Grinham Research Group

Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Projects

Detail shot of wool biocomposite panel — Upcycling Wool Ecologies
Keratin-based Biocomposite

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.