Grinham Research Group

Harvard University Graduate School of Design


Projects

Water in beaker
Vesma
Dehumidification + Cooling
Sample of radiative cooling material
Radiative Sky Cooling
Cooling
Perspective view of Our Artificial Nature exhibit in Drucker Gallery
Our Artificial Nature
Exhibition
Collection of stools designed and fabricated by students
Sixteen Student Stools
Exhibition
Detail shot of hydrophobic ceramic surface with water droplets
cSNAP
Cooling
Researcher inserting dryscreen panels into vacuum dehumidification prototype
DryScreen
Dehumidification
Perspective view of House Zero
HouseZero
Carbon Balance
Detail shot of origami microfluidics surface
Origami Microfluidics
Cooling
Sample of thin film cooling prototype
Thin Film Cooling
Cooling
Samples of perforated breathing wall panels made of acrylic, concrete, and wood
Breathing Wall
Heat Exchange

What we do

Grinham Research Group brings an intensely interdisciplinary approach to climate change and the built environment, connecting material science with building science and design to examine questions on materiality, thermal health, and lifecycle carbon emissions.