Annual Annual 2013 2013

Report Report Harvard University Graduate School of Design Gund Hall 48 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617.495.4315 gsd.harvard.edu 1

Dear Alumni and Friends,

The Harvard University Graduate School of Design provides a unique space for students, faculty, practitioners and researchers to explore innovative ideas and offers a dynamic framework through which these ideas can be tested. For our pedagogical work to have maximum impact on the field of design, the GSD must remain the vital locus for the creation of knowledge about our built environment. We need to continue to develop the technologies, processes and functions that will improve how our buildings, landscapes and cities perform for their users. The modes and practices of design also must confront the current and future challenges of our contemporary societies. This relationship between knowledge and societal impact is central to contemporary design pedagogy and research at the GSD.

The 2012–2013 academic year at the GSD saw the appointment of several distinguished faculty members, public lectures from many of the world’s leading artists, designers and creative thinkers, two exciting semester-long studios abroad in Rotterdam and Basel, the development of an undergraduate architecture concentration with Harvard College, and a special alumni weekend in Los Angeles where we were able to experience as a community, the GSD’s influence on a vital urban center.

This GSD Annual Report presents the school’s many statistics, initiatives and activities from the past year in one volume. As we look ahead, it will be imperative that we continue to transform and redefine our role as educators, researchers and instigators within the field of design so that the next generations will continue to construct better futures.

Best wishes,

Mohsen Mostafavi Dean and Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design 2 3

Rahul Mehrotra MAUD ’87

Mariana Ibanez

Faculty

P. Scott Cohen MArch ’85 and Iñaki Ábalos 4 5

Last spring the GSD made several key faculty # of Faculty % of Faculty Born Outside of the U.S. appointments. After fi ve years of exceptional leadership, P. Scott Cohen MArch ’85 stepped down as head of the Architecture Department, and Iñaki Ábalos became its new chair. Professor Ábalos’ work is broadly interdisciplinary, integrating theory and practice, and focusing on the interaction of 77Total architecture, technology, landscape and culture. 25% The Architecture Department also welcomed to its ARCH faculty: Grace E. La MArch ’95, Professor of Faculty by Department Architecture, Ali M. Malkawi AM ’13, Professor of Architectural Technology, and Erika Naginski AM ’13, RF ’04, GSA ’00 was promoted to 9% Professor of Architectural History. Holly LA Samuelson MDesS ’09, DDes ’13 joined as Assistant Professor of Architecture, as did Hanif Kara as 11% 38Architecture Professor in Practice of Architectural Technology, UPD and Paul Nakazawa MArch ’79 and James Wickersham MArch ’83, JD ’94 as Associate Professors in Practice of Architecture. % 45Total Other notable appointments in the school included: Christopher Lee, Associate Professor in Practice Landscape Architecture of Urban Design, Laura Solano, Associate Professor 20 % of Men and Women on Faculty in Practice of Landscape Architecture, Matthew Urbanski MLA ’89, Associate Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture, and Bing Wang MAUD ’99, DDes ’04, Associate Professor in Practice of Real Estate and the Built Environment.

19Urban Planning and Design

Male 68% Female 32%

# of Visiting Faculty 60 43 26 Michael Hays AM ’95 129Total ARCH LA UPD 6 7

The second year of the undergraduate track in # of Undergraduates architectural studies continued to build upon the long tradition of a humanities-based architecture program at Harvard. It is augmented by the GSD with specialized undergraduate studios, lectures, seminars and thesis projects in architecture, 23 landscape and urbanism. Two areas of emphasis are made available to the 23 students of Harvard College enrolled in the program: (1) History and Theory, which includes the study of architecture in diverse places and time periods from antiquity to the present; and (2) Design Studies, which includes investigations into the social and aesthetic dimensions of contemporary architecture, emphasizing issues of sustainability, new forms of urbanism, and the use of digital media for visualization and analysis.

