Courses
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Exploring Methodologies
During the sixties, methodology was a fundamental aspect of architectural education. Everything gravitated around method, which meant that architects were explicit about how their buildings…
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Symmetrical Performance
The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.
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Meuble – Immeuble: Furniture – Architecture
Introduction:The studio\’s task is to design and build an item of transformable furniture to suit an itinerant user and to fit into a variety of…
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Architecture for Politics? A New Swiss Embassy in Washington DC
Switzerland plans to establish a new embassy in Washington D.C. Essentially, the project continues the tradition of a diplomatic mission of a sovereign state within…
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Architecture and Public Spaces over the Boston Artery
Elias Torres, Josep Acebillo Marin
The Boston Central Artery, which was opened in 1959, and is being currently demolished and substituted by a tunnel, provides an outstanding opportunity not only…
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Holdout Architecture (Case Study : Upper Manhattan)
Holdout ArchitectureCase Study: Upper ManhattanThis studio will investigate the architectural consequences of obstacles to the complete redevelopment of urban sites. Holdouts are buildings or parcels…
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A High-Speed Station for the Ticino Canton (Switzerland)
The European Union is not only generating a space of free commerce and progressive political integration, but also new infrastructures, which help to give continuity…
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jorge Silvetti, Gerardo Caballero
The National Archives of Argentina (NAA Studio # 1)General considerations in preparation for the Lottery.1.) This studio (NAA Studio # 1) will produce alternative design…
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Theatre at the Pudding
The subject of this studio is the design of a new student theatre for Harvard Undergraduates on the site of the existing Hasty Pudding Club…
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who knows?
If the starting point for the design of multi-unit housing was personal and the art of architecture to create a quality experience was valued, what…
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Interstitial Space
The site study area for the studio will be the interstitial spaces of New York City\’s financial district. There are many problems and opportunities in…
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Campus/City: Expanding the University of Pennsylvania
Campus/City: Expanding the University of PennsylvaniaOption StudioInstructors: Julia Czerniak, Victoria BeachProject:The University of Pennsylvania, located in west Philadelphia, is planning to expand its campus onto…
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The Mississippi Studio: Appropriating the Terrain of the Basin Model
The Mississippi Basin Model (MBM) was the world\’s most ambitious working model. Located in the township of Clinton on the outskirts of Jackson, MS, it…
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An Academic Environment in Three Communities – Cambridge, Allston and Watertown
Prerequisites: GSD 1221 or equivalentCourse Description: With its recent purchases of land in Allston andWatertown, Harvard University has more than doubled its land ownership. Itsoptions…
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Revitalizing New Orleans’ Bienville Corridor
Prerequisites:GSD 1221 or equivalentThe Bienville Corridor is a part of New Orleans\’ historic Mid-City neighborhood. Located just north of the famed French Quarter (Vieux Carri),…
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The National Archives Area of Buenos Aires, Argentina
An important site southwest of downtown Buenos Aires will be open for development. It consists of 236.000 square meters in the neighborhood of Barracas, called…
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Ostend, Belgium
This urban design studio concentrates on the redevelopment of the port area of Ostend which is situated on the last bank of the inland canal,…
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Havana, Cuba III: El Malecon
Prerequisites:Students will be expected to possess a high degree of design interest and capability. It is anticipated that the studio will call upon the following…
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who knows?
If the starting point for the design of multi-unit housing was personal and the art of architecture to create a quality experience was valued, what…
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Fueling the Vienna Prater
This studio – sponsored by the municipal government of Vienna – will develop programmatic and design ideas on the urban design and architectural scale for…
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Independent Studio by Candidates for Master’s Degrees
An individual design studio may be arranged to develop a concept or problem not available in regularly offered studios. Students must submit an independent studio…