Urban forestry is climate infrastructure hiding in plain sight - The Salata Institute
Contributors to the Boston and Cambridge urban forest plans explain how heat and historic disinvestment are guiding where canopy goes next.
The @harvardsalata.bsky.social highlights Amy Whitesides (design critic in landscape architecture at GSD), Max Piana (visiting lecturer in plant science and forest ecology at GSD), and Eric Kramer (principal at Reed-Hilderbrand) in a conversation about urban forests in Boston and Cambridge.
10.03.2026 18:14
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"Feral Clouds"
A live stream for this event will be available on this page at the scheduled start time. Closed captioning is available by clicking the βCCβ icon at the
TODAY at 6:30PM ET β 2022 Wheelwright Prize Winner Marina Otero Verzier will present her Wheelwright research examining new architectural paradigms for storing data, and how reimagining digital infrastructures could meet the unprecedented demands facing the world today.
https://bit.ly/47bzdsU
09.03.2026 18:10
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Setouchi (Seto Inland Sea) Studio
The Seto Inland Sea in western Japan has historically been an active location for trade, marine activities, fishing industries and tourism. The bay, which
In 2019, Mori taught an option studio that addressed this gymnasium, imagining new uses for the building and accessing the Tange archive in GSD's Loeb Library for primary research material.
www.gsd.harvard.edu/course/setou...
09.03.2026 14:53
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To Many, These Buildings in Japan Are Magnificent. Theyβre Doomed Anyway.
GSD Professor Toshiko Mori is quoted in this recent article, speaking about Kenzo Tange's Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/a...
09.03.2026 14:51
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Remembering Gerald M. McCue (1928β2026)
Gerald M. McCue led the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) through a period of far-reaching intellectual and institutional transformation. As dean
A moving tribute by Preston Scott Cohen, Gerald M. McCue Professor in Architecture at @gsd.harvard.edu, honoring Gerry McCue, visionary architect, educator, and former dean.
Weβre especially grateful for his stewardship as co-director of our center (1996β98).
www.gsd.harvard.edu/2026/03/reme...
09.03.2026 13:33
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"Feral Clouds"
A live stream for this event will be available on this page at the scheduled start time. Closed captioning is available by clicking the βCCβ icon at the
Next Monday at 6:30PM ET: '22 Wheelwright Prize Winner Marina Otero Verzier will present her Wheelwright research examining new architectural paradigms for storing data, and how reimagining digital infrastructures could meet the unprecedented demands facing the world today.
https://bit.ly/47bzdsU
06.03.2026 20:53
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Wrapping up an extraordinary @harvard-jchs.bsky.social Dunlop Lecture @gsd.harvard.edu
by Kenzie Bok with comments by Bernardo Zacka. As she noted βif we want to think about housing policy, we have to have a theory of housing justiceβ
06.03.2026 00:48
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Starting in 30 minutes! Tune into the @gsd.harvard.edu livestream:
www.gsd.harvard.edu/event/the-pa...
05.03.2026 23:01
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Today @ 6:30 pm ET: Amid an urgent affordability crisis, the public role in providing and preserving affordable homes in the US is more important than ever.
@kenziebok.bsky.social, CEO of @bhaboston.bsky.social delivers the Dunlop Lecture @gsd.harvard.edu.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/pas...
05.03.2026 14:58
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Supermarket savvy β Harvard Gazette
Students hone eye-catching brand strategies in GSD course.
The Harvard Gazette featured the GSD course βPaper or Plastic: Reinventing Shelf Life in the Supermarket Landscape,β taught by Teman and Teran Evans. Over the semester, students evaluate household brands and redesign them from the ground up.
04.03.2026 17:48
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βIdentity Crisisβ
A live stream for this event will be available on this page at the scheduled start time. Closed captioning is available by clicking the βCCβ icon at the
TOMORROW: Zak Kyes will give the Rouse Visiting Artist Lecture.
Part memoir, part manifesto, part diagnosis, βIdentity Crisisβ reframes instability as a generative condition, reminds us that the most vital designs have always emerged because of chaos, not in spite of it.
https://bit.ly/4bvT7C5
03.03.2026 17:52
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The Past, Present, and Future of Public Housing: Dunlop Lecture with Kenzie Bok
In the 25th Annual John T. Dunlop Lecture, Kenzie Bok, Administrator and CEO of the Boston Housing Authority and former Boston City Councilor, will bring together her experiences as a pioneering publi...
This Thursday, March 5, join us online or in person at @gsd.harvard.edu for our 25th Annual Dunlop Lecture with @kenziebok.bsky.social, CEO of the @bhaboston.bsky.social and former Boston City Councilor, about the past, present, and future of public housing.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/pas...
02.03.2026 17:20
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βThe Past, Present, and Future of Public Housingβ
A live stream for this event will be available on this page at the scheduled start time. Closed captioning is available by clicking the βCCβ icon at the
Next Thursday, March 5th: Kenzie Bok, CEO of the Boston Housing Authority, will bring together her experiences as a pioneering public housing administrator and intellectual historian to explore the past, present, and future of public housing in the United States.
Join us!
https://bit.ly/4ruz0c8
28.02.2026 20:14
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βIdentity Crisisβ
A live stream for this event will be available on this page at the scheduled start time. Closed captioning is available by clicking the βCCβ icon at the
π Next Wednesday, Mar 4: Zak Kyes gives the Rouse Visiting Lecture.
