Gendered Relational Risk Geographies, A World of Women Villages

Gendered Relational Risk Geographies, A World of Women Villages

January 23, 2017 By Ashley C. Thompson (MDes R&R 2017) | To access the full report, please click here. This winter session January 2017, with support from the Harvard South Asia Institute, I returned to Nepal to explore women’s rights at the intersection of land...
A New Approach to Quality Assurance in Nepal’s Reconstruction

A New Approach to Quality Assurance in Nepal’s Reconstruction

September 12, 2016 by Justin Henceroth (MDes R&R 2017) The SUV slowed to a crawl as we prepared to cross the last of four causeways before we reached our destination—a construction site for a new police station in Dang District, Nepal. This site is not in the most...
A Summer with FEMA

A Summer with FEMA

September 10, 2016 by Lindsay T. Woodson (MDes R&R/MUP 2017) Throughout my time as a dual degree candidate, I have assisted with Open House at the GSD. Whether in person or through email correspondence, I am routinely asked a question that is complicated yet quite...
Photos from MDes R&R 2016 Reviews

Photos from MDes R&R 2016 Reviews

MDes Risk and Resilience Candidates 2016: Farzaneh Eftekhari, Cristobal Fuentes, Shanika Hettige, Dave Hampton, Namik Mackic, Evangeline McGlynn, Oscar Natividad Puig April 13, 2016 MID-REVIEW May 11, 2016 FINAL REVIEW (MDES COLLOQUIUM) Risk and Resilience Guests:...
On Design for Recovery: Nepal & Somalia

On Design for Recovery: Nepal & Somalia

A presentation was held on April 4, 2016 in CGIS South S050 where students from the Graduate School of Design shared their findings from fieldwork in Somalia and Nepal. More on the event here. Photo contributions from Shanika Hettige, Carlyn James, and Arthur...