Courses
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Fundamentals of Computer-Aided Design
This course has a dual objective: it provides the conceptual framework for employing computing in the design process and it delivers the practical skills for…
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Advanced 3-D Modeling and Animation
This courses provides a theoretical foundation for advanced geometric modeling and focuses on the architecture of movement and the conception and creation of animated form.
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Visualizing Information
This seminar explores how information can be presented visually on the Internet and provides a broad understanding of the visualization of different types of information.
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Intermediate Drawing
This is an intermediate course in drawing, open to landscape, urban design, and architecture students (also MDes). The initial intent of the class is to…
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Introduction to Architectural Theory
This course presents the range of material factors (physical, cultural, social, and historical) that condition the production of architecture and their interaction with the ideologies…
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Shifting Landscapes
The significance of landscapes is not that they change with seasons, cycles or any other measure of time, but that they change outside of our…
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Theories and Methods of Landscape Planning
Theories, methods, concepts and techniques are introduced for use in environmental planning and design. Included are computer-oriented procedures and graphic methods of organizing, analyzing, synthesizing,…
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Contemporary Landscape Design in Asia
This course is intended as an exploration of the broad phenomenon of contemporary landscape design in Asia, concentrating especially on China, Japan, and India. Given…
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History of Landscape Architecture: Antiquity to 1800
This course surveys the history of gardens and landscape design primarily in the Western world, from antiquity to Humphry Repton and the beginning of the…
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The Moving Image: Film and Visual Representation
NOTE: The first meeting for this course is on Thursday, Sept.13th, 10:00-11:30 a.m., in Carpenter Center Room B-04.A survey aimed at developing visual literacy, this…
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Buildings, Texts, and Contexts
This six-module sequence, offered over three semesters, presents an introduction to the complex, interwoven web of conceptual issues and historical narratives in western architecture from…
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Buildings, Texts, and Contexts
This six-module sequence, offered over three semesters, presents an introduction to the complex, interwoven web of conceptual issues and historical narratives in western architecture from…
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Theorizing Modernism in Architecture
Modernism in architecture has been characterized variously by architects and social theorists as a set of approaches to the design process based on Enlightenment ideals…
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Constructing Vision
The course considers the application of means of representation, primarily perspective, in architectural design. It examines how architects have used these means of representation not…
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Introduction to Urban Planning and Design
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/courses/5101f00…
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Markets and Market Failures
This course introduces economics to students who have had little previous exposure to the subject. Basic tools are covered, including supply, demand, and market equilibrium;…
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Real Estate Finance and Development
This course is intended to give students the training they need to engage in real estate investment and development, both private and public. No prior…
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Planning and Environmental Law
This course examines how land use and environmental laws in the United States shape our cities and landscapes. Such laws raise important questions: What is…
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Policy-Making in Urban Settings
Jointly-offered with the Kennedy School of Government (HUT 100), this course reviews policy-making in American cities, focusing on differing economic, demographic, institutional and political settings.
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Transportation Planning and Development
Access and mobility are essential elements of an urban plan. Transportation strategies directly impact and interact with land-use planning, zoning, economic development, and urban design.
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Design, Law, Policy
Prerequisites: GSD 5201, GSD 5206, or equivalent background.Law has a powerful imprint on the design of the built environment. As much as technological innovation, market…
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Site Ecology and Plant Communities
This course focuses on the principles of ecosystem, community, and population ecology as applied to the analysis of vegetation, wildlife, soil, water, and microclimate of…
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Fundamentals of Landscape Technology
This course introduces processes and methods of site construction, land measurement, property description, surveying, grading and earthwork. Lectures, readings, and assignments undertake the representation, manipulation,…
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Introduction to Building Technologies
This course introduces the basic materials and methods used in building construction through a weekly lecture and related hands-on workshop. Material qualities are described in…
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Analysis and Design of Building Structures I
This course introduces students to the analysis and design of structural elements. Loads on structures are considered first; subsequent sessions cover the fundamental principles of…
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Building Technology
As the final component in the required sequence of technology courses in the MArch I program, this professionally oriented course develops an integral understanding of…
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Plants, Vegetation and Microclimate
This course emphasizes the identification of prominent plants in the natural communities of New England. It also highlights major characteristics of the vegetation, and introduces…
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Landscape Ecology
This course examines the structure, functioning, and change of a mosaic of ecological systems, such as forests, wetlands, fields, corridors, and villages. Focus is on…
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Structural Systems in Buildings
This course covers the organization and design of building structures as components of total building systems. It addresses both traditional and industrialized structural systems, planning…
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Site Planning
This course provides an introduction to the theories, principles, and methods of site planning and land design practices. Through case studies based upon landscape archetypes,…
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Computer Aided Design & Manufacturing
Intended for advanced students, this course responds to recent developments in the field of computer-aided manufacturing and design (CAD/CAM) that have strongly affected design and…
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Visualizing Open Space (cancelled)
Prerequisites: GSD 2107, GSD2306, or permission of instructor. Proficiency with computing and willingness to adventure.This course examines the special problems and opportunities involved in creating…
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Watershed and Watershed Management Planning and Design
This course concentrates on how different land processes (natura) and activities (anthropogenic) affect aquatic systems.Part 1 is based on empirical cross-system comparisons to examine patterns…
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Sustainable Landscape
This seminar-format course will examine the issues that influence the process of landscape growth and development over time, focusing especially on the dynamic nature of…
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Development of Professional Practice
This course examines the continuum of practice types and approaches, from ideas-based/design-led to market-based/business-led; as well as the mission, role, and possibilities for professionals in…
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Internet and Architecture
Emerging information infrastructures are challenging how traditional architectural space is perceived, used and produced – creating, for many, remarkable discontinuities. Yet the nature of these…