Post on 20-Dec-2015
04/18/23Paul Cote 1Harvard UniversityGraduate School of Design
Developing a Culture of Information Stewardship
At the Graduate School of Design
04/18/23Paul Cote 2Harvard UniversityGraduate School of Design
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Students:
250 Architecture
100 Landscape Architecture
150 Urban Planning and Design
04/18/23Paul Cote 3Harvard UniversityGraduate School of Design
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Mission: Train Students
To Understand Places
To develop and communicate alternative futures
To lead firms and agencies associated with shaping the future of the environment.
04/18/23Paul Cote 4Harvard UniversityGraduate School of Design
Studio Culture:An Engine for Place-Based Information
Each Term: Entire School deployed on 20 Place-Based Studio Projects.Collaborative groups of 9-15 students.
04/18/23Paul Cote 5Harvard UniversityGraduate School of Design
Studio/Thesis Information Lifecycle
Collect Information:Site PhotosGIS DataCAD DataDocuments
Synthesis / Study:MapsDigital 3D ModelsPhysical 3D ModelsGIS Models
Presentation Materials:Maps3D ModelsAnimationsDocuments
Start Semester Finish
End of Term
LACK OF
PREDICTABLE
ORGANIZATION
AND METADATA
04/18/23Paul Cote 6Harvard UniversityGraduate School of Design
Promoting a Culture of Information Stewardship
• Develop and document best practices for filing place-based data collections• Provide tools for tagging collections and files with
metadata including spatial and temporal references• Provide tools for cataloging and searching
collections of data temporally and spatially• Motivate collaborators and leaders to organize
their data well
04/18/23Paul Cote 7Harvard UniversityGraduate School of Design
Information Stewardship Best Practices
Documentation:Beginning your Place-Based Data Collectionhttp://www.gsd.harvard.edu/gis/manual/beginning
Tools:MapCat collection metadata toolhttp://www.gsd.harvard.edu/gis/ma
Motivation:Increased productivity of collaboratorsPreservation of value in information assets