Undergraduate Education

Sample of FAS Courses Taught by GSD Faculty

GSD Faculty Course Title Alex Krieger Designing the American City: Civic Aspirations and Urban Form Michael Hays Construction Lab I + II: Conference Course Christine Smith Authority and Invention: Medieval Art and Architecture Charles Waldheim Maps and Mapping Richard T. T. Forman Ecology and Land-Use Planning Mark Mulligan and Contruction Lab, with undergraduate section on Fridays Danielle Etzler Zaneta Hong Architecture Studio 1: Transformation Sonja Dümpelmann From Mother Earth to Planet Mars Timothy Hyde Architecture in the 20th Century 8 9

Research at the GSD forms interdisciplinary bridges within Harvard’s wealth of institutional and intellectual resources and beyond. Many undertakings not only involve faculty and students from across the University’s various schools, but also draws on experts in diverse fi elds outside of campus. Research mobilizes design in its full experimental, innovative and creative capacity towards addressing key societal issues.

Continuing this tradition, the GSD established Design Labs (D-Labs) in 2010 to bring design to new frontiers of research and societal impact through an ambitious and rapidly expanding agenda that serves the global community as much as it trains the Research next generation of architects and urban planners and designers. The D-Labs synthesizes theoretical and applied knowledge to produce research that enables design to be an agent of change in society. Groundbreaking innovations produce practical solutions to quandaries in urbanization, environment and technology — from geographic information systems to the future of cities. Today, there are nine labs housed at the D-Labs and each one is researching some of the day’s most pressing design challenges. Because focus is critical to success, the best labs are developed around a single line of inquiry.

GSD’s D-Labs

Design Robotics Group Looks at the role of material processes and systems in the built environment, with a particular interest in robotic and computer numerically controlled fabrication processes. Energy, Environments & Expands and deepens our understanding of energy in relation to Design Lab buildings, environments and design. Geometry Lab Engages with core questions of architectural geometry and computational design — addressing issues of digital fabrication, constructability, structural geometry, performance and infrastructural optimization, and the history of geometry in design. 10 11 metaLAB Serves as an institutional hub for Harvard’s digital art, design and humanities communities while actively collaborating with partners both locally and worldwide. New Geographies Lab Focuses on urban transformations in the Muslim world, casts them in the larger regional and territorial landscapes, and proposes alternatives for their improvement by design. Responsive Environments & Takes an interdisciplinary look at the design of the physical Artifacts Lab environment with regard to technologically augmented experiences. Social Agency Lab Studies the ways in which individuals, institutions and organizations shape social outcomes in cities. Sustainability Lab Newly formed lab focusing on sustainable buildings. Urban Theory Lab Builds upon the notion of generalized urbanization to investigate emergent socio-spatial formations under the 21st Century capitalism.

Research Centers and Projects

Aga Khan Program for Dedicated to the study of Islamic art and architecture, Islamic Architecture urbanism, landscape design and conservation and the application of that knowledge to contemporary design projects. Joint Center for Advances understanding of housing issues and informs policy Executive Education Housing Studies through research, education and public outreach programs. Mellon Foundation Project A collaboration with the FAS dedicated to the study of reconceptualizing the urban. New Educational Connects members of the GSD community who conduct Environments Group research in new spaces for teaching and learning. Real Estate Academic Contributes to the quality of urban development in the U.S. Initiative and internationally through multi-disciplinary research and education in real estate and urban development. South America Project Trans-continental applied research network that proactively endorses the role of design within rapidly transforming geographies of the South American continent. Urban India Atlas Project Long-term critical assessment of emergent patterns of urban growth in India today. Zofnass Program for Develops and promotes methods and tools that help quantify Sustainable Infrastructure the sustainability of infrastructure, facilitate the adoption of sustainable solutions, and expand the body of knowledge regarding sustainable infrastructure. 12 13

GSD Executive Education expanded its scope of # of Programs 15 Countries are Represented in Last Year’s Program Participants course offerings in recent years. With the launch of Cities in Emerging Markets, a portfolio of capacity-building programs for leaders of growing cities worldwide, a new global footprint was PL RU built. Available for private and public clients, these CA UK 27 programs offer access to many of the GSD’s areas US of expertise, including architecture, master BM MA BS SA planning, urban design and planning, housing MX policy, sustainable materials, and green buildings in ER the cities that need the knowledge the most. NG Substantial impact has already been made on policy and practice, and visibly on community engagement AU and the built environment. Notable areas that have CL NZ been impacted by the GSD include King Abdullah Economic City, north of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, Mexico City, Mexico, and the islands of Nassau and AU Australia ER Eritrea PL Poland Great Exuma, in The Bahamas. There are also plans BS Bahamas MX Mexico RU Russia underway to expand to other countries and BM Bermuda MA Morocco SA Saudi Arabia continents. For faculty, these programs mean new CA Canada NZ New Zealand UK United Kingdom teaching experiences and insights for furtherance of CL Chile NG Nigeria US United States their own research.

