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…