Courses
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Introduction to Design and Visual Studies
Preston Scott Cohen, Gary Rohrbacher, Tim Love, Victoria Beach, John Bass, Julio Salcedo, Marco Steinberg
The first of a four-semester sequence of design studios introduces students to the practice of architectural design, discussing the theoretical principles on which such practice…
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Architectural Design
Toshiko Mori, Darell Fields, Ron Witte, Jonathan Levi, Ashley Schafer, Joseph MacDonald
The third of a four-semester sequence of design studios emphasizes the development of a building as a material construct. The focus is on investigation of…
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Re-Entering Boston Symphony Hall, by Way of Marfa, Texas
The studio will be in two parallel parts. The first will focus on exploration of strategies of minimalism mostly in art, but to some degree…
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Inside and Outside the Box/ A Chelsea Addition
The studio will focus on additions and connections to a loft building in Chelsea. The building is the home of The Kitchen, a not-for-profit institution…
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$3200. Exercises on Elementary Architecture Throughout the Chilean Territory
PLASTIC A low-income house in Chile costs US $7000, land and infrastructure included. Each family, having saved at least US$ 300, is eligible to get…
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A Field of Schools: Rethinking the Relationship Between School and City in San Diego
SummaryThe studio revises the predominant models of school design in the United States by addressing more effectively the relationship between the school and its surrounding…
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Miami’s Little Haiti: A Neighborhood in Transition
Our design proposal for the fall 2001 semester focuses on Little Haiti, an urban neighborhood located in Miami. Little Haiti is situated on the east-west…
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Defining/Unraveling an Edge: An Exhibition Space and Cultural Center for the Arnold Arboretum
site:The edge condition between the Forest Hills T-stop and Harvard University\’s Arnold Arboretum.The Forest Hills T-stop shares an undeveloped boundary with the Arnold Arboretum. The…
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Superficial Chaos and Subterranean Transparency: An Olympic Commuter in LA Castellana
Among cities, the scale of Madrid traffic problems is suffocating. In the opinion of experts, in order to confront, or at least to ameliorate them,…
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Expansion and Renovation of the Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art has recently announced plans for a major architectural initiative of renovation and expansion. A Facilities Master Plan, developed in 1999…
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Under the Influence: Negotiating the Complex Logic of Urban Property
Under the Influence: Negotiating the Complex Logic of Urban Property the excitement of city life cannot be preserved if all conflict is eliminated (it is…
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Visual Studies
This course will emphasize the construction of space on the two-dimensional surface by way of freehand drawing. In-class visual exercises will identify key concepts in…
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Projective Representation in Architecture
This course examines the history, theory and practice of parallel (orthographic) and central (perspective) projection. The objective is to provide the tools to imagine and…
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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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Everyday Spaces
In geography, an \”entire spatial language has emerged for comprehending the contours of social reality.\” (Neil Smith) The seminar explores ways in which a more…
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MArch II Proseminar
This course provides a forum for critical discussion of contemporary design practices that is exploratory and speculative in nature. The course emphasizes collaborative thinking and…
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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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Film Architectures: Seminar Course
NOTE: The first meeting for this course is Wednesday, Sept. 12,2-4 p.m., in Carpenter Center Room 402.What is our experience of architecture in cinema? Considering…
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The Sixties: Architecture, Media, and the City in the Time of the Vietnam War
This seminar examines a critical moment in American architectural culture, during which disillusionment with postwar corporate modernism and the failure of urban renewal and public…
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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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Environment and Energy Implications: The Discrete System
Energy and environmental considerations for buildings have typically been in the form of prescription: material specifications and/or design guidelines. These prescriptions not only limit the…
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Shells, Tensile Structures and Kinetic Systems
The integration of shells, tensile structures and kinetic systems into architectural projects requires specialized design, construction and material knowledge in order to enable a meaningful…
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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…
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Design Research Methods
The purpose of this seminar is to guide doctoral students in the development and preparation of their research proposals. The course is organized into two…
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E-Commerce in Real Estate and Construction
Course Description:Together, real estate and construction make up the largest industry in the world. They are also exceptionally fragmented, fractious, and information intensive. The Internet…
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People and Buildings
Course Description:The seminar will examine the interaction effect between the context of space and the context of culture. In any organizational culture, there are two…
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Independent Study by Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Nader Tehrani, Daniel Schodek, Niall Kirkwood, Linda Pollak, Michelle Addington, Alex Krieger, Stephen Ervin, Anne McGhee, T. Kelly Wilson, Ann Forsyth, Richard Marshall, Marco Steinberg, Martin Zogran, Joseph MacDonald
Candidates may arrange individual work focusing on subjects or issues that are of interest to them but are not available through regularly offered course work.
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Prep of Design Thesis Proposal for MArch
Remment Koolhaas, Toshiko Mori
This entails preparatory work for all students intending subsequently to enroll in GSD 9301. Students research thesis proposals for review and acceptance by faculty.Prerequisites: Graduate…
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Independent Study: Immaterial/Ultramaterial: continuation
Toshiko Mori, Nader Tehrani, Ron Witte
Students may enroll for a maximum of eight credit units in this course, and normally for four credits per term.Candidates may enroll in this course…
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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of Degree MArch
George Baird, Spiro Pollalis, Toshiko Mori
Following preparation in GSD 9203, each student conducts a design exploration that tests and expands the thesis.Prerequisites: GSD 9203.
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Preparation of Doctoral Thesis Proposal
Under faculty guidance, the student conducts a reading program and formulates a thesis proposal. The course is intended for doctoral students.
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Thesis in Satisfaction of the Degree Doctor of Design
Richard Peiser, Daniel Schodek, Michelle Addington, Jorge Silvetti, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, Robert France, Jeffrey Huang
Under guidance of a faculty committee, the student conducts investigations and prepares a doctoral thesis.