HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
PLATFORM 7 EDITORIAL AND DESIGN TEAM
Drew Gilpin Faust President of Harvard University Mohsen Mostafavi Dean of the Graduate School of Design Patricia Roberts Executive Dean K. Michael Hays Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Beth Kramer Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations Benjamin Prosky Assistant Dean for Communications
Leire Asensio Villoria Faculty Editor Melissa Vaughn Senior Editor
2013–2014 Iñaki Abalos Chair of the Department of Architecture Rahul Mehrotra Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design Charles Waldheim Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture Martin Bechthold Co-director of the Doctor of Design Program Pierre Bélanger Co-director of the Master in Design Studies Program Anita Berrizbeitia Director of the Master in Landscape Architecture Program Felipe Correa Director of the Master of Architecture in Urban Design and the Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design Programs Ann Forsyth Director of the Master in Urban Planning Program Kiel Moe Co-director of the Master in Design Studies Program Mark Mulligan Director of the Master in Architecture Programs Erika Naginski Co-director of the PhD Program in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning Antoine Picon Co-director of the PhD Program in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning and Doctor of Design Program GSD PUBLICATIONS TEAM Jennifer Sigler Editor in Chief Melissa Vaughn Senior Editor Leah Whitman-Salkin Associate Editor Meghan Sandberg Publications Coordinator
Georgios Athanasopoulos MAUD Patrick Burke MArch I AP Jisoo Kim MLA I Elizabeth Wu MLA I AP GRAPHIC DESIGN CONSULTANTS Laura Grey Zak Jensen FRANCES LOEB LIBRARY STUDENT WORK COLLECTION Ann Baird Whiteside Janina Mueller PHOTOGRAPHY Anita Kan
Edition, © The President and Fellows of Harvard College and ActarD Texts, © their authors All rights reserved ISBN 978-1-940291-43-7 The Harvard University Graduate School of Design is a leading center for education, information, and technical expertise on the built environment. Its Departments of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning and Design offer masters and doctoral degree programs, and provide the foundation for the School's Advanced Studies and Executive Education programs. DISTRIBUTION Actar 151 Grand Street, 5th floor New York, NY 10013 T 212-966-2207 F 212-966-2214 salesnewyork@actar-d.com www.actar-d.com
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY Iwan Baan Frank Braman Justin Knight Jozef Sulik ACTAR TEAM Ramon Prat Nuria Saban IMPRINT Published by the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and ActarD Production by ActarD Inc. Printed by Grafos S.A. GSD Platform 7 represents selected studios, seminars, research, events, and exhibitions from the 2013–2014 academic year. For additional information and a more comprehensive selection of student work, please visit gsd.harvard.edu.
SPECIAL THANKS We would like to thank the following individuals, for without their efforts this publication would not have been possible: Mohsen Mostafavi, Patricia Roberts, Dan Borelli, David Zimmerman-Stuart, David Mah, Ann Forsyth, Hanif Kara, Andreas Georgoulias, Ciro Najle, George L. Legendre, Sergio Lopez-Pineiro, Jose Mayoral Moratilla, Hal Gould, Mark Hagen, Trevor O'Brien, Anita Kan, Shantel Blakely, Erica L. George, Julia Villoria Rodriguez, and Lucas Asensio-Mah. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA.