{"id":2295,"date":"2025-03-29T12:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T16:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/temp-real\/?p=2295"},"modified":"2025-06-02T14:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T18:02:21","slug":"project-synthia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/real\/2025\/03\/29\/project-synthia\/","title":{"rendered":"PROJECT SYNTHIA is now exhibiting in Loeb Library!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-project-synthia-is-now-exhibiting-in-loeb-library\">PROJECT SYNTHIA is now exhibiting in Loeb Library!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/temp-real\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9561-2-edited-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Exhibition with text and robotic installation\n\" class=\"wp-image-2316\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-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\">Project Synthia is a case study in emergent design methodology \u2014 an approach that treats collaboration as a dynamic system, where outcomes are not imposed but negotiated.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-where-when\">Where + When?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location: <\/strong>First floor of the Francis Loeb Library @ The Harvard Graduate School of Design<br><strong>Exhibition Dates:<\/strong> Now &#8211; May 21, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/temp-real\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-29-at-12.23.41\u202fPM-edited.png\" alt=\"Diagram with illustrations\" class=\"wp-image-2315\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-our-collaborators\">Our collaborators:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Joelle Abi Rached MD PhD&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amelia Gan MDes \u201923<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sean Nakamura Dolan MArch \u201823<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Youtian Duan MDes \u201924<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cynthia Deng MArch \u201820<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elif Erez-Henderson MArch \u201820<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christian Nakarado<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Melanie Louterbach MLA \u201824<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matte Lim MDes \u201925<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Justin Booz, MLA\/MDes \u201925<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gem Barton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prof, Melissa Franklin&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jake Walker MDes \u201824<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brooke Chornyak MDes \u201924<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adrian Massey MDes \u201804<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marieke Van Damme<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beichen Xie MDes \u201824<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Special Thanks to the GSD Exhibitions Team!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/temp-real\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-29-at-12.24.32\u202fPM-1024x575.png\" alt=\"robotic sculpture in front of a building.\" class=\"wp-image-2314\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROJECT SYNTHIA is now exhibiting in Loeb Library! 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