Context Informs Form GSD Studio Option, Fall 2010

Shane Coen is teaching a studio option at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) for the Fall 2010 semester. ‘Context Informs Form’ is a site based design studio exploring the relationship between modern landscape design and significant works of architecture. Students will be redesigning the Alvar Aalto Baker House site and adjacent connective landscapes.

The work will be inspired and informed by the site research and the qualities of Aalto’s dynamic building. The proximity of the location will allow students and instructor to regularly visit the site to evaluate and critique assumptions and design solutions on-site. Refinements to the designs will be based upon these site visits, critiques, and other contextual research.

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