On campus, Executive Education continued to grow its cutting edge programs, including the fl agship Advanced Management Development Program for global real estate leaders. They also ran joint programs with other Harvard schools, such as Real Estate Management with Harvard Business School, Learning Environments for Tomorrow with Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Design Meets Process: The Emergency Department of the Future with Harvard Medical School. In addition, the department added new options to their summer open enrollment programs, including Smarter Cities, Business Information Modeling, and Climate Adapted Design. 14 15

Students 16 17

Last fall the GSD welcomed 336 new faces to its Average Age # of Cups of Coffee and Tea Consumed at Chauhaus Every Year student body at the beginning of the 2012–2013 academic year. They arrived on campus from all over the world to embark on a new journey, advance their studies, develop leadership skills, and build connections that will last far beyond their years at 27 the GSD. During the year, students worked hard both inside and outside of the classroom and studio, and engaged # of Matriculating Students in the GSD community by attending events offered by over 40 student groups, including ping-pong tournaments, a rooftop apiary, and raising awareness of the role of women in the history of design professions. Students also worked internships and traveled 336in FY ’13 internationally through the Community Service Fellowship Program where they created eco-village 56,000 cups of coffee 7,000 cups of tea prototypes, transformed a vacant storefront into a temporary library space, and designed a place # of Applicants of learning and home for Rwanda’s war orphans. % of Male and Female Students

In May, the GSD celebrated the accomplishments of 2,164 over 300 graduating students from the architecture, Total landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design and design studies, and doctoral programs at commencement. They were addressed in the traditional Class Day Speech by architect and TED Conference founder Richard Saul Wurman just prior to graduation. The following day, students dressed in formal caps and gowns and stood in front of their family and friends to receive their diplomas in the Trays at the GSD. Male 50.5% Female 49.5%

% of International Students % of Minorities

38 % 21.7% 18 19

Financial Aid 20 21

Financial aid at the GSD is distributed to 91% of Cost to Attend the GSD Average Grant to All GSD Students Per Year % of Students that Received students. With the cost of tuition at $40,440, in FY ’13 Financial Aid a large percentage required support from the school in FY ’13 to help pay for their design education. $40,440 Amongst those who sought assistance were $17, 200 Tuition international students, who make up 38% of the GSD student body. The GSD addressed the critical need for fi nancial aid last year by Maximum Grant to International Students Per Year % $21,168 awarding grants averaging $19,000 to domestic 91 Other students, and a maximum of $10,000 to international students. $10,000 $61,608 The GSD recognizes that debt levels young 11% Total designers carry upon graduation are usually double their expected salaries. It is the goal of the school to Increase in Financial Aid Expenses, FY ’08 to FY ’13 continue to help students lessen this burden of debt 80% so they may make decisions regarding their careers driven by their creativity, imagination and commitment to social impact, not by the level of $5,905,113 80% GSD grants loan payments due. 11% Other Harvard funds

Average Grant Increase to MArch I Students, FY ’08 to FY ’13 Average Debt for Last Year’s Graduating Students (Domestic)

$65,064 25% increase

Average Debt for Domestic MArch I Students Graduating from Architecture Program $93,000

Average Expected Starting Salary for Domestic MArch I Students Graduating from Architecture Program $55,000 22 23

The GSD raises funds for student fi nancial aid and # of New Members that Joined other important programs and initiatives such as the Josep Lluís Sert Council faculty, design technology, research and facilities. with Donations Over $1,000 The contributions received from the school’s generous alumni and friends ensure that future generations of designers will be fully prepared to lead in the shaping of our world’s increasingly 40+ complex built environment. The GSD has seen tremendous growth in its fundraising activity in recent years, raising a record # of Alumni and Friends that total of $13,760,000 in FY ’13 — an increase of 332% Gave to the GSD for the from the previous year. In particular, the GSD First Time Fund had its most successful year to date, raising $560,704. Together with President Drew Faust’s 1:1 match, the school will be able to distribute over $1M in fellowship grants in FY ’14 — a 23% increase 200 from last year.

