PROJECT SYNTHIA is now exhibiting in Loeb Library!

Exhibition with text and robotic installation

Project Synthia is a case study in emergent design methodology — an approach that treats collaboration as a dynamic system, where outcomes are not imposed but negotiated.

Where + When?

Location: First floor of the Francis Loeb Library @ The Harvard Graduate School of Design
Exhibition Dates: Now – May 21, 2025

Diagram with illustrations

Our collaborators:

  • Joelle Abi Rached MD PhD 
  • Amelia Gan MDes ’23
  • Sean Nakamura Dolan MArch ‘23
  • Youtian Duan MDes ’24
  • Cynthia Deng MArch ‘20
  • Elif Erez-Henderson MArch ‘20
  • Christian Nakarado
  • Melanie Louterbach MLA ‘24
  • Matte Lim MDes ’25
  • Justin Booz, MLA/MDes ’25
  • Gem Barton
  • Prof, Melissa Franklin 
  • Jake Walker MDes ‘24
  • Brooke Chornyak MDes ’24
  • Adrian Massey MDes ‘04
  • Marieke Van Damme
  • Beichen Xie MDes ‘24

Special Thanks to the GSD Exhibitions Team!

robotic sculpture in front of a building.