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...ordinary chain link fence just won’t do at the Graduate School of Design (GSD). So when Harvard broke ground this summer on an expansion of Gund Hall, the GSD erected a barrier more befitting a modern art museum than a construction site. The treated plywood fence undulates in and out towards passersby on the corner of Quincy and Kirkland Streets. Orange support posts both add color and denote caution. Gaps in the fence give the passing pedestrian multiple views of the puddles of water and mountains of gravel inside...
...fence is the winner of a cash-prize competition last spring. Ten teams composed of GSD students and alumni submitted designs meant to ensure the safety of workers and the public, provide a sound barrier from construction for residents and students and exploit the vast artistic potential of a construction fence. A jury composed of GSD faculty members, construction representatives and a neighborhood representative chose Susie Sanchez, Kiernan Mathews, Michael Goorevich, G. Russell Fason and Jason Casero’s fence proposal. Designed in one week and built over the summer, the fence manipulates light and color to give...
...contest was the brainchild of Toshiko Mori, the first female chair of the GSD architecture department. “Toshiko is a true believer in promoting projects for students, getting our hands into architecture and involving us in the campus,” says Elizabeth Ghiseline, student coordinator of the competition. Though some GSD students feel the final product looks “unfinished,” Kevin Cahlin, facilities manager of Gund Hall, reports that it has “grown on me more and more—the fence is definitely creative, good use of color...
Since automobiles are the biggest cause of smog and greenhouse gases, the creation of an urban ring could have significant environmental benefits, said James H. Wickersham, a lecturer in urban planning at GSD and director of the state’s Mass. Environmental Policy Act office...
...just about getting people from Roxbury and Chelsea to the other side of town. It’s about bringing the jobs to you,” said M. David Lee, an adjunct professor of urban planning and design at the Graduate School of Design (GSD) who has been advocating for an urban ring for a decade...