# of Graduating Students that # of Donors that Renewed their Gift in FY ’13 Compared to FY ’12 Fundraising Donated to the Give $20.13 Campaign 680 3% 100 Donors Increase # of Students Who Benefi ted from the GSD Fund in FY ’13 57 $751,000 Students Total

% of Increase in GSD Fund from FY ’12 to FY ’13

23% Increase

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Jaya Zebede MArch ’88 and Steve Johnson MArch ’83 Alumni

Frank Lee MAUD ’79 and Hillary Lee

Fadi Masoud MLA ’12 and Cornelia Oberlander BLA ’47, the fi rst female graduate of the Landscape Architecture program 28 29

GSD alumni all over the globe engaged and connected GSD Alumni Population Locations of Alumni Events in FY ’13 with each other and with faculty and staff this year. With the Alumni Council leading the way, alums actively engaged in student outreach through 13,358 mentoring relationships, J-Term Externships, portfolio reviews and networking. The group also organized regional events, including an alumni DEN reception in Washington, D.C. for students in SAN IAD NRT # of Recent Grads that Joined ICN the studio A Landscape of Security, and in San Diego the Alumni Population in 2013 for GSD DISrupt!: Power of Design — Energy and the Built Environment. Additionally, the Alumni Council NRT Tokyo, Japan partnered with the Alumni Relations offi ce to formally DEN Denver, CO welcome students to campus and to send them off to IAD Washington, DC the alumni world after commencement. ICN Seoul, Korea 323 SAN San Diego, CA At the inaugural Harvard Design: Los Angeles weekend, the alumni community gathered and reconnected # of Countries in Which GSD with each other over several days and enjoyed a series Alumni Live # of Alums that Attended # of Alumni / Student Mentoring Breakfast Participants of lectures and events, including a walking tour of the Harvard Design: downtown LA and panel discussions on the future Los Angeles Weekend of design technology and urbanization. In Seoul, the GSD Korea Club hosted an alumni reception at 50 23 SKM Architects, the fi rm of Ken Sungjin MAUD ’93, Students Alumni Council Members where President Drew Faust AM ’01 and Dean Mohsen 96 Mostafavi were welcomed with open arms by members in South Korea. 250 # of Alums that Attended Alumni Events in 2012

After graduation, GSD’s Class of 2013 were greeted warmly to the alumni community at “Welcome to Your City” events and regular get-togethers hosted by 750+ 20+ recent graduate groups, which formed in Los Angeles, Alums Alumni Events Chicago, Boston, New York and San Francisco. 30 31

John Portman The GSD hosted its annual public lecture series for Main Exhibits faculty, designers, practitioners, artists and thought The Works of Kiyonori leaders to present their work in the fall and spring of Kikutake: Tectonic Visions last year. From sustainability, urbanism, computation Between Land and Sea to speculation, the topics were diverse and showcased Curated by Ken Oshima the breadth and depth of the school’s programs. Aug. 24 – Oct. 16, 2012 Highlights included a visit from pastry chef Cartographic Grounds: Pierre Hermé, who traveled from Paris to give a Projecting the Landscape presentation titled “Architecture of Taste,” to explain Imaginary how he designs a pastry and a fl avor. 400 attendees Curated by Jill Desimini learned about Hermé’s process and technique and with Mohsen Mostafavi sampled creations prepared on-site by his team. and Charles Waldheim In March, Zaha Hadid shared a retrospective of her Oct. 29 – Dec. 21, 2012 work over the last 10 years. The GSD also welcomed English designer Thomas Heatherwick, who inspired Contrast and Continuity admitted students during the April Open House with 6 Projects by Christian Kerez his commitment to innovate, to apply artistic thinking, Kenzo Tange Visiting Professor and to mine the intrinsic potential of materials and Public Programs Jan. 21 – Mar. 10, 2013 craft practices.

Platform 5 The GSD also presented multiple exhibits in the Curated by Mariana Ibanez lobby of Gund Hall and in the Frances Loeb Library. Mar. 25 – May 17, 2013 Additional spaces throughout the school were curated by faculty, students and alumni to showcase research, Commencement 2013 awards and experiments. Last year, the exhibits May 28 – Aug. 11, 2013 explored themes of contrasting and continuity, projecting the landscape imaginary, the works of Kiyonori Kikutake, transformable design methods, and the making of Le Corbusier’s Carpenter Center.

