Courses
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Constructing Visual Narratives of Place
This seminar explores the representation of identity and memory in the city and its territory. The case study is Boston, in its…
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Adventure and Fantasy Simulation, 1871-2036
Visual constituents of high adventure since the late Victorian era, emphasizing wandering woods, rogues, tomboys, women adventurers, faerie antecedents, halflings, crypto-cartography, Third-Path turning, martial arts,…
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Super Landscapes, Super Sports
As a form of play, sports are deeply embedded in human nature and culture. Throughout history, sports have had considerable impact on…
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Architecture and Landscape before and after Watergate
In one of the defining moments of the Senate Watergate Hearings, June 28, 1973, Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr., put the “central…
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Seminar in Urban Restoration Ecology
Landscape architecture projects, at all scales, can involve elements which add to our natural resources. These restored areas are increasingly shown to…
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Responsive Technologies in Landscape Architecture
The interface between the constructed environment and ecological systems is slowly blurring strategies in urbanism, biological engineering, and technological interface. These strategies…
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Structures in Landscape Architecture
Topics Covered· • How to think about structure visually and qualitatively as an aspect of landscape architectural design.• The structural…
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Planted Form and Re-Formation: Horticultural Interpretation and Invention
Danielle Choi, Kimberly Mercurio
Planted Form and Re-Formation is a seminar that investigates how and why vegetation (as a living design medium) changes over time, and…
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Research Methods in Landscape Architecture
This seminar offers an overview of various types and practices of research methodology in contemporary landscape architecture. Central to the ambitions of the course is…
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Discourse and Methods I
This course is open only to Ph.D. students in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning and Design (Ph.D. students from other departments may participate with…