Courses
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carbonurbanism: projective futures
Carbon C is ubiquitous—it is one of the primary elements supporting life on earth, the fourth most abundant element in the universe, and it…
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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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Walking
WALKING is a seminar on the history, culture and practice of pedestrian movement, as it concerns design. We shall study some texts of varied kinds,…
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Changing Natural and Built Coastal Environments
Steven Apfelbaum, Katharine Parsons
This course will examine natural and anthropogenic processes affecting the coastal zone and nearshore environment. Ecological principles and their application to design and planning will…
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Changing Natural and Built Coastal Environments
Steven Apfelbaum, Katharine Parsons
This course will examine natural and anthropogenic processes affecting the coastal zone and nearshore environment. Ecological principles and their application to design and planning will…
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Research Seminar on Urban Ecology
This 4-credit course is limited to 15 students who have completed the Ecologies, Techniques and Technologies sequence in the Landscape Architecture program (or its equivalent).The…
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Poetics of Landscape Construction
Niall Kirkwood, Alistair McIntosh
The GSD 6454 Poetics of Construction seminar promotes advanced understanding and executive skill in the design development of landscape architecture. Speculative in nature, it requires…
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Teaching Creativity: Landscape Architecture, Originality, and Autobiography
This seminar will be an exploration into creativity in landscape architecture —what it is, where it comes from, what feeds it, and, crucially, whether and…
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Preparation of Design Thesis Proposal for Master in Landscape Architecture
Gareth Doherty, Charles Waldheim, Robert Pietrusko
This weekly seminar is required for MLA candidates electing to pursue a design thesis. The intent is to define the parameters of the design thesis…
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Proseminar in Landscape Architecture
Charles Waldheim, Sonja Dümpelmann
This required seminar introduces candidates in the MLA II Program to the range of research on urbanism and landscape presently pursued by GSD faculty. Through…
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Proseminar in Urbanism, Landscape, Ecology
Charles Waldheim, Sonja Dümpelmann
This required seminar introduces candidates in the MDesS Urbanism, Landscape, Ecology [ULE] concentration to the range of research on urbanism and landscape presently pursued by…
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Doctoral Program Proseminar
This pro-seminar is one way of fulfilling a requirement for successful completion of the Doctor of Design program. Primarily, it will focus on various thematic…