GSD AC Design Impact 1: Transformation at the Intersection of Climate Change, Equity, and Health



Design Impact: Transformation at the Intersection of Climate Change, Equity, and Health, a global design summit sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Design Alumni Council. The event will bring together an outstanding roster of global leaders to share their work and vision, challenging us as a global community to use design as a tool for actionable, transformative change and healing.

00:00:00 – Opening – Intro – Peter Coombe
00:02:45 – Opening – Intro – Dean Sarah Whiting
00:05:39 – Opening – Intro – Maimunah Mohd Sharif

Session 1: Slum Upgrading and the City: Policies, Design and Transformation
Curator: Sameh Wahba
Moderator: Pancho Brown

Slum Upgrading and the Right to the City: Policies, Design and Transformation will be the first of a three panels series revolving around the urgent need and impact of design across disciplines, scales, and geographies. This session would look at slum upgrading and what policymakers, planners and designers should be mindful of and how to work with communities to tackle the inequities in our cities which were laid bare by COVID-19. This last crisis add up to the increasing frequency and severity of disasters produced by climate change, and the systemic racial, religious and economic discrimination that plagues cities.

00:15:48 – Session 1 – Intro – Peter Coombe
00:16:07 – Session 1 – Intro – Pancho Brown
00:18:39 – Session 1 – Panel – Sameh Wahba
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00:37:30 – Session 1 – Panel – Sheela Patel
00:49:29 – Session 1 – Panel – Jennifer Musisi
00:57:54 – Session 1 – Panel – Anacláudia Rossbach
01:06:31 – Session 1 – Panel – Jorge Mario Jauregui
01:14:33 – Session 1 – Panel Session

Session 2: Regenerative Design for Radical Sustainability
Curator: Jaya Kader
Moderator: Aditi Agarwal

After two decades of global initiatives and efforts to promote Green building strategies, the design and construction industry is still largely responsible for resource depletion and environmental degradation worldwide. The Regenerative Design for Radical Sustainability panel explores alternative design strategies that enhance and regenerate our natural capital. Thought leaders and practitioners will share ideas and practical insights,promoting the design of environments that can coexist harmoniously with the vast richness and beauty of our planet. Speakers will inspire design leaders to take action in their practices and communities towards alternative design processes that can help reverse environmental damage.

01:32:27 – Session 2 – Intro – Ana Pinto da Silva
01:34:15 – Session 2 – Intro – Jaya Kader
01:37:46 – Session 2 – Intro – Aditi Agarwal
01:38:47 – Session 2 – Panel – Edward Muller
01:47:00 – Session 2 – Panel – Susan Jones
01:53:51 – Session 2 – Panel – Hitesh Mehta
02:01:23 – Session 2 – Panel – Ivan Shumkov
02:10:06 – Session 2 – Panel – Maren Costa
02:16:59 – Session 2 – Panel – Alnoor Lahda
02:25:16 – Session 2 – Panel Session

Session 3: Design Equity: The Revolution Will Be Designed
Curator: Courtney D. Sharpe
Moderator: Naksha Satish

There has been continual philosophization about whether design can alleviate civilization’s collective offences against humanity and the environment. Simply, Yes, it can. The question is, How do we do it equitably? To answer, we must confront the impediments to non-discriminatory ways of living worldwide and interrogate how design can be utilized to realize universal justice in the 21st century.

03:11:10 – Session 3 – Intro – Ana Pinto da Silva
03:13:56 – Session 3 – Intro – Courtney D. Sharpe
03:15:26 – Session 3 – Intro – Naksha Satish
03:16:20 – Session 3 – Intro – Jacquelyn Lyamah
03:24:50 – Session 3 – Intro – Cheryl D. Holmes Miller
03:35:04 – Session 3 – Intro – Anne Quito
03:43:00 – Session 3 – Intro – Bryan C. Lee Jr.
03:51:33 – Session 3 – Intro – Jefa Greenaway
03:56:54 – Session 3 – Panel Session
04:40:55 – Conclusion – Wrap Up thoughts – Ana Pinto da Silva
04:43:37 – Conclusion – For more information

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