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
Urs Hirschberg, Jeffrey Huang, David Rose
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
George Baird, Sarah M. Whiting
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
Carl Steinitz, Michael Flaxman
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
Alex Krieger, François Vigier, Ann Forsyth
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
Gary R. Hilderbrand, Robert France
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
Michelle Addington, Marco Steinberg, Daniel Schodek, Kimo Griggs
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…