Courses
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First Semester Core: Landscape Architecture Design
Prerequisites: Enrollment in MLA I program or permission of the program director.The first of a four-term sequence of landscape design and planning studios, this course…
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Third Semester Core: Planning and Design of Landscapes
This course reinforces and builds upon the range of conventions of landscape architectural production introduced in previous core studios and academic courses. Emphasis is placed…
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Zip, Padova, and the Parco del Roncaiette
ZIP (la Zona Industriale di Padova) is the largest \”industrial park\” in Italy, employing around 25,000 persons. The ZIP consortium owns a large adjacent area,…
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Green and Gold: Studies in Landscape and Urban Regeneration in Derry, Northern Ireland
SPONSORS Derry City Council ILEX Regeneration Company North West Office, Department for Social Development McGinnis Group, Property DevelopersPEDAGOGICAL GOALSThe quality of a city\’s open spaces…
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Non-formal Buenos Aires: Public Space Strategies for Emergency Settlements
Instructors: John Beardsley, Senior Lecturer, Harvard GSDMax Rohm, Assistant Professor, University of Buenos Aires.Studio Consultant:Flavio Janches, Adjunct Professor, University of Buenos AiresSupported by a grant…
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Studies in Landscape Representation 1
This introductory course surveys the history, conventions, and techniques of drawing landscapes and their elements. Topics include:1. Mechanical drawing; graphic techniques and technical conventions for…
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Site Systems Representations I
A great deal of information regarding sites and their contexts is available for use in Geographic Information Systems (GIS.) Students create and critique GIS maps…
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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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Theories and Methods of Landscape Planning
This course has three aspects. The first is a series of lectures by Carl Steinitz in which different elements of theories and methods applicable to…
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Modernity and European Landscape Architecture
In this seminar, students will position the modern discipline of landscape architecture in relation to theories of architecture, urbanism, and hygiene during the first half…
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MLA I AP Proseminar
This course provides a forum to discuss and explore contemporary questions and issues in landscape architectural design. In addition it prepares students to develop research…
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Studies of the Built North American Environment: 1580 to the Present
North America as an evolving visual environment is analyzed as a systems concatenation involving such constituent elements as farms, small towns, shopping malls, highways, suburbs,…
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History of Landscape Architecture: Antiquity to 1800
This course surveys the history of landscape from antiquity to 1800 by focusing on particular gardens, cities, and landscapes, primarily in the Western world, which…
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North American Seacoasts and Landscapes: Discovery Period to the Present
Selected topics in the history of the North American coastal zone, including the seashore as wilderness, as industrial site, as area of recreation, and as…
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Site Ecology and Environment
This course is required for all incoming MLA1 AP students (fall 2005 and beyond), and MLA1 students returning for their second year (fall 2006 and…
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Fundamentals of Landscape Technology
The first in the core sequence of Landscape Technology courses, this class introduces the concept of landforms and grading in design. The course will focus…
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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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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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Watershed and Waterside Development Planning and Design
This course concentrates on how different land processes (natura) and activities (anthropogenic) effect aquatic systems.Part 1 is based on empirical cross-system comparisons to examine patterns…
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Ecological Strategies for Disturbed Sites
This applied lecture and workshop course focuses on the reuse and reconstruction of derelict and minimally managed urban landscapes. Emphasis will be placed on strategies…
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Java Programming for Designers
This workshop course is designed to introduce and explore the art of computer graphics programming, using the modern language JAVA. Students will be expected to…
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Independent Studio by Candidates for Master’s Degrees
An individual design studio may be arranged to develop a concept or problem not available in regularly offered studios. Students must submit an independent studio…
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Preparation of Thesis for Master in Landscape Architecture
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and approval by the landscape architecture faculty.In this preparatory seminar for students intending to enroll in GSD 9303 the following term, direction…
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Independent Study by Candidates for Doctoral Degrees
Daniel Schodek, Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, A. Hashim Sarkis, Spiro Pollalis, Martin Bechthold
Under faculty guidance, the student conducts a reading program and formulates a thesis proposal. The course is intended for doctoral students.