directly from faculty involved in the department’s direction, research and pedagogy, and recruitment and advising of current students.

1:45 – 4:45 p.m. Concurrent Tour Activities

Architectural Boat Tour – offering spectacular views of historic and contemporary architecture along Boston Harbor, the Charles River Locks, and the Charles River basin.
Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center – explore Harvard’s newly renovated campus center originally designed by Josep Lluís Sert in this tour led by Giles Moore, Director of Design Services, Harvard Planning Office.

6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Reunion Reception and Dinner
Return to Gund Hall and join us for a festive and celebratory dinner. Participate in photos taken by class, enjoy an evening with classmates and a time to reminisce and reconnect.

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Classes are free to organize informally – no scheduled program.

Tour a classmates’ project
Get brunch in the Square
Do a classic Boston activity as a group