Zaha Hadid 32 33

Fall 2012 Spring 2013

Sept. 6 pre.text/vor.wand, Jürgen Mayer H Jan. 31 Facades and Envelopes Sept. 11 Tectonic Visions between Land and Sea: Works of Kiyonori Kikutake, Ken Tadashi Jan. 31 Discussions in Architecture: Elizabeth Diller with P. Scott Cohen Oshima and Mark Mulligan Feb. 12 Margaret McCurry Lectureship in Design Arts: Maintenance/Survival/and its Sept. 13 On Imagination: Conversations with Architects, Film introduction by Merrill Elam Relation to Freedom: You and the City, Mierle Laderman Ukeles and Helen Han Feb. 15 Fairouz Nishanova with New Sounds from the Arab Lands Sept. 18 Kenzo Tange Lecture: The Rule of the Game, Christian Kerez Feb. 19 Planning in the 21st Century: What’s Next?, Mitchell Silver Sept. 20 The Good Old Days: A Conversation about Design and Planning for an Aging Feb. 21 Post-Superstorm: Planning and Design After Sandy, Joyce Klein Rosenthal, Population, Daniel D’Oca Abby Suckle Sept. 27 Dissolving the Boundary, Daniel Bonilla Feb. 26 Daniel Urban Kiley Lecture, Michel Desvigne Oct. 1 Forensic Architecture: The Place of Law in War, Eyal Weizman Feb. 27 Building for the Future, Werner Sobek Oct. 2 John T. Dunlop Lecture: America’s Housing Policy: Charting a Course for Recovery, Mar. 1 Druker Traveling Fellowship at 25 Mel Martinez Mar. 4 Designing an Institute for Performance Art, Marina Abramovic, Shohei Shigematsu Oct. 3 Incentive, Innovation: Affordable Housing and Design, Eric Belsky and Michael Bell Mar. 6 Zaha Hadid Oct. 4 City as Territory as Landscape, Günther Vogt Mar. 7–8 Harvard GSD Conference on Public Space: Putting Public Space in its Place Oct. 9 After March 11th, Kengo Kuma Mar. 12 John Portman Oct. 11 Roger Duffy Mar. 14–15 Aga Khan Conference: The Mediterranean: Region-Making by Design Oct. 16 What Was Metabolism? Refl ections on the Life of Kiyonori Kikutake, Toyo Ito Mar. 26 Senior Loeb Scholar Lecture: Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Oct. 18 Designs Within Designs: Progressive Ceramics in Today’s Architecture, Mar. 28 Red is Not a Color, Bernard Tschumi Martin Bechthold, Angela Paredes, Ryan Fasan Mar. 28–29 Cambridge Talks VII: Architecture and the Street Oct. 19 Harvard GSD Conference on Design I: Liminal Objects Apr. 2 Off-Site: Konstantin Grcic Oct. 23 Jack Dangermond Apr. 4 Vac Bos: The GSD and the Making of Le Corbusier’s Carpenter Center, Oct. 25 Style Agency, Farshid Moussavi Eduard Sekler Oct. 30 Building for the Future, Werner Sobek Apr. 4 The Future of Work Space, Allen Sayegh Nov. 1 Studies in Scale and Topology: The Structural Engineer’s Role in Creating New Apr. 5 Thomas Heatherwick Architecture, William F. Baker Apr. 9 Cities of Wood, Jonathan Levi Nov. 2 Nathalie de Vries Apr. 11 A City is (Not) a Tree: New Models of Urban Space, Cino Zucchi Nov. 5 Modernist Planning and the Foundations of Urban Violence in Latin America, Apr. 18 Sylvester Baxter Lecture: Land vs. Landscape, Bas Smets Diane Davis Apr. 23 Successive Architecture: Walter Gropius Lecture, P. Scott Cohen Nov. 6 Olmsted Lecture: Knowing Landscape Architecture, Simon Swaffi eld Nov. 7 Teju Cole Nov. 13 Three Centuries of Architecture Education: Framing and Reframing a Discipline, Shantel Blakely, Joan Ockman, Michael Hays, Eliot Noyes Nov. 27 Architecture of Taste, Pierre Hermé

Pierre Hermé 34 35

The Frances Loeb Library at the GSD provides # of People that Entered access to all forms of information related to the Library the built environment — books, journals (print and online), visual documentation, maps and plans, data 104,459 sets, a materials samples collection, and a Special Collections with rare books and archival collections. International in scope and encompassing all formats, the library’s collections strengths are in the areas # of Instruction Sessions of 20th and 21st century architectural design and technology, urban design, city and regional planning, and historic and contemporary landscape design.

