Class of 2014

Three Alumni Win the Architectural League Prize of New York 2022

Three alumni have been named winners of the 2022 Architectural League Prize of New York. The Architectural League Prize is an annual competition, lecture series, and exhibition organized by The Architectural League and its Young Architects and Designers Committee. The winners’ lectures and installations provide a lively public forum for the discussion of their work and ideas. These winners will create installations of their work onsite at a location of their choice or in a digital format to be presented in an online exhibition on archleague.org, opening June 14th, 2002. This year’s theme of the League Prize: Grounding.

Congratulations to:

Francisco Quinones MArch ’14, Departamento del Distrito
Maggie Tsang MDes ’19, Dept.
Isaac Stein MLA ’20, MDes ’20, Dept.

To learn more about each winning project, please visit:
Dept.
Departamento del Distrito

Visit here for the full list of 2022 Awardees.

 

 

 

posted May, 2022

Chana Haouzi MArch ’14 Honored with 2022 AIA Young Architects Award

Chana Haouzi MArch ’14 has been honored with a 2022 AIA Young Architect Award.  Each year, the Young Architects Award honors individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the architecture profession early in their careers.

As the article states, “In order to bring new communities into architecture, we also need new models of leadership who translate skill and experience to communities to help those communities realize their visions—Chana embodies this new spirit of leadership.”

For more information about Chana, visit here.

posted April, 2022

Three Alumni Named as The Architectural League’s Annual Emerging Voices Award Winners 2022

Three Alumni have been named in The Architectural League’s annual Emerging Voices Awards. This award spotlights North American individuals and firms with distinct design voices that have the potential to influence the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. The jury reviews significant bodies of realized work and considers accomplishments within design and academia.

The work of each Emerging Voice represents the best of its kind and addresses larger issues within architecture, landscape, and the built environment.

Congratulations to:

Alumni Council Member Paola Aguirre Serrano MAUD ’11 , Borderless Studio
Alumni Council Member Sekou Cooke  MArch ’14 , sekou cooke STUDIO
Daniel Adams MAR ’05, Landing Studio

Visit here for the full list of 2022 Awardees.

posted February, 2022

DAAM, led by Elyse Agnello MArch ’14 and Alex Shelly MArch ’13, Recognized as Design Vanguard 2021 by Architectural Record

DAAM has been recognized as one of Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard winners for 2021. The annual award series by Architectural Record showcases the best emerging architecture firms from around the world. DAAM is a Chicago-based architecture and design practice led by Elyse Agnello MArch ’14 and Alex Shelly MArch ’13. Recent projects encompass a variety of scales, from objects and material investigations to residential, commercial, and community-based projects. Read the full press release.

Find DAAM on Instagram.

posted June, 2021

Sekou Cooke MArch ’14 Named a W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellow at The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research

Sekou Cooke MArch ’14 has been named a W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellow at The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University as part of its 2021-2022 class of Fellows. Cooke is Assistant Professor at Syracuse University School of Architecture and a member of the GSD’s Alumni Council. In residence as a Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellow for the 2021-2022 academic year, Cooke will be at work on 3D Turntables Remix: The Architectural Technology of Hip-Hop.

Find Sekou Cooke on Instagram at sekou21.

posted June, 2021

Virtual Symposium Co-Organized by Katie MacDonald MArch ’16 Hosts Presentations from GSD Alumni

Projecting Fellows, a symposium which brings together fellows from American architecture schools to explore the emergent interests of a new generation of architects and academics, launches on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. Co-organized by Katie MacDonald MArch ‘16, the free, virtual, five-evening series ran on Tuesday evenings from January 5 to February 2, 2021 and included presentations by Zannah Matson MLA ‘15, Eduardo Mediero MArch ‘19, and Zahra Safaverdi MArch ’17. The events roster of moderators includes Sekou Cooke MArch ’14 and Felipe Correa MAUD ’03.

Videos of all of the symposium events can be viewed for free on demand from the Projecting Fellows website.

posted February, 2021

Jennifer Ly MArch ’14 and James Leng MArch ’13 Receive Graham Foundation Grant

Jennifer Ly MArch ’14 and James Leng MArch ’13 were recipients of a Graham Foundation grant for their project “Veil Craft,” an architectural installation that reimagines Los Angeles’ Craft Contemporary courtyard.

