Courses
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Communication for Designers
\”The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings. In the end the communicator will be…
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Relational Urban Modeling
Eduardo Rico Carranza, Enriqueta Llabres Valls
IRREGULAR SCHEDULE: This course will meet for the first time on Tuesday, September 1st from 9 am – 12 pm in room 505.
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Interdisciplinary Art Practices
The Interdisciplinary Art Practices seminar investigates the exploratory character of art and design work in the interdisciplinary modalities of the contemporary culture. In the present…
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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: The Art of Walking and its Culture
This is a research seminar on the cultural history of walking, which in different times and places has prompted different modes of walking for…
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The History of Plants and Animals in Landscape Design: Antiquity to Present
Does horticulture have a role in landscape architecture? Do wild animals have a place in urbanization? This seminar offers answers by reviewing the history…
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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…
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Poetics of Landscape Construction
The GSD 6454 Poetics of Landscape Construction seminar promotes advanced understanding and executive skill in the design development of built works of landscape architecture.
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The Nature and Culture of Plants
This seminar / workshop course will focus on the nature of the interaction between plants and the environments in which they grow. The class…
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Ecology, Infrastructure, Power
Extraction redefines our understanding of urbanism in the 21st century. If everything we build comes from the ground, then extrac-tion is the process and practice…
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South Florida Rise and Sink: the Case of Miami Beach
The emergent topic of urban adaptation to the effects of climate change is among the most pressing areas of research for those engaged in the…
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Preparation of Design Thesis Proposal for Master in Landscape Architecture
Gareth Doherty, Rosetta S. Elkin
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 Urbanism, Landscape, Ecology
This proseminar introduces MLA II and MDes Urbanism, Landscape, Ecology (ULE) students to a range of disciplinary theories and methods. As design becomes ever more…
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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…