Courses
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Oil Painting: Perception to Abstraction
The premise of this workshop is to establish a relationship, in oil painting, between individual experience by perception and the language(s) of abstraction. The workshop…
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Projected Thinking: Representation in 2 and 3D
This workshop will be in three phases, each combining lecture presentations with hands-on studio work. The first phase will explore the effective use of cinematic…
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Introduction to Graphic Design
Introduction to Graphic Design is an intensive twelve week course that formats lectures and studio classes to engage students in the practical applications of graphic…
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Modern Architecture – Architectural Criticism
***NOTE***This class will follow the schedule:Wednesday & Thursday, 9:00-11:00 a.m.Room 318Feb. 27/28March 13/14April 3/4April 17/18May 1/2Four aspects of architectural criticism will be addressed in this…
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Dilbert’s cubicle and other workplace delights
This course will study very specific industrial design objects whose history has affected the evolution of the work place.Students will be required to design furniture,…
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A Cultural Study of Film: Mapping and Fashioning Space: Seminar
This course will meet in Carpenter Center 402.The impulse to map (ourselves) is a major drive of contemporary visual culture. Since Fredric Jameson\’s call for…
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Leon Batista Alberti: 1404-1472
This course explores selected aspects of the writings and works of Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), seeking to place these in their historical and cultural contexts.During…
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Database Systems for Design
The growing embodiment of architectural design in digital media requires the proper choice of data structure, formats, and protocols (system architecture) to insure that the…
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Innovative Constructions: cases in modern Japan
Modern Japanese architecture has been much admired in the West for its attention to materials, its refined construction details, and its ability to integrate traditional…
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House: Innovation in Design & Technology
TCourse Description: This seminar explores select architects\’ innovative construction of the single-family house. This course will focus on the design, technology, and management of these…
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Architectural Component Prototyping
The format for the course Architectural Component Prototyping has changed each time that it has been offered in a continuing effort to cover the broad…
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Building Simulation
During the past decade, advancements in computer technology made it possible for building simulation to be part of the design process. This seminar will provide…
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Collaborative Design
This professionally oriented course builds on GSD 7320 \”Information Technology in the Design Professions\” and focuses in detail on issues of collaborative design, including global…
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The Bilbao Guggenhein Museum: Topics in Project Management
To see a previous course website, please go to: http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/courses/7400-02s99/The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao has had an unprecedented impact not only on the city of…
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Superficial Spaces
We cherish immaterial surfaces, as painters cherish some material pigment for its unique expressive qualities. Like tempera or oil paint, the pigment-surface is a raw…