In FY ’13, the library embarked on a number of new initiatives, including a pilot project testing automatic 81Sessions, reaching a video capture of lectures and uploading to course Library cumulative of iSites for reuse by faculty and students. Two new positions were also created to provide support in fi nding data and GIS resources, instruct in the 2,365 use of resources and software, archive the work of GSD students students at the GSD, and manage all collections across the library.

In addition, the Loeb Library received the gift of # of Researchers from the Kenzō Tange Archive by Mrs. Takako Tange to Outside of GSD the Special Collections. This signifi cant archive of original materials is refl ective of Kenzō Tange’s extraordinary range of work. The drawings, meticulously executed and characterized by inherent precision and aesthetic coherence, are 304Researchers from around the supplemented by notebooks and other manuscript world use Special Collections materials, as well as a comprehensive collection of publications by Kenzō Tange, critical studies, journals and portfolios.

# of Books Catalogued 1,423 36 37

At the core of design and planning education at the # of Students Enrolled in GSD is the studio method of teaching. Students Core and Option Studios engage with their critics, addressing a wide-range of issues, topics and contexts, while developing their creative potential and sharpening their analytical 554 and critical skills through studio work. Fall 2012 As part of the GSD’s studio program, students had the unique opportunity to enhance their studies and 447 travel to such places as Kyoto, Japan; Amsterdam, Spring 2013 the Netherlands; Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Chicago, USA; and Santiago and Patagonia, Chile. Last fall, students spent an exciting semester abroad in Rotterdam, the Netherlands with Rem Koolhaas # of Studios Offered in FY ’13 AM ’95, Principal at OMA and Professor in Practice Studios of Architecture and Urban Design at the GSD. In the spring, students journeyed to Basel, Switzerland to study with GSD Design Critics Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. 48Total

Studio Travel in the Fall Semester 2012*

11Studios 135 Students 8 Different countries

Studio Travel in the Spring Semester 2013*

14Studios 168 Students 10Different countries

* Students selected to participate in the studio abroad program are chosen randomly by a lottery system. 38 39

The Loeb Fellows represent the broadest spectrum of design practitioners and come from such different places around the world as Albuquerque, Atlanta, Seattle, Cleveland, Quito, Ecuador, and Shenzhen, China. The Class of 2013 easily defi ed categories and included an environmental policymaker, an electronic gaming designer, three producers of urban spectacle, and an architect who uses her craft for confl ict resolution.

The Loebs spent their year at the GSD partaking in courses, conducting research, writing, interviewing faculty, creating and managing symposia, and pursuing other activities that advanced their professional growth. During Harvard’s January term, Loeb Fellows they had an opportunity to dig into their interests further and worked closely with GSD students through four dynamic courses they designed based on their passions, which ranged from Designing Peace, Designing Happy Places, Retrofi tting Suburbia, and Civic Art and Transformation.

January Term Courses Designed by Loeb Fellows

Designing Peace: Envisioning A fi ve-day exploration of how design can help people envision the Future Jerusalem peace in confl icted territories through resolution planning. Karen Lee Bar-Sinai Designing Happy Places: How A workshop where students sought to capture what makes urban Art, Policy and Urban Design design joyful and how to design inspiring urban spaces and Loeb Fellows Class of 2013 Can Reshape Our Cities catalysts that engage people. L–R, 1st Row: Karen Lee Bar-Sinai, Deanna VanBuren, Jim Lasko, Ann Yoachim Karen Lee Bar-Sinai and 2nd Row: Ramiro Almeida, LZ Nunn, Helen Marriage, Ed Walker, Lynn Richards LZ Nunn Retrofi tting Suburbia: Politics An intensive two-day process to reverse neighborhood decline and Designs and repair the suburban fabric. Lynn Richards and Deanna VanBuren Civic Art and Transformation A fi ve-day workshop studying the role of meaningful, engaging Jim Lasko and unexpected urban events in promoting civic pride and creating new visual language to advance conversations about the urban realm. 40 41