According to the Graham Foundation website, the project utilizes, “construction scaffolding textiles [to explore] untapped aesthetic potentials of this utilitarian material and activate the public’s interest in the overlooked materiality of our built environment.”

For a full description of the project and Jennifer and James’ work together, visit the Graham Foundation’s site.

posted February, 2021

Cohort of GSD Alumni Selected as Finalists in “Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge” Competition

A team including five GSD alumni have been selected as finalists in a competition held by the New York City Council and the Van Alen Institute to reimagine New York’s Brooklyn Bridge as a friendlier experience for cyclists and pedestrians. The design team includes Wendy Wang MLA ’14, Cy Zhang MLA/MLAUD ’20, Vita Wang MArch ’19, Jeremy Pi MUP ’19, and Minzi Long MAUD/MDes ’20 along with designers Shannon Hasenfratz and Andrew Nash. 

The team’s proposal, “Bridge X,” reimagines the upper and lower decks for greater pedestrian and cyclist access, to make room for vendors and small businesses, and to offer new modes of engagement with the bridge. The proposal uses digital tools and design interventions that enable visitors to engage with the bridge in new ways, while the bridge itself evolves in response to public feedback and adapts over time. The team submitted their proposal via Wang’s ScenesLab, which she founded as a platform for experimentation and research.

More information about the competition and the “Bridge X” proposal are available in an article on the GSD website.

 

posted August, 2020

Seventeen GSD Alumni Elevated to AIA Fellows 2020

Alexandra A. Barker, FAIA, AB ’93, MArch ’98 Andrew Vernooy, FAIA, MDes ’91 Ellis (Lanny) McIntosh, FAIA, AMDP ’14 Eric Haas, FAIA, MArch ’93 Javier Arizmendi, FAIA, MArch ’91 Jay Valgora, FAIA, MArch ’88 Katherine W. Faulkner, FAIA, MArch ’93 Kenneth J. Jandura, FAIA, MAUD ’78 Michael E. Tingley, FAIA, MArch ’89 Neal J.Z. Schwartz, FAIA, MArch ’92, MPP ’92 Philip B. Chen, FAIA, MArch ’96 Roger Sherman, FAIA, MArch ’85 Scott K. Henson, FAIA, MArch ’98 Susannah C. Drake, FAIA, MArch ’95, MLA ’95 Tom Sungjin Chung, FAIA, MArch ’99 Warren A. Techentin, FAIA, MArch ’95, MAUD ’95 Yanel E. De Angel Salas, FAIA, MDes ’06

Seventeen GSD alumni have been elevated by the 2020 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to its prestigious College of Fellows. The honor recognizes architects who have “achieved a standard of excellence in the profession and made a significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level.”

The GSD congratulates:

  • Alexandra A. Barker, FAIA, AB ’93, MArch ’98
  • Andrew Vernooy, FAIA, MDes ’91
  • Ellis (Lanny) McIntosh, FAIA, AMDP ’14
  • Eric Haas, FAIA, MArch ’93
  • Javier Arizmendi, FAIA, MArch ’91
  • Jay Valgora, FAIA, MArch ’88
  • Katherine W. Faulkner, FAIA, MArch ’93
  • Kenneth J. Jandura, FAIA, MAUD ’78
  • Michael E. Tingley, FAIA, MArch ’89
  • Neal J.Z. Schwartz, FAIA, MArch ’92, MPP ’92
  • Philip B. Chen, FAIA, MArch ’96
  • Roger Sherman, FAIA, MArch ’85
  • Scott K. Henson, FAIA, MArch ’98
  • Susannah C. Drake, FAIA, MArch ’95, MLA ’95
  • Tom Sungjin Chung, FAIA, MArch ’99
  • Warren A. Techentin, FAIA, MArch ’95, MAUD ’95
  • Yanel E. De Angel Salas, FAIA, MDes ’06

For the full list of 2020 Fellows, visit the AIA website.

posted April, 2020

Harvard GSD Alumni from Puerto Rico Write Letter Protesting Against Land Use and Zoning Board

