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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 6d ago

Now on view: the exhibition “Infrastructure in a Time of Flux” explores structures and systems that adapt, move, transform, assemble, and disassemble. When permanence can no longer be assumed, infrastructure takes new possibilities. ▶️ Hear from the curators: https://hgsd.us/4rOYwdz 📸: Zara Tzanev

Rahul Mehrotra presents Infrastructure in a Time of Flux to a packed audience at dimly lit lecture hall, with a slide on tents and ephemeral structures projected behind him.

Two visitors converse in Druker Design Gallery beside displays from Infrastructure in a Time of Flux, featuring examples of deployable, diagrid, and folded structures.

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 7d ago

🚨 GSD applications are open now for the 2027-2028 school year! 📆 Applications for all programs (MArch, MLA, MUP, MAUD, MLAUD, MRE, MDes, MDE, DDes) are due January 5, 2027. https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/offices-and-facilities/admissions-office/

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Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies @harvard-jchs.bsky.social · last wk.

The Center offers grants of up to $1,500 to offset research expenses for students preparing a master’s thesis, PAE, or SYPA related to housing or community development. The application period is October 6-14. @gsd.harvard.edu @harvardkennedy.bsky.social www.jchs.harvard.edu/students/the...

Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 2w ago

The GSD's Ann Forsyth is quoted in this recent article from the @nytimes.com! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/b...

The Cure for Loneliness May Lie in a Suburban Duplex

Fresh pies. Book groups. Puzzle challenges. Developers of master-planned communities see fear of social isolation and desire for friends as a business opportunity. Welcome to Amity Lane.

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 2w ago

TODAY! Kengo Kuma joins Grace La, Professor and Chair of Architecture at Harvard GSD, for a special book talk celebrating 'Kengo Kuma: New Works.' Together, they’ll discuss Kuma’s ambitious architectural projects ranging in scale and form. Space is limited, RSVPs required at hgsd.us/46ZdtQw

Kengo Kuma in Conversation with Grace La

About This Event Join us for an event celebrating the release of Kengo Kuma: New Works (Thames & Hudson), the second monograph on one of the

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 2w ago

Over the weekend, the GSD welCOMEBACK'd over 370 alumni and friends amid a nor'easter and connected them with nearly 500 students over hot dogs, treats, and conversation. https://hgsd.us/4xTGcRM

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A group of people is engaged in conversation at an indoor event. Dean Sarah M. Whiting is facing the group, wearing an orange top with a blue necklace. Another individual is holding a red tote bag with a white letter "H" on it. The background features a colorful, abstract wall display.

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 2w ago

Farshid Moussavi, GSD professor in practice of architecture, has received the 2026 Soane Medal, awarded yearly by @soanemuseum.bsky.social to encourage a better understanding of the importance of architecture in people’s lives. Moussavi will receive the medal on November 24. https://hgsd.us/3Tp4WmV

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 2w ago

TODAY! Dhaka-based Kashef Chowdhury presents projects from “Meditations in Entropy,” the first full monograph of his practice. Drawing on work across Bangladesh, Chowdhury reflects on culture, history, climate change, and architecture’s response to fragile ecological conditions. hgsd.us/4yvn79a

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 3w ago

🗣️ TODAY! Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu of Neri&Hu present “Liminal Ground,” drawing on past and ongoing works to explore liminality and Homi Bhabha’s “third space”—remapping cultural boundaries as sites of translation, negotiation, tension, and emergent possibility. 🆓 https://hgsd.us/4yrwKG1

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 3w ago

Remy (and all of us) are excited to welcome GSD alumni and friends for the GSD comeback this weekend, September 25–26, 2026. https://hgsd.us/4yUaTaC

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Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies @harvard-jchs.bsky.social · 3w ago

@harvard.edu students, there's still time to register for this weekend's Hack-a-House, a 24 hr hackathon to pitch ideas to improve housing affordability. $12,000 in prizes, kickoff 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟱 @ 𝟮𝗽𝗺 𝗘𝗧. @gsd.harvard.edu @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/hac...

Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies @harvard-jchs.bsky.social · 3w ago

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Vincent Reina has been named the inaugural Nicolas P. and Joan B. Retsinas Faculty Director of JCHS and Professor in Practice at @gsd.harvard.edu. The appointment will take effect January 1, 2027. @harvardkennedy.bsky.social www.jchs.harvard.edu/press-releas...

Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 3w ago

🗣️ TODAY! Professor Gary Hilderbrand presents “Writing on the Surface of the Earth,” exploring how the design work of @reedhilderbrand.bsky.social grows from close readings of site and narratives, while also reflecting on the reciprocal relationship between pedagogy and practice. 🆓 hgsd.us/4ywcmUl

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 4w ago

Brian D. Goldstein (PhD ’13) is the author of Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People’s Architect, published today! Bond (MArch ’58) designed buildings from northern Ghana to rural Mississippi to Harlem to the National Mall. https://www.harvardmagazine.com/alumni/architect-max-bond

How J. Max Bond Jr. Honored Black History Through Architecture | Harvard Magazine

A new book explores the Harvard-trained architect’s vision and impact, from Ground Zero to the Smithsonian.

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · last mo.

TODAY! The 2026 DDes Conference, “Carrots and Sticks: Incentives Shaping the ‘Rurban’ Interface,” explores the shifting boundaries between city and countryside across the Global South—and how development and sustainability are reshaping land, livelihoods, and governance. 🥕🫏 https://bit.ly/3UlznKY

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · last mo.

