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Miho Mazereeuw
Miho Mazereeuw is an Associate Professor of Architecture and Urbanism in the Department of Architecture at MIT where she also directs the Urban Risk Lab. Mazereeuw is most known for her work in disaster risk reduction. Early life and education Mazereeuw, who is part Dutch and part Japanese, grew up in Malaysia, South Korea, and Singapore. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Sculpture and Environmental Science from Wesleyan University. While in college in 1995, she visited Kobe, Japan where her parents had recently moved after the Great Hanshin Earthquake. She then earned her Master in Architecture and Landscape Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD). For her thesis, Mazereeuw designed an emergency infrastructure system as part of a subway station design, akin to the Urban Risk Lab's PrepHub project. Much of her research interest centers on coastal areas in the Pacific Rim of Fire. Work Mazereeuw's experience in design practice include working in the offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvard Graduate School Of Design
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is the graduate school of design at Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It offers master's and doctoral programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design, real estate, design engineering, and design studies. The GSD has over 13,000 alumni and has graduated many famous architects, urban planners, and landscape architects. The school is considered a global academic leader in the design fields. The GSD has the world's oldest landscape architecture program (founded in 1893) and North America's oldest urban planning program (founded in 1900). Architecture was first taught at Harvard University in 1874. The Graduate School of Design was officially established in 1936, combining the three fields of architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture under one graduate school. History Architecture Charles Eliot Norton brought the first architecture classes to Harvar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