Pedro Manuel Cardona Roig MAUD ‘91 Hugo Colón MLA ‘13 Manuel Antonio Colón Amador MLA ‘14 Irene Figueroa-Ortiz MUP & March I ‘15 Nataniel Fúster MAUD ’96 & DDes ‘99 Fabiola Guzmán Rivera March I ‘18 Yanick Lay Fumero MLA ‘18 Eduardo M. Llinás Messeguer MAUD ‘13 Maria Victoria Mateo MLA ‘11 Oscar Oliver Didier MAUD ‘06 Judith Rodríguez MLA & MAUD ‘13 Gabriella S. Rodríguez MLA & MAUD ‘16 Ángel Y. Rodríguez Colón MAUD ‘11 Joanna Rodriguez-Noyola MArch I ‘14 Héctor Tarrido-Picart MAUD & MLA ‘15 José Juan Terrasa Soler MLA ‘07 Emmanuel Torres MAUD ‘14

17 Harvard GSD Alumni from Puerto Rico have assembled as a group to protest the limited civic engagement and transparency in the reviewal process behind the adoption of significant and potentially detrimental changes to the island’s Zoning Maps, led by the Planning Board of Puerto Rico. Together, they wrote an open letter to María del C. Gordillo Pérez, chairwoman of the Planning Board.

The group is made up of the following alumni:

Pedro Manuel Cardona Roig MAUD ’91

Hugo Colón MLA ’13

Manuel Antonio Colón Amador MLA ’14

Irene Figueroa-Ortiz MUP & March I ’15

Nataniel Fúster MAUD ’96 & DDes ’99

Fabiola Guzmán Rivera March I ’18

Yanick Lay Fumero MLA ’18

Eduardo M. Llinás Messeguer MAUD ’13

Maria Victoria Mateo MLA ’11

Oscar Oliver Didier MAUD ’06

Judith Rodríguez MLA & MAUD ’13

Gabriella S. Rodríguez MLA & MAUD ’16

Ángel Y. Rodríguez Colón MAUD ’11

Joanna Rodriguez-Noyola MArch I ’14

Héctor Tarrido-Picart MAUD & MLA ’15

José Juan Terrasa Soler MLA ’07

Emmanuel Torres MAUD ’14

In the past months there was a recent upsurge in democratic mobilization to demand transparency and democracy in the way politics and business are conducted in Puerto Rico. This led to the recent resignation of Governor Ricardo Roselló and will likely lead to fundamental changes to the political and institutional structures of the Caribbean island.

While these mass civil protests were taking place, the Planning Board of Puerto Rico conducted most of the public hearings for first-time proposed major revisions to the Zoning Maps. In addition, the Planning Board failed to provide key information and a suitable timeline for a comprehensive examination by all the parties affected by the zoning changes, including the island’s 78 municipalities. Some of these zoning changes go against the interest of vulnerable communities, the ones most affected by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017.

To read the letter in Spanish click here and for English click here

posted August, 2019

European Forum Alpbach Recognizes Lukas Pauer MAUD ’14 as Emerging Leader

Lukas Pauer MAUD ’14

The European Forum Alpbach (EFA) recognized Lukas Pauer MAUD ’14 as Emerging Leader. Lukas is the Founding Director of the Vertical Geopolitics Lab, an undisciplined non-profit think-tank and investigative design practice dedicated to the interrogation of cross-scalar agency to expose hidden systems and intangible agenda within the built environment. At the upcoming EFA Alpbach in Motion Summit, a get-together for next gen leaders in a solution-focused dialogue around changes for the European economic system, Lukas will critically discuss the role of physical infrastructure in the making of economies and social relations.

Established in 1945, EFA is an interdisciplinary annual forum for science, politics, business, and culture, connecting international decision-makers from all sectors of society to address the relevant socio-political questions of our time. The EFA Alpbach in Motion Summit connects committed people from various business backgrounds (start-ups, social enterprises, creative industries, etc) to impart knowledge of structural problems and to spark new ideas. As an incubator for new leadership, the summit aims to encourage its young leaders to bring change and new ways of acting into their industries and networks.

posted June, 2019

Sekou Cooke MArch ’14 Curates and Designs Center for Architecture Exhibition on Hip-Hop Architecture; Opening Reception Oct 1, 2018

Sekou Cooke MArch '14

Sekou Cooke MArch ’14 has curated and provided exhibition design for the upcoming AIA New York Center for Architecture show “Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture.” Opening on October 1, 2018, the exhibition explores the spaces produced from the expression of hip-hop and the people–students, academics, and practitioners–at the heart of this emerging architectural revolution. An opening reception is scheduled for October 1, 2018 (register).

