Please join the Department of Landscape Architecture on Wednesday, 11 September in the Frances Loeb Library Lobby from 12:30 – 1:30pm for a lecture with Gareth Doherty, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture.

Details and description included below are included in the GSD Now Event page, available here.

Gareth Doherty, “How Engaging the World Can Change Landscape Architecture”

Wednesday, 11 September

12:30 - 1:30pm

Frances Loeb Library Lobby

The critical challenges of our age, including climate adaptation and achieving social and racial equity, demand an in-depth understanding of human aspirations and limitations. Landscape architecture possesses a substantial claim and formidable responsibility on how to address these challenges effectively. Through examples from postcolonial societies in the Arabian Peninsula, the Caribbean, Ireland, Afro-Brazil, and the African continent, this talk will demonstrate how landscape fieldwork can generate new concepts to enrich our professional canon. By unraveling these conceptual approaches, we can enhance professional practice and move from thick description to thick prescription, offering innovative solutions to pressing global issues.

Sincerely,

Landscape Architecture

Harvard University / Graduate School of Design

48 Quincy Street, Gund Hall 312, Cambridge, MA 02138