Courses
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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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Designing the American City: Civic Aspirations and Urban Form
Literature and Arts B:Designing the American City: Civic Aspirations and Urban Form.This course takes an interpretive look at the American city in terms of changing…
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Emerging Urbanity Case Studies of Pacific Rim Megaprojects
Emerging Urbanity is an inquiry that seeks to answer a series of interrelated questions on the character of urban space in the contemporary city. It…
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Configurations of Public Space – debate and design
Description:As the object of desire for a vast array of urban constituents involved in the making of the city, public space is the subject of…
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Urbanization in the Pacific Asian Region
The purpose of this course is to provide an overall account of the urbanization in selected cities within the rapidly developing Pacific Asian region; to…
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Public and Private Development
Cities are developed by an elaborate blend of public and private actions. This was not always the case. In the past, there was a clearer…
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Field Studies in Real Estate
Field studies sponsored by property owners, non-profit organizations and public agencies in the United States will be undertaken by students working in teams of three…
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Strategic Planning and Local Development
Strategic Planning and Local DevelopmentThe course examines strategies for urban and regional development within the context of a globalized economy, where cities are the engines…
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Housing Policy in the United States: The Intersection of the Public and Private Sectors
In the twentieth century, housing policy in the United States has crafted a complex finance and delivery system. This course will examine the origins of…
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Home vs. Housing:Culture and History of Dwellings in the United States
The dialectic of home and housing provides the framework for an investigation into the cultural values, design, and planning of residences in the United States.
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The Design of Housing in the United States
This course will investigate architectural, urban design, and planning related components of the design of multi-family housing. Drawing largely from the completed work of the…
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Housing Delivery Mechanisms in the United States
This module will examine the process by which housing is produced in the United States. The course considers the primary actors in the delivery system,…
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Havana – challenges and opportunities
Against all odds, the Cuban Revolution has managed to survive the end of the Soviet Union, forty-plus years of U.S. direct or indirect hostility, and…
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Industrial Restructuring and Economic Development
This course is organized in three parts. First, it focuses on the economic changes that, over the last twenty years, have taken place in most…
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Strategies for Social Inclusion in Development
This seminar offers students an opportunity to pursue advanced work in urban planning, while addressing the challenge of local development with inclusion at the city…
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Negotiation and Conflict Resolution in Urban Planning and Development
This course introduces students to the practice of negotiation and mediation in the context of urban planning and development. Learning from general theories of negotiation…
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Planning/Regions/Growth
This semester-long course builds on two modules previously offered separately – Regional Planning: Theory and Practice (Carbonell) and From Growth Management to Smart Growth (Yaro).
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Local Government Law
Cross-listed with the Harvard Law School (43500), this course examines the possibility and desirability of decentralization of power in America. In the process of doing…
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Advanced GIS: Actual Infrastructure for Virtual Cities
For a complete description, go tohttp://www.gsd.harvard.edu/~pbcote/gsd6329/description.htm…