Cooke is based in Syracuse, New York where he is Assistant Professor at Syracuse University School of Architecture and has a professional practice, sekou cooke STUDIO. His current research centers on the emergent field of Hip-Hop Architecture. He is a member of the GSD Alumni Council.

Image courtesy of the Center for Architecture.

posted September, 2018

Alumni Receive 2018 Graham Foundation Grants for Exhibitions, Publications, Research

Zeina Koreitem MDes '16, John May MArch '02, Eric Bunge MArch '96, Mimi Hoang MArch '98, Kenny Cupers PhD '10, Rami El Samahy MArch '00, Michael Kubo MArch '06, Alexander Robinson MLA '05, Neyran Turan DDes '09, Bradley Cantrell MLA '03, Marielsa Castro Vizcarra MDes '17, Brian Goldstein PhD '13, Ana Maria Leon Crespo MDes '01, Sun-Young Park MArch '08/PhD '14, Sara Zewde MLA '15

Fifteen designers, artists, historians, and others from the GSD alumni community have been selected to receive 2018 Graham Foundation Grants. Announced on April 5, the Graham Foundation’s 2018 Grants to Individuals present $534,850 in new grants to support 74 projects by 111 individuals and collaborators who are “engaging original ideas that advance our understanding of the designed environment,” the Foundation writes.

Alumni projects include exhibitions, publications, and research. Among the winners are GSD faculty Zeina Koreitem MDes ’16 and John May MArch ’02, who received a grant for the exhibition “Under Present Conditions,” produced through their Los Angeles-based firm, MILLIØNS. (“Under Present Conditions” will be on view at the A+D Museum in Los Angeles from January 11 through April 26, 2019.)

The funded projects were selected from over 600 proposals and represent a diverse group of individuals and collectives, including architects, artists, choreographers, historians, and filmmakers who hail from around the world.

Other GSD alumni awardees include:

Eric Bunge MArch ’96

Mimi Hoang GSD ’98

Kenny Cupers PhD ’10

Rami El Samahy MArch ’00

Michael Kubo MArch ’06

Alexander Robinson MLA ’05

Neyran Turan DDes ’09

Bradley Cantrell MLA ’03

Marielsa Castro Vizcarra MDes ’17

Brian Goldstein PhD ’13

Ana Maria Leon Crespo MDes ’01

Sun-Young Park MArch ’08/PhD ’14

Sara Zewde MLA ’15

Read the full list of 2018 Graham Foundation Grants to Individuals via the Graham Foundation’s announcement.

Image: MILLIØNS (Zeina Koreitem & John May), Collectives II, 2016–. Courtesy of the artists.

posted April, 2018

Sonja Cheng MArch ’15, Jennifer Ly MArch ’14 Win 2017 Burnham Prize

Sonja Cheng MArch '15, Jennifer Ly MArch '14

Sonja Cheng MArch ’15, Jennifer Ly MArch ’14, and Max Obata have been awarded first place in the 2017 Burnham Prize Competition: Under the Dome. Sponsored by the Chicago Architectural Club, this year’s competition asked designers to reconsider the relevance of the dome in the context of the abandoned St. Stephen’s Church in Chicago. The winning proposal, “New Waters” reconstructs the ground plane and dome to create a new public pool within the existing church – providing a new environment for recreation, relaxation and spectacle. The pool has the ability to regenerate the neighborhood while creating an intimate and playful public space. The public swimming pool has had a contested history in America dating back to the 19th century. It first emerged as a place for personal hygiene and then evolved into a site of public tension through gender, economic, and racial divide. Today, Chicago manages 49 outdoor pools and 28 indoor pools. The new pool joins this existing, established network, but offer a new spatial environment that juxtaposes between the new and the old.The jury members consisted of Penelope Dean, Sarah Herda, Sharon Johnston MArch ’95, and Brian Lee MArch ’78.

