Harvard Graduate School of Design

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Harvard Graduate School of Design
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Established 1936
Type Private
Endowment US$314 Million
Dean Mohsen Mostafavi
Academic staff 138
Students 618
Location Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Campus Urban
Website gsd.harvard.edu

The Harvard Graduate School of Design (also known as GSD) is a professional graduate school at Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It offers several masters degree programs—Master of Architecture (MArch), Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA), Master of Architecture in Urban Design (MAUD), Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design (MLAUD), Master of Urban Planning (MUP), Master of Design Studies (MDesS) in more than eight concentrations—doctoral programs—Doctor of Design (DDes) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) -- several executive education programs and a career discovery program. It also administers the Loeb Fellowship and many research initiatives. The school also publishes the bi-annual Harvard Design Magazine and other design books and studio works.

The school's international faculty provide a broad range of design philosophies and visions. A leading industry survey has ranked the GSD's Department of Architecture number one in the United States for six consecutive years and the Department of Landscape Architecture number one for four consecutive years.[2] The market value of the school's endowment for the fiscal year 2008 to 2009 was approximately $314 million. The school's now defunct Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis (LCGSA) is widely recognized as the research/development environment from which the now commercialized technology of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s. More recent research initiatives include the Design Robotics Group, a unit that investigates new material systems and fabrication technologies in the context of architectural design and construction.

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History [edit]

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Classes exclusively devoted to architecture began at Harvard in 1893. The Faculty of Architecture acquired graduate school status in 1914. The major design professions were officially united in 1936 to form the Graduate School of Design. Gund Hall, which is the present home to most of the masters degree programs at GSD opened in 1972, and was designed by Australian architect and GSD graduate John Andrews.[1]

Campus [edit]

GSD's campus is located northeast of Harvard Yard and across the street from Memorial Hall (Harvard University). Gund Hall is the main building, which has studio spaces and offices for approximately 500 students and more than 100 faculty and staff, lecture and seminar rooms, workshops and darkrooms, an audiovisual center, computer facilities, Chauhaus, the cafeteria, a project room, Piper Auditorium, and the Frances Loeb Library. The central studio space, also known as the Trays, extends through five levels under a stepped, clear-span roof. Gund Hall has a yard that comprises a basketball court and is often used for events, as an exhibition area for class projects, and as the setting for commencement ceremonies.

The other buildings include an MDesS house for the advanced studies program and a Sumner House for research projects, administrative offices and offices for doctoral students.

Distinguished alumni and faculty [edit]

Gund Hall during Graduation
Gund Hall, the home of the GSD.
Gund Hall

Alumni [edit]

Current faculty [edit]

Notable former faculty [edit]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ [1]. gsd.harvard.edu. Retrieved on 2012-04-03.
  2. ^ "Judges 2009 Bjarke Ingels". World Architecture Festival. Retrieved 2009-10-20. 

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Leadership
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Other Faculties
Undergraduate houses
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Coordinates: 42°22′33″N 71°06′50″W / 42.37583°N 71.11389°W / 42.37583; -71.11389

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