This program is for diverse sophomore to senior Boston area high school students interested in learning more about design and the processes of collaboration that produce the built environment.

This program uses a hybrid format for instruction and mentorship. Over the program, meeting sessions alternate between group synchronous meetings online with the mentees, GSD student and Perkins&Will mentors, and program faculty and in-person meetings to attend public events the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Gund Hall, Perkins&Will’s Boston design office, or on field visits in and around Boston with our program team.

Group afternoon learning sessions and afternoon and evening program events occur weekly during this program. In addition to class meeting times, mentees schedule mentorship and work review sessions with GSD student and Perkins&Will mentors as schedules permit. Thoughtfully completing the assignments of the program also requires time outside of meetings with faculty and mentors as participants’ schedules permit.

Evaluation of performance throughout the program is based on evidence of the participant’s consideration of assignments and meeting session discussions, their creativity and care with articulating their own observations in relation to design assignments, and the degree to which feedback provided is incorporated into the work in evolution. Successful participants will receive a program certificate, inclusion in press and presentations on the program at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and Perkins&Will. All participants are eligible for consideration for a number of program prizes.

This program is free to participants each annual cycle. The program works with Boston area high schools on a rotating annual basis and hosts students from a school each year. If you’d like your school to be included in this program, please contact us at [email protected].

Please be in touch with us at [email protected] to share your interest in this program and request more information.

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