In conjunction with the 2017 Chicago Architectural Biennale, the winning proposal and other entries are exhibited at the Chicago Cultural Center through October 14th. More information here.

Images provided.

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posted October, 2017

Jennifer Ly MArch ’14 Named 2017 Rotch Scholar

Jennifer Ly M'Arch '14

Jennifer Ly MArch ’14 has won the 2017 Rotch Travelling Scholarship, an annual two-stage design competition that supports architecture research based travel for at least six months abroad. Managed by the Boston Society of Architects/AIA (BSA), this year’s competition garnered over 110 entries in the first stage and resulted in five finalists in the final stage. Ly was recognized for her project New Common. She currently lives in California and works for the firm Foster + Partners.

Images courtesy of Jennifer Ly.

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posted April, 2017

Linda Zhang MArch ’14 Named Harry der Boghosian Fellow by Syracuse University School of Architecture

Linda Zhang MArch '14

Linda Zhang MArch ’14 has been named the 2017-2018 Harry der Boghosian Fellow by Syracuse University School of Architecture. Established in 2015, the fellowship allows a junior faculty to spend a year working on design related research while teaching at the School. Zhang is currently a Fellow in Residence at the Center for Art and Urbanistics (ZK/U) in Berlin.

“I am humbled and honored to be awarded the Boghosian Fellowship,” says Zhang. “As an emerging practitioner early in my career, this is a unique and invaluable opportunity to work with students, faculty, and the Syracuse community to pursue my design research interest and propel it into unchartered territory.”

Read more here.

Photo courtesy of Archinect.

posted April, 2017

Bethany Lundell Garver MAUD ’14 Elected Northeast Regional Director of ACSA

Bethany Lundell Garver MAUD '14

Bethany Lundell Garver MAUD ’14 has been elected Northeast Regional Director of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit association of over 200 member schools. Her three-year term will begin on July 1, 2017.

Garver currently serves as education director at the Boston Architecture College where her responsibilities include leading the CityLab Intensive program. “I most look forward to joining the 23 other ACSA member schools throughout the Northeast by acting in response to these critical issues. Together, we can increase partnerships between the academy and practice, expand opportunities for design stewardship among diverse populations, and develop new educational models for a wide range of learners,” Garver told the BAC in an article about her ACSA appointment. Read the full BAC announcement here.

Image courtesy of the BAC.

posted March, 2017

Quardean Lewis-Allen MArch ’14 Named to Forbes ’30 Under 30’

Quardean Lewis-Allen MArch '14

Quardean Lewis-Allen MArch ’14 was named to the 2017 Forbes “30 Under 30” list in the Social Entrepreneurs category. He is the founder of Made in Brownsville, which brings mentors working in creative fields in New York City to train young people ages 14 to 24. Through 12-week apprenticeships, they’re taught skills in science, technology, math, art, or design.

posted January, 2017

Julie Kaufman MArch ’07 wins Rotch Prize, Jennifer Ly MArch ’14 Runner-Up

Julie Kaufman MArch ’07 and Jennifer Ly MArch ’14

Julie Kaufman MArch ’07  is the winner of the Rotch Prize. Kaufman, who works for BIG in New York, was last year’s runner-up. This year’s runner-up, Jennifer Ly MArch ’14, currently works for David Adjaye. Although many women have been awarded the Rotch Prize in the past, this is the first year where they have had women take both winner and runner-up places.

April 2015

posted December, 2016

Jihoon Kim MArch ’10, Pilsoo Maing MAUD ’11, Donghwan Moon MAUD ’11, and Taehyung Park MLA ’14 of Studio MMK + P Won Competition by Seoul Metropolitan Government

Jihoon Kim MArch ’10, Pilsoo Maing MAUD ’11, Donghwan Moon MAUD ’11, and Taehyung Park MLA ’14

Jihoon Kim MArch ’10, Pilsoo Maing MAUD ’11, Donghwan Moon MAUD ’11, and Taehyung Park MLA ’14 of Studio MMK + P have recently won an international competition by Seoul Metropolitan Government—the International Competition for Nodeul Dream Island. Nodeul Island is an artificial island situated on Han River in Seoul which has been abandoned and forgotten for about 40 years. The team will work on this symbolic project starting in August 2016.

