Courses
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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…