TODAY! Celebrate the opening of “Infrastructure in a Time of Flux: Actions in Public,” beginning with a walk-through led by the exhibition curators. The evening continues with a short screening of Running Fence (1977), a discussion on the film and its legacy, and a reception. https://bit.ly/4wQD1tu

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Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies @harvard-jchs.bsky.social · last mo.

TOMORROW (Sept 10) @ 3:30 pm ET: Students from across @harvard.edu are invited to our Open House to learn more about fellowships, research grants, and other student funding. @gsd.harvard.edu @harvardkennedy.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu @hls.harvard.edu www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/ope...

Open House for Harvard Students

Graduate students from GSD, HKS, and other schools at Harvard, as well as Harvard undergraduates, are invited to learn about the Center, which strives to improve equitable access to decent, affordable...

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · last mo.

THIS WEEK! Join us at the GSD for two public programs exploring liminality across architecture, infrastructure, and the built environment: ➡️ 9/10: “Infrastructure in a Time of Flux: Actions in Public” https://bit.ly/4wQD1tu ➡️ 9/11: “Carrots and Sticks” DDes Conference https://bit.ly/3UlznKY

Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies @harvard-jchs.bsky.social · last mo.

Welcome to fall! We're kicking off the semester with an Open House for @harvard.edu students next week, followed by a hybrid conference at @gsd.harvard.edu. We'll also host events on older adult homelessness, renter protections, energy-related remodeling, and more: www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar

Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · last mo.

📚 Happy first day of classes for the Fall 2026 semester!

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A modern indoor café setting with high ceilings and large windows, allowing natural light to fill the space. Several tables and chairs are placed throughout, with a few people seated and others walking. The café area includes a counter with the name "Chauhaus" displayed, and refrigerated shelves stocked with various products.

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · last mo.

We've had a great time over the last few days welcoming our new students to Harvard and to the GSD community. One more day of orientation, then classes begin on Wednesday September 2!

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A large audience is seated in a modern, well-lit auditorium. They are facing a presenter standing by a podium. Three detailed urban planning diagrams are projected on a large screen. The room is full, with people attentively watching the presentation.

A group of people socializing and sitting on a low concrete wall surrounded by trees in an urban park. The scene includes green spaces and a glimpse of modern architecture with a glass structure on the right.

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 2mo ago

The GSD announces its fall 2026 public programs and exhibitions, a series of events that explore resilience and adaptability through design. All events will be livestreamed on the GSD website unless otherwise noted! https://hgsd.us/4gnZbP7

Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 2mo ago

Andreina Seijas '20 is interviewed in the @newyorker.com's recent piece about how extreme heat is affecting European cities, including Madrid, Barcelona and Paris. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The End of the European Summer

As extreme heat overwhelms the Continent’s great cities, they are racing to adapt to a climate that they were never built to withstand.

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 2mo ago

🐕 Happy National Dog Day from Papaya, one of our favorite buddies here in the GSD's Communications Office. Say hi if you see him on campus this year!

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 2mo ago

Infrastructure in a Time of Flux: Methods, Conditions, and Situations explores how designers can respond to a world increasingly defined by environmental disruption, political instability, technological transformation, migration, and rapidly changing patterns of habitation. https://hgsd.us/4gazyRE

The image features a vibrant tent city on the banks of a river, captured from above. The scene is overlaid with text that reads: "Infrastructure in a Time of Flux: Methods, Conditions, and Situations 08.26 - 12.20.26." The tents display a variety of colors, and several vehicles are visible on the sandy terrain.

Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 2mo ago

basically!! www.gsd.harvard.edu/video/how-la...

How Landscape Architects Work with Nature's Furriest Engineers

At the GSD, faculty and students are rethinking how to address climate change by designing interventions that work with natural processes.

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Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode)@probgobl.in · 2mo ago

EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.

Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 2mo ago

Mitul Iyengar and Luke Fiorante (both Master in Design Engineering '26) traveled to Mozambique to research drought preparedness for their thesis. https://seas.harvard.edu/news/forecast-not-decision-design-engineering-drought-preparedness

A Forecast Is Not a Decision: Design Engineering for Drought Preparedness

Design Engineering graduates explore one of the world's most effective drought response systems

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 2mo ago

📚 It's Book Lovers' Day! Check out our summer reading roundup of recently published books from GSD affiliates, highlighting topics that range from world expos to immigrant life in the United States to the ways that product design centers men at the expense of women. https://hgsd.us/4vPEO2i

Summer Reading 2026: Design Books by GSD Faculty and Alumni

Need a good book this summer? Check out this list of design books by Harvard Graduate School of Design faculty and alumni.

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 2mo ago

🐈 Happy International Cat Day from Remy, shown here recently in one of his favorite places in the Loeb Library! Remy is enjoying a restful summer, but is looking forward to when the students are back on campus.

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Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · 2mo ago

love this thread! btw almost all of our public programs are available on our YouTube channel. From architects, landscape architects, and urban planners to musicians, climate experts, and more--it's a great resource for anyone interested in design www.youtube.com/@TheHarvardGSD

Harvard GSD

The Harvard Graduate School of Design educates leaders in design, research, and scholarship to make a resilient, just, and beautiful world.

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Kalany@kalany.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I can't afford classes or too many new hobbies, but you know what I can afford? Free graduate seminars that are streamed virtually. So many graduate seminars during the pandemic were thrilled to have randos show up, and some of them are still offering online options. Learning is great!