August 2016

posted December, 2016

Conor O’Shea MLA ’12, MDes ’14 Appointed Visiting Assistant Professor at IIT

Conor O’Shea MLA '12, MDes ’14

Conor O’Shea MLA ’12, MDes ’14 has been appointed Visiting Assistant Professor in the Landscape Architecture Program in the College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, IL. Trained as a landscape architect and urbanist, Conor teaches design, history, and theory in IIT’s emerging landscape architecture program. His research focuses on logistics as a driver of contemporary urbanization and ecologies. For more information please visit: http://arch.iit.edu/study/mla.

September 2014

posted December, 2016

Anthony Khoi AMDP ’14 Featured in “Retail Leisure International Magazine”

Anthony Khoi AMDP '14

Anthony Khoi AMDP ’14, President and CEO of CEFIC and Aerium Turkey, is featured in the April 2015 issue of Retail Leisure International Magazine, one of the most well-known international publications focused on retail and retail real estate sectors. Read the article here.

posted December, 2016

Ling Fan DDes ’14 Selected as Aspen Institute China Fellow

Ling Fan DDes '14

Ling FanLing Fan DDes ’14, founder and CEO of Tezign.com, has been selected as an Aspen Institute China Fellow. This is a prestigious program “to energize China’s private sector business leaders to step up and build a progressive, prosperous ‘good’ society in an increasingly globalized world community.” Fan the first Fellow since its establishment with a design background. His works of environmental art and interaction design have been exhibited and published globally.

July 2016

posted December, 2016

Sekou Cooke MArch ’14 Highlighted in “Architectural Record”

Sekou Cooke MArch '14

Sekou Cooke MArch ’14, was highlighted by Architectural Record for “Making the Case for Hip-Hop Architecture,” mentioning his presentation, “Towards a Hip-Hop Architecture: New York Edition,” which was distilled from a two-day symposium held at Syracuse last March. “Hip-hop came out of very specific architectural space, Cooke said. The grid becomes this thing that’s confining, that now has to become a backdrop upon which to create a new identity.” Click here to read the article.

posted December, 2016

Kangil Ji MArch ’14, Jinhyun Jun MLA ’14, and Minkyung Song MAUD ’14 Win First Place in Sejong Daero Historical Cultural Space Design Competition

Kangil Ji MArch '14, Jinhyun Jun MLA '14, and Minkyung Song MAUD '14

A team of three GSD Alumni won first place in the “Sejong Daero Historical Cultural Space Design Competition” held by the Seoul Government. Kangil Ji MArch ’14, Jinhyun Jun MLA ’14, and Minkyung Song MAUD ’14 won with their entry, titled “Seoul Chronicle,” out of a field of 80 entries from 19 countries. The team previously won the Grand Price for the Seoul Urban Design Competition in 2013. For more information on the competition, click here.

posted December, 2016

Lukas Pauer MAUD ’14 Selected as Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum

Lukas Pauer MAUD ’14

Lukas Pauer MAUD ’14, currently working for Herzog & de Meuron Architekten in Switzerland, has been selected as Global Shaper (Founding Member) at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Shapers Bern Hub. The World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Shapers Community is a global network of city-based Hubs developed and led by people between the ages of 20 and 30 who have shown great potential for future leadership roles toward serving society. Global Shapers undertake projects to generate a positive impact within their local community.

March 2015

posted December, 2016

Jennifer Ly MArch ’14 Shortlisted in Architectural Review’s Global Architecture Graduate Awards

Jennifer Ly MArch ’14

Jennifer Ly MArch ’14 has been shortlisted for her thesis project “exabyte, zettabyte, yottabyte…” in the 2014 Architectural Review‘s Global Architecture Graduate Awards from over 650 international entries. This year’s competition jury comprised of Elia Zenghelis, Sam Jacob, Deborah Saunt and Alexandra Stara. Her thesis project, advised by Associate Professor Florian Idenburg, examines the civic role of contemporary digital infrastructure through a monument in Lower Manhattan.

