{"id":2196,"date":"2018-06-12T19:38:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T19:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/?page_id=2196"},"modified":"2026-09-02T15:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T15:16:53","slug":"student-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/student-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Student Work<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Mexican Cities Initiative compiles student work across the Graduate School of Design that is related to Mexico. Click on the links below to view more information about student research, projects, and professional work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3967 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-student-work tag-borders tag-mexico tag-student-work tag-thesis\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/thesis-entre-futuros-mas-alla-de-las-fronteras-y-las-cicatrices-del-rio-bravo-in-between-futures-beyond-frontiers-and-scars-in-the-rio-bravo\/\" target=\"_self\" >Thesis: ENTRE FUTUROS: M\u00e1s all\u00e1 de las Fronteras y las Cicatrices del R\u00edo Bravo \/ In-Between Futures: Beyond Frontiers and Scars in the Rio Bravo<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/thesis-entre-futuros-mas-alla-de-las-fronteras-y-las-cicatrices-del-rio-bravo-in-between-futures-beyond-frontiers-and-scars-in-the-rio-bravo\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/hernandezmedinamiriammlai9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Thesis: ENTRE FUTUROS: M\u00e1s all\u00e1 de las Fronteras y las Cicatrices del R\u00edo Bravo \/ In-Between Futures: Beyond Frontiers and Scars in the Rio Bravo\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/hernandezmedinamiriammlai9.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/hernandezmedinamiriammlai9-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/hernandezmedinamiriammlai9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/hernandezmedinamiriammlai9-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/hernandezmedinamiriammlai9-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Miriam Hern\u00e1ndez Medina&#8217;s (MLA II) Thesis: \u201cEntre futuros\u201d reimagines the fixed border on the R\u00edo Bravo between Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, Chihuahua, and El Paso, Texas. As the river shifted course, land disputes led to its channelization, leaving, since the 1930s, hundreds of cut-off meanders as \u201chydroghosts\u201d\u2014scars in both landscape and lived experience. These traces become a&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-08-23T20:36:26+00:00\">August 23, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3818 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-mci category-rethinkingscales category-student-work tag-mci tag-student-work\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/lo-que-sabe-el-barro-from-clay-to-fire\/\" target=\"_self\" >Lo Que Sabe el Barro: From Clay to Fire<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/lo-que-sabe-el-barro-from-clay-to-fire\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/AndreaMartinez_Image_Cover-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lo Que Sabe el Barro: From Clay to Fire\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/AndreaMartinez_Image_Cover-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/AndreaMartinez_Image_Cover-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/AndreaMartinez_Image_Cover-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/AndreaMartinez_Image_Cover-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/AndreaMartinez_Image_Cover-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/AndreaMartinez_Image_Cover-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/AndreaMartinez_Image_Cover-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This research by MCI Fellow Andrea Martinez traces extraction, craft, labor, and reuse across Oaxaca, Saltillo, and Mexico City. Rather than locating rupture between artisanal and industrial practice, it proposes a material continuum, a framework for understanding how ancestral knowledge is not lost but translated through landscapes, labor, and economies. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-08-22T18:31:20+00:00\">August 22, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3654 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-mci category-student-work tag-mci tag-student-work\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/clay-as-living-archive\/\" target=\"_self\" >Clay as Living Archive<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/clay-as-living-archive\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"1396\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/Oaxaca_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Clay as Living Archive\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/Oaxaca_1.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/Oaxaca_1-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/Oaxaca_1-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/Oaxaca_1-146x200.jpg 146w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/files\/2026\/08\/Oaxaca_1-768x1051.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">What can a planner learn from a pot? 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