Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) has announced its 2018 Public Programs. The full Fall 2018 public program can be viewed on the GSD’s events calendar. Please visit the GSD’s homepage to sign up to receive periodic emails about the School’s public programs, exhibitions, and other news. Past Harvard GSD events can be viewed on the School’s YouTube channel. All events are free and open to the public.

Wheelwright Prize Lecture: Anna Puigjaner, "Kitchen Stories"
September 11

Anna Puigjaner is an architect, editor and researcher. Co-founder of the architectural office MAIO, which works on spatial systems that allow theoretical and practical positions converge. Her project on kitchenless cities has been finalist of the Rolex Mentor & Protégé Initiative, and awarded with the GSD's 2016 Wheelwright Prize. (more).

Kees Christiaanse, "Inversion and Subtraction in Urban Design"
September 14

Kees Christiaanse's lecture will close this year's Doctor of Design Conference,  "[Re]Form: New Investigations in Urban Form." Christiaanse focuses in his work on urban assignments in complex situations and on guiding of urban processes. He is an expert in the development of university campuses and in the revitalization of former industrial, railway and harbor areas and is a supervisor of several international urban developments. (more).

Alison Brooks
September 17

Alison Brooks, Principal and Creative Director of Alison Brooks Architects, is one of the leading architects of her generation. She has developed an international reputation for a multi-award winning body of work since founding the practice in 1996. Born in Ontario, Canada in 1962, she moved to London in 1988 after graduating with a BES and BArch from the University of Waterloo. (more).

"The Open University’s Course A305 and the Future of Architecture Education," with Tim Benton, Lisa Haber-Thomson, K. Michael Hays, John May, and Mirko Zardini
September 19

Taking The Open University‘s Course A305 as a starting point, this panel discussion will interrogate the role of online learning in the future of architecture education. (more).

Ranjani Mazumdar, "The Cinematic Slum"
September 20

The slum has been a visual force in a number of city films from across the world. The use of certain geographical locations and popular discourses about crime and poverty have given shape to a diverse range of images that are at once powerful, mythic and disturbing. This event, which will kick off a two-day conference on “Slums: New Visions for an Enduring Global Phenomenon,” will explore the perceptions that have fuelled the imagination of the cinematic slum. Mazumdar will be joined by Janice Perlman, President, The Mega-Cities Project, and Brodwyn Fisher, Professor of Latin American History, University of Chicago. Their conversation will be moderated by George ‘Mac’ McCarthy, President and CEO, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. (more).

Click here to see the rest of our Fall 2018 public programs season. You can sign up to receive ongoing news and information about all our upcoming events, exhibitions, and more on Harvard GSD's website.

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