January 2015

posted December, 2016

Ling Fan DDesS ’14 Named Inaugural Design Trust /M+ Design Fellow

Ling Fan DDesS ’14

Ling Fan DDesS ’14 was named the inaugural Design Trust /M+ design fellow. His project, titled “Hong Kong as an Archetype: Revisiting Modernist Ideas of the City and its Urban Forms,” was chosen out of 40 other applicants in the running. Fan will receive a monthly stipend of HK $40,000 for six months to focus on an archetypal interpretation of Hong Kong’s modernist urban forms. Exploring the dialectics surrounding the complex phenomenon of urbanization, poised between two major concepts of political power and economic power, Fan seeks to illuminate a critical understanding of the idea of a contemporary Chinese city in its varying incarnations.

December 2014

posted December, 2016

Heidi Cho MAUD ’14, MUP ’14, Edward Meng MUP ’14, and Tiffany Obser MArch ’14 Receive Impact KAEC Fellowship

Heidi Cho MAUD ’14, MUP ’14, Edward Meng MUP ’14, and Tiffany Obser MArch ’14

Recent grads Heidi Cho MAUD ’14, MUP ’14, Edward Meng MUP ’14, and Tiffany Obser MArch ’14 are taking part in an intense five months of work and research in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), Saudi Arabia, as part of the new Impact KAEC Fellowship. The trio are the first graduates to embark on the fellowship as part of New Cities Foundation’s Cityquest initiative to shape the future of brand new cities globally. The fellowship was designed as a unique opportunity for top international graduates to gain on-the-ground work experience in one of the most ambitious new city projects in the world. Meet the fellows and learn more about the initiative here.

November 2014

 

posted December, 2016

Lukas Pauer MAUD ’14 Appointed Co-Director for AA/RMIT Visiting School Broken Hill

Lukas Pauer MAUD ’14

Lukas Pauer MAUD ’14 has been appointed Co-Director for the AA/RMIT Visiting School Broken Hill with Fionnuala Heidenreich in Australia. The AA/RMIT Visiting School Broken Hill, jointly organized by the AA School of Architecture and RMIT University, will treat the remote and rural urbanscape of Broken Hill in the Australian New South Wales as a site of experimentation.

posted December, 2016

Simon Battisti MArch ’14 Selected for Fullbright U.S. Student Award

Simon Battisti MArch ’14

Simon Battisti MArch ’14 has been selected for a 2014-2015 Fulbright U.S. Student Award to Albania. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program of the United States, and Simon will join over 100,000 Fulbright U.S. Student Program alumni who have undertaken grants since the program began in 1948.

July 2014

posted December, 2016

Lukas Pauer MAUD ’14 Appointed Associate Lecturer at RMIT University

Lukas Pauer MAUD ’14

Lukas Pauer MAUD ’14 has been appointed Associate Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at RMIT University in Australia named ’globally renowned architect and urbanist’ and ‘youngest member of faculty’ (permanent staff) leading design studios, co-teaching history/theory seminars, supervising thesis students, and conducting original research.

posted December, 2016

GSD Alumni Win Field Constructs Design Competition

Bradley Cantrell, MLA '03, Stefano Andreani MDes '13, Craig Reschke MLA '15, Ziyi Zhang MLA '14, Jonathan A. Scelsa MAUD '11, Jennifer Birkeland MLA '11, and Erin Wythoff MLA '14

Invivia, the research and technology research lab featuring Bradley Cantrell MLA ’03, Associate Professor of Landscape Architectural Technology and Director of MLA Degree Program at the GSD; Allen Sayegh MDes ’96, Associate Professor in Practice of Architectural Technology at the GSD; Stefano Andreani MDes ’13; Craig Reschke MLA ’15; and Ziyi Zhang MLA ’14, was one of four winners of the Field Constructs Design Competition (FCDC) for their project “99 White Balloons.” FCDC invited architects and designers worldwide to share their most inventive ideas for a temporary outdoor installation that will be exhibited at the Circle Acres Nature Preserve in Austin, Texas. Other GSD-affiliated winners included Jonathan A. Scelsa MAUD ’11, Jennifer Birkeland MLA ’11,  and Erin Wythoff MLA ’14 for  their conception of “Duck Blind in Plain Site.” Read more about the competition and the winning ideas here.

August 2015

posted December, 2016