Part memoir, part manifesto, part diagnosis, βIdentity Crisisβ reframes instability as a generative condition, reminds us that the most vital designs have always emerged because of chaos, not in spite of it.
https://bit.ly/4bvT7C5
27.02.2026 21:15
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What Might Become of Detroit's Vacant Public Schools?
In 1561, one thousand years after the Diocletian bathhouse fell into ruin under the Roman Empire, the pope directed Michelangelo to reinvent the building
In fall 2025, GSD design critic in architecture Angelo Lunati led the studio βTransformations: Six Schools in Detroit,β in which students studied vacant school buildings, with the task of reimagining them as spaces that serve the current communitiesβ needs.
27.02.2026 21:12
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A group of people sit in a room, listening to two individuals at the front, one speaking into a microphone. Wall displays feature framed pictures and books.
A large group of people seated in rows inside the Loeb Library, engaged in a discussion. The room has large windows and various displays on the walls.
Two people are sitting in chairs at an indoor event. One is holding a microphone and speaking, while the other is taking notes. There is an audience in front of them. The backdrop features environmental-themed books and aerial landscape photographs.
Today in the Loeb Library, the GSD celebrated the arrival of Town Ecology: Concord, Thoreau, and Onward, a collection of Professor Richard Forman (Emeritus Professor of Advanced Environmental Studies in the Field of Landscape Ecology)'s definitive works on ecology in print form.
20.02.2026 21:36
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Live now: What happened to home prices in rural areas (especially vacation areas) in the post-pandemic period? @aherm.bsky.social @pjwhit.bsky.social
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/und...
20.02.2026 17:36
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"Unreal by Design"
A live stream for this event will be available on this page at the scheduled start time. Closed captioning is available by clicking the βCCβ icon at the
TODAY! | Join us in Piper Auditorium for a lecture by Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby. Partners in the design studio Dunne & Raby, they will explore how speculative thought from science, philosophy, and literature can inform and expand design practice.
https://bit.ly/3ZKpJki
17.02.2026 17:51
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"Unreal by Design"
A live stream for this event will be available on this page at the scheduled start time. Closed captioning is available by clicking the βCCβ icon at the
Join us on Tuesday for "Unreal by Design" β Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby are partners in the design studio Dunne & Raby. Through design projects and writing, they explore how speculative thought from science, philosophy, and literature can inform and expand design practice.
https://bit.ly/3ZKpJki
13.02.2026 20:50
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We are sad to learn of the passing of our former co-director and former Dean of @gsd.harvard.edu, Gerald McCue.
A visionary leader, generous mentor, and advocate for design excellence, Jerry shaped the fields of urban design & architecture.
(Photo: Gayle Alstrom)
www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
12.02.2026 18:41
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Information Session on Fellowships and Research Grants
Join us for an overview of fellowships and research grants for Harvard students, including several community service summer fellowships that support Graduate School of Design and Kennedy School studen...
This Friday @ 2pm: @harvard.edu students are invited to join us for an overview of fellowships and research grants available to students, including several community service summer fellowships. @gsd.harvard.edu @harvardkennedy.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/inf...
11.02.2026 21:07
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We're pretty active on IG Reels and TikTok, but we're going to try to post our short video over here more too! Here's a look at our current exhibit, Designers of Mountain and Water, featuring curator Jungyoon Kim among others
11.02.2026 19:08
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βPermanence and Transformationβ
A live stream for this event will be available on this page at the scheduled start time. Closed captioning is available by clicking the βCCβ icon at the
TOMORROW | Fabrizio Barozzi and Alberto Veiga, founders of Barcelona-based practice Barozzi Veiga, delve into the delicate interplay between permanence and transformation, showing how the reading of a place can become the starting point for a new architectural narrative.
https://bit.ly/4c7Oe28
11.02.2026 18:09
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Join us for this semester's At Home and Abroad speaker series, co-organized by the GSD Healthy Places Design Lab, and Healthy places GSD!
@amydain.bsky.social
@gsd.harvard.edu
10.02.2026 14:45
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Join us for this semester's Planning for Health speaker series, co-organized by the Harvard GSD Healthy Places Design Lab, and Healthy places GSD!
@joeallenjoe.bsky.social
@gsd.harvard.edu
@biobotanalytics.bsky.social
10.02.2026 14:11
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βPermanence and Transformationβ
A live stream for this event will be available on this page at the scheduled start time. Closed captioning is available by clicking the βCCβ icon at the
This Thursday: Fabrizio Barozzi and Alberto Veiga, founders of Barcelona-based practice Barozzi Veiga, delve into the delicate interplay between permanence and transformation, showing how the reading of a place can become the starting point for a new architectural narrative.
https://bit.ly/4c7Oe28
10.02.2026 17:45
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Three GSD Students Win First Prizes in Buildnerβs Unbuilt Award 2025
Three Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) students recently won a combined β¬50,000 inΒ Buildnerβs Unbuilt Award 2025.
GSD students Yuanyuan (Yuki) Cao (MRE β26), Joe Russell (MArch β27), and Emma Sheffer (MArch β27) recently won a combined β¬50,000 in the Buildnerβs Unbuilt Award 2025, an international competition recognizing architectural ideas not yet realized. Congrats π
hgsd.us/4rCfL0l
06.02.2026 19:18
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