Year: 2020

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CGBC Spring Lecture: Darren Robinson on “Multiscale Simulation of Buildings as Complex Sociotechnical Systems”

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On Thursday, April 1, 2021, at 1:00 pm, Darren Robinson will present a lunchtime lecture via Zoom. Please RSVP to Jeff Fitton ([email protected]) to receive a Zoom invitation. This lecture is open to members of the Harvard community. Professor Darren Robinson is Chair in Architectural and Urban Sciences at the Sheffield School of Architecture, where he is Director of Research. His personal research activities lie at the intersection between social […]

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CGBC Fall Lecture: John Peponis on “The Spatial Syntax of Cities: Are Social and Environmental Choices Converging?”

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On Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 1:00 pm John Peponis will present a lunchtime lecture via Zoom. Please RSVP to Jeff Fitton ([email protected]) to receive a Zoom invitation. This lecture is open to members of the Harvard community. Born in Athens, Greece in 1955, professor Peponis is an international leader in the field of spatial analysis and one of the original creators of space syntax. He studies the principles and constraints […]

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CGBC Fall Lecture: John Gero presents “Cognitive Design Computing: Including the Human Dimension”

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On Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 1:00pm, John Gero will present “Cognitive Design Computing: Including the Human Dimension” via Zoom. Please RSVP to Jeff Fitton ([email protected]) to receive a Zoom invitation. This lecture is open to members of the Harvard community. John Gero is a Research Professor in Computer Science and Architecture at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He was previously Professor of Design Science and Director the Key […]

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Vogue talks to Holly Samuelson about what your office may look like after lockdown

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Associate Professor Holly Samuelson discusses the big and small ways office design will change post-COVID-19. The questions she’s currently asking herself are: “What are multiple people touching every day that we don’t need to have lots of people touching? Do people have access to hand-washing conveniently? Are the surfaces easily cleanable? Are there unnecessary nooks and crannies? How is the ventilation design? Are we unnecessarily bringing sick people and healthy […]

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TORRE REFORMA is named a 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2019 winner

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The book TORRE REFORMA by L. Benjamín Romano, with text by Felipe Leal, Ali Malkawi, and Francisco Serrano, is named a 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2019 winner. With photographs by Iwan Bann, TORRE REFORMA documents the Reforma Tower project from the first designs to the finished building.   LBR&Arquitectos, a firm founded in 1976 by Mexican architect Benjamín Romano, designs and builds architecture projects based on four defining […]

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CGBC Spring Lecture: Professor Vladimir Bazjanac on the “Data Confidence Factor”

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Please join us for the final lecture of the CGBC Spring 2020 Lecture Series. RSVP is required.* On Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 1:00pm, Vladimir Bazjanac will present “Data Confidence Factor” via Zoom as a part of his broader research on developing and documenting issues related to the integrity of data used in the buildings industry. Bazjanac is currently at the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering at Stanford University. Please […]

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Dwell features Ali Malkawi as one of eight climate-conscious design visionaries

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As working from home becomes the new normal for many around the world, Dwell talks to Founding Director of the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities Ali Malkawi about the future of energy-efficient living. Malkawi is featured among eight visionaries and pioneering designers who are pushing the limits in ecologically attuned design and making home more climate-conscious. Read the full profile on Professor Ali Malkawi here. Read the full […]

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Postponed: CGBC Spring 2020 Lunchtime Lecture Series

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In line with Harvard’s COVID-19 travel policies and campus restrictions, the Havard Center for Green Buildings and Cities Lunchtime Lecture Series (Spring 2020) will be postponed until further notice. Each speaker will be invited to reschedule their lecture. Details of the rescheduled lecture(s) will be posted on the Center for Green Buildings and Cities website.   For more information and updates from Harvard University regarding COVID-19, please click here.

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