Harvard offered its first architecture classes in 1893, and had an architecture graduate school by 1914. But it wasn’t until 1936 that the Graduate School of Design (GSD) opened. It was a gathering place for all forms of design practice, and an early Harvard experiment in mixing disciplines.
Harvard is 375 years old this year, and the School of Design turns 75. But how do you celebrate GSD’s birthday — and its complex history — without trapping viewers in the past? The answer is GSD 075, a time-blending Gund Hall exhibit on display through Dec. 22.
