Overview Feral Clouds explores how data processing and storage systems operate under the dual challenges of technological competition and climate change. The lecture proposes a rethinking of digital culture away from efficiency‑driven models toward approaches that consider ecological impact, limits, and transformation. The project investigates digital infrastructure through its combination of activism and policy development...

Event Overview Join us for a lecture featuring recent projects by architect Xaveer De Geyter, who established XDGA in 1989 as an international architectural and urban design company that operates from its headquarters in Brussels and Paris. The lecture will show forward-looking urban design and architectural design solutions which will examine public areas and educational...

Overview The Harvard Graduate School of Design is having an event called "A Fresh Start for Our Cities". It is an open-house lecture that anyone can attend. This event is happening at Piper Auditorium, which is located in Gund Hall in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Harvard Graduate School of Design is doing this as part of...

Overview Harvard GSD's Department of Architecture presents a public lecture by Chatpong Chuenrudeemol, founder of Bangkok-based CHAT Architects, titled "Bangkok Bastards." The lecture takes place in Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, on March 31, 2026, and is free and open to the public, with a live stream available on the GSD event page. It is hosted...

Overview Harvard GSD's Department of Landscape Architecture presents a public lecture by Kate Orff, founder of SCAPE and Professor at Columbia GSAPP, titled "Throughlines." The lecture takes place in Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, on April 7, 2026, and is free and open to the public, with a live stream available on the GSD event page...

Overview Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is hosting a public lecture by Deborah N. Archer as part of the Jaqueline Tyrwhitt Urban Design Lecture series. The event takes place in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and sits within the fields of urban planning, infrastructure design, and spatial justice. Focus The lecture draws on Archer's book Dividing Lines:...

Overview Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is hosting a public lecture by philosopher and critical theorist Nancy Fraser as part of the Senior Loeb Scholar Lecture series. The event takes place at Piper Auditorium in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and belongs to the fields of environmental theory, political philosophy, and urban design discourse. Focus The lecture...

Overview Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is hosting a public lecture by artist Michael Wang as part of the ArtsThursdays university-wide initiative. The event takes place at Piper Auditorium in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and sits at the intersection of contemporary art, ecology, climate systems, and the built environment. Focus Wang's practice uses systems operating at...

Overview Cambridge Talks 2026: Surfacing is an annual doctoral conference organised by PhD students in the Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning programmes at Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD). The event takes place over two days in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and belongs to the fields of architectural history, landscape history, urban history, and environmental humanities....