Courses
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Itinerant Architecture
The world we live in today is complex, afflicted with various risks and instabilities. This is particularly true for underserved communities, whose situations require, but…
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Landscape Wooden (Hill and Water) House
Landscape Wooden (Hill and Water) House+++A Natural Form of Architectural Narration and ConstructionIn ancient Chinese landscape painting, \”hill and water\” typology consists of \”hill and…
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End(eavors) Game
When the \”age of the world picture\” gave way to the \”first machine age,\” architecture went from being a book to being a machine, from…
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Light Monumentality
How can we define the concept of monumentality in contemporary architectural terms? Who or to what power structure(s) does the condition of monumentality belong? How…
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Evolutionary Infrastructure – the new mega form
Marion Weiss, Michael Manfredi
Biased toward expediting movement and inherently resistant to supporting other forms of inhabitation, transportation infrastructure is an archaic monument to mono-functional use. With ever increasing…
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Forward into the (Deep) Past
Back to the Future: The Harvard Kalahari Project RevisitedThe Kalahari Desert of southern Africa is our laboratory this semester. We will reject contemporary theories of…
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Dominant types and the idea of the City: Housing Beijing
This studio works typologically. It recognizes the city as a repository of architectural knowledge and potential. The city here is understood through its persistent architectures,…
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Urban Efficiency
The site, NYC will be utilized as the testing environment. In the next 40 years, the world\’s population is forecast to increase by 50% with…
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Istanbul: Between Contour and Silhouette
Summary: The studio explores how an architectural project could relate to the city through the manipulation of the ground line and the skyline. The practical…
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Paris Study Abroad Option Studio: Storyboard as Architecture Project
This course is offered as part of the Paris study abroadStoryboard as architecture projectThe city should give exceptional quality of life : a large range…
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Rivercity Gothenburg
Gothenburg is a water city, but it no longer has any connection to the water. Once a bustling port and industrial corridor, Gothenburg\’s Gota Alv…
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Water Front New Haven
Henri Bava, Olivier Philippe, Michel Hossler
Drawing the urban extension of the city center of New Haven towards the industrial port, crossing rail tracks and the motorway to reconnect city and…
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Central Park Revisited
Eelco Hooftman, Bridget Baines
\”I\’m a city boy. In the big cities they\’ve set it up so you can go to a park and be in a miniature countryside,…
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Modernizing MIT: An innovative approach to site design and detail
Modernizing MIT is a site-based design studio exploring the relationship between modern landscape design and significant works of architecture located throughout the campus of MIT.
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Rosario Territorial Front
Juan Rois, Leire Asensio Villoria
This is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper.T.S. Eliot, \”The Hollow Men\” (1925)Latin-American cities, especially those of Indian Laws foundation,…
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Water Line…Chicagos Urban River Corridor
Chicago has transformed from an industrial giant that depended on the Chicago River for moving materials in and out, to an influential 21st century global…
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Istanbul: Between Contour and Silhouette
Summary: The studio explores how an architectural project could relate to the city through the manipulation of the ground line and the skyline. The practical…
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Evolutionary Infrastructure – the new mega form
Marion Weiss, Michael Manfredi
Biased toward expediting movement and inherently resistant to supporting other forms of inhabitation, transportation infrastructure is an archaic monument to mono-functional use. With ever increasing…
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Rosario Territorial Front
Juan Rois, Leire Asensio Villoria
This is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper.T.S. Eliot, \”The Hollow Men\” (1925)Latin-American cities, especially those of Indian Laws foundation,…
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Mexico City and the Production of Housing
Introduction: Mexico City is one of the most dynamic and complex metropolitan areas in the world today. With over 20.1 million inhabitants, remarkable urban growth,…