Financial 42 43

Financial Fiscal year 2013 was a rebalancing year for the GSD, a 9% increase, having recaptured some of its lost rebuilding reserves and stabilizing spending value in an improving, though still volatile economy. Overview following years of investment. Since FY ’10, the GSD Current use gifts were also up $1.4M, thanks to our has been executing an expansion strategy, increasing generous supporters and successful outreach by the its reach and impact across disciplines. In FY ’11, a development team. Sponsored support, a priority for rare opportunity to acquire three buildings adjacent the Dean, rose 35% — from $1.9M to $2.5M year to campus was fortuitous in its timing, adding much over year — as the school continued emphasizing and needed capacity for faculty and enrollment growth enhancing its research capacity. consistent with the school’s stated academic goals. Expenses Although revenue grew, the school deliberately While the new buildings fit well with growth contained costs, recovering some of the savings it aspirations, their sudden availability necessitated spent down in recent years. Expenses were investment on a tighter timeline than originally essentially flat, but shifted among categories. planned. The GSD faced a challenging combination of Investment in facilities subsided, declining $0.7M financial circumstances — a significant endowment following the renovation and restoration of the new decline, a volatile economy, and a time-sensitive buildings in the prior year. Despite rate increases, opportunity to acquire new properties — which forced salary and benefit costs grew only modestly, the school to spend down savings. In FY ’12, after library employees came off the GSD payroll following years of modest surpluses, the renovation and shifted to Harvard’s newly consolidated library and restoration of the new buildings among other model. In FY ’13 and going forward, costs for one-time factors drew further on savings and the library will be billed back as services purchased contributed to an operating deficit. from the University. Careful cost management across the school limited other spending across It is within this context that the GSD seeks to departments. With its growth, the institution has improve its financial situation. The FY ’13 operating successfully maintained favorable faculty to student result, after depreciation, was a $2.7M surplus. ratios, but has limited additions to administrative Most of this surplus was restricted, resulting from staff, leveraging productivity gains to support gifts or sponsored support received close to year end its growing operations. School leadership is closely and ahead of associated expenses. The school did monitoring the increasing administrative and generate a modest sum of unrestricted cash before operational demands associated with growth, depreciation, which it committed to reserves, though assessing ongoing requirements for a reserves remain oversubscribed relative to building leanly-staffed organization. maintenance needs, emerging priorities associated with growth, and continued volatility in revenue Outlook Having stabilized its financial situation amid years and expenses. of investment in a challenging fiscal environment, the GSD is refocusing its efforts to increase support Revenue Leveraging new capacity, revenue was up 15%, for students, expand research and teaching capacity, a $6.1M increase over FY ’12. Tuition and fees and enhance facilities to promote creativity and contributed $3.6M, combining 10% higher collaboration within the school and beyond. enrollment with a 4% rate increase. Offsetting tuition To accomplish these ambitious goals, it will rely on was an increase in student aid, up 12%, as the school a successful campaign and continued engagement redoubled efforts to make programs accessible by from its generous supporters, alumni, and friends. distributing an additional $1.3M in financial support to students. The endowment distribution rose $1.4M, — Mark Goble, Chief Financial Officer 44 45

Harvard Graduate School of Design Statement of Activity Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2013

Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2012 Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total Revenue: (in millions) Graduation Tuition and Fees 29.2 0.0 29.2 25.6 0.0 25.6 Less: Financial Aid (8.2) (4.1) (12.3) (6.8) (4.2) (11.0) Net Tuition 21.0 (4.1) 16.9 18.8 (4.2) 14.6 Continuing and Executive Ed Tuition and Fees 1.9 0.0 1.9 2.0 0.0 2.0 Federal Sponsored Programs 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 Non-Federal Sponsored Programs 0.0 2.3 2.3 0.0 1.7 1.7 Total Sponsored Support 0.0 2.5 2.5 0.0 1.9 1.9 Current-Use Gifts 0.0 3.7 3.7 0.0 2.3 2.3 Endowment Distribution 7.5 9.6 17.1 6.9 8.7 15.7 Other Income 2.4 3.4 5.8 2.9 2.4 5.3 Total Revenue 32.8 15.1 47.9 30.6 11.2 41.8

