Courses
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Visual Studies
This course emphasizes the construction of space on the two-dimensional surface by way of freehand drawing. In-class visual exercises identify key concepts in the construction…
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Projective Representation in Architecture
Historically, certain kinds of reciprocity between geometry and architecture have been used to bring about rational causes and practical means of formal innovation. Today, the…
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Sculpting in Motion
Prerequisites: GSD 2107 or equivalent.Computer Graphics have opened up unprecedented ways of form making and animation. This unfolding universe of visual inputs that is based…
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Algorithmic Architecture
As architecture enters the new era of digital representation, geometrical theories and processes are being implemented, tested, and pushed to their limits. Recent theories of…
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From Industrial to Strategic Design: The Changing Value of Design
What is Design? What is the value of Design? The course seeks to address these fundamental questions by examining the evolution of design from the…
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Current Architecture as Cultural Discourse
\”In fact it is only the ideal soul of society, that which has authority to command and prohibit, that is expressed in architectural compositions properly…
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Decorating Diversions: Industrial Design, Consumerism and the Production of Spaces
The history and practice of Decorative Arts, Industrial Design and the Design of Interiors are intrinsically intertwined and at times indistinguishable. The more recent rubric…
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MArch II Proseminar
Prerequisites: Enrollment in the MArch II program.This course provides a forum for critical discussion of contemporary design practices that is exploratory and speculative in nature.
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Film, Modernity and Visual Culture
Cinema has changed the way we see and think. Modern visual culture develops with the art of film. Course considers this major 20th century shift…
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Buildings, Texts, and Contexts
The schedule for this course is variable. See below.An in-depth consideration of selected topics of enduring relevance for the theory and practice of architecture. The…
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Buildings, Texts, and Contexts
Explores the aims and methods of Architectural History through the paradigm of Classicism in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Considers the relation of theory to…
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Buildings, Texts, and Contexts Postwar Architecture
The atomic bomb, spring break, existentialism, jet travel, the polio vaccine, India and Pakistan, the transistor radio, abstract expressionism, LSD, the United Nations, ISO containers,…
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Buildings, Texts, and Contexts
The schedule for this course is variable. See below.Introduces the primarily textual material that has constituted architectural discourse from the 1960s to the present,…
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Architecture, Science and Technology, XVIIIth Century-Present
Since the first industrial revolution, science and technology have constantly challenged architecture. Technology in particular has represented a powerful source of change for architecture. New…
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“Other Modernities”: Architecture and National Identity in Global Context
Focusing on the specific experience of Ottoman Empire/ Modern Turkey from the 18th century into the present, yet discussing this experience within a broader trans-national…
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Materials and Construction: An Introduction to Techniques, Composition and Strategies
Toshiko Mori, Thomas Schroepfer
This module introduces students to the role of materials and fabrication in architecture. Properties and principles of materials are discussed in a comprehensive manner involving…
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Energy, Technology and Building
This lecture course introduces students to energy and environmental issues, particularly those that must be faced by the discipline of architecture. An overview of the…
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Analysis and Design of Building Structures I
The course introduces students to the analysis and design of structural elements and systems. The fundamental principles of statics and equilibrium are considered first, followed…
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Building Technology
Prerequisites: GSD 6202, GSD 6203, and GSD 6205; or equivalent.As the final component in the required sequence of technology courses, this professionally oriented course develops…
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Innovative Materials in Design
Prerequisites include completion of introductory technology courses in materials and structures (GSD 6111, 6112, 6203, and 6201) or their equivalents.This course will systematically explore innovative…
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International Design Practice: Business, Law, and Culture
The practice of architecture is becoming more and more global. American architectural firms pursue foreign markets; foreign architects compete successfully for prestigious commissions within the…
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Architectural Specifications
Architectural specifications are essential to the realization of the project design. While drawings communicate form and quantity, specifications communicate materials and quality. The primary goals…