Expense: Salaries and Wages 13.5 5.8 19.3 13.4 5.7 19.1 Employee Benefi ts 4.5 1.5 6.0 4.5 1.5 6.0 Scholarships, Prizes, Awards (less Financial Aid) 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.2 1.1 1.3 Supplies and Equipment 1.3 0.4 1.7 1.2 0.5 1.7 Space and Occupancy 3.5 0.3 3.8 4.3 0.2 4.5 Services Purchased 4.6 0.8 5.4 3.7 0.9 4.6 Travel 1.6 1.1 2.7 1.7 1.1 2.8 University Assessment 1.3 0.0 1.3 1.3 0.0 1.3 Other 1.2 1.0 2.2 1.1 0.7 1.9 Total Expense 31.7 12.1 43.9 31.3 11.9 43.2

Operating Result: 1.0 3.0 4.0 (0.7) (0.7) (1.4) Less: Depreciation 1.3 0.0 1.3 1.1 0.0 1.1

Adjusted “GAAP” Operating Result (0.3) 3.0 2.7 (1.8) (0.7) (2.5) 46 47

Harvard Graduate School of Design Endowment Consolidated Balance Sheet % of Market % of Market (in millions) FY 2013 Value FY 2012 Value Fiscal year ending June 30, 2013 Endowment distribution to GSD Operations 17.1 4.3% 15.7 4.2% Assets: (in millions) 2013 2012 Distribution for central admin. overhead 1.9 0.5% 1.8 0.5% Deposits with the University 16.2 9.8 Endowment decapitalizations to GSD 2.5 0.6% 1.6 0.4% Receivables Total spending from endowment 21.5 5.4% 19.1 5.1% Student Receivables 0.3 0.3 Beginning-of-year endowment market value 396.3 375.9 Other Receivables 0.4 0.4 (Excludes Endowment Pledges) Prepayments and deferred charges 0.1 0.1 Notes Receivable 9.4 9.5 Pledges Receivable 6.7 1.1 Endowment Distribution and Distribution as % of Operating Expenses (excl. Fin Aid) Fixed Assets, net of accumulated depreciation 23.1 21.1

Long-term investments (primarily endowment) 396.3 375.9 20.0 60% 52.0% Total Assets 452.5 418.2 18.0 49.2% 44.3% 50% 16.0 43.1% 43.0% 41.3% 39.6% 39.4% 39.2% 14.0 Liabilities: 36.5% 40% 12.0 Accrued Expenses 0.6 0.1 Deferred Revenue and Other Liabilities 1.9 1.5 10.0 30% Internal Debt Obligations 11.3 9.3 8.0 10.7 11.1 12.1 13.4 15.2 18.3 16.7 14.6 15.7 1 7. 1 20% Government Loan Advances 4.3 4.4 6.0

Total Liabilities 18.1 15.4 Distribution ($ M) Endowment 4.0 10% 0.2 Distribution as Percent of Operating Expense 0.0 0% Composition of Net Assets: FY ’04 FY ’05 FY ’06 FY ’07 FY ’08 FY ’09 FY ’10 FY ’11 FY ’12 FY ’13 Unrestricted Reserves 4.0 1.5 Endowment Distribution for Operations Distribution as % of Operating Expenses (excl. Fin Aid) Restricted Reserves 8.4 5.2 Undistributed Income & Other 1.8 2.0 Pledge Balances 3.7 1.1 GSD Financial Aid Expenses, FY 2004 – FY 2013 Student Loan Funds 0.9 1.3 Investment in Fixed Assets 16.3 16.0 Endowment & Other Invested Funds 399.3 375.9 14.0 Total Assets Net of Liabilities 434.4 402.8 US Need-Based 12.0 Masters Grant

10.0 Masters Merit Grant/ Pres Scholars 8.0 Int’l. Masters Need-Based Grant 6.0 Int’l. Employment/ 4.0 Emer. Grant Award

DDES Grant/TFs GSD Financial Aid Expenses ($ M) 2.0 PhD Grant/TFs 0.0 FY ’04 FY ’05 FY ’06 FY ’07 FY ’08 FY ’09 FY ’10 FY ’11 FY ’12 FY ’13 Copyright © 2013 Harvard

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Image Credits Yusuke Suzuki: page 2–3, 30, 33 Justin Knight: page 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14–15, 16, 18–19, 22, 34, 40–41, 45 Rose Lincoln: page 14 Maggie Janik: page 18–19 Orit Harpaz: page 24–28 Hallie Stroud: page 36 Kris Snibbe: page 40–41