Courses
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Second Semester Core: Introduction to Design and Visual Studies in Architecture
Laura Miller, T. Kelly Wilson, Patricia Heyda, Michael Meredith, Joseph MacDonald, Ingeborg Rocker
The second of a four-semester sequence of design studios continues examination of the issues raised in the first semester and begins investigation of more complex…
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Fourth Semester Core: Architectural Design
Monica Ponce de Leon, Kimberly Ackert, Robert Marino, Sandro Marpillero, Thomas Schroepfer, Virginie Lefebvre
Housing Architecture What interests the architect about housing is the way in which it peculiarly straddles the categorical distinctions between architecture and urban design. Housing…
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Experiments with Blank Typologies: London Olympics, Lea Valley
Contemporary building technologies and the need for totally controlled environments have generated a growth in size and number of typologies that require an essentially \”blank\”…
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Everybody loves Frank
Everybody Loves FrankMack ScoginIf the traditional role of the iconoclast is to attack cherished beliefs and ridicule venerated institutions, why is it in today\’s world…
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Seoul Long Beach “investigation in materiality”
Project Title: Seoul Long Beach\”investigation in materiality\”Natural vs. Artificial materiality in the development of the Han River Edge Seoul, S. Korea\”I don\’t believe in one…
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Offset Ceilings
Offset CeilingsPreston Scott Cohen, Options Studio, Spring 406Despite dominating the visual field of architectural space and offering the greatest possibility of continuous reinvention, the ceiling…
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Urban Hotel
Introduction This studio investigates architecture beginning with the architectural envelope as the intersection of activity and site, an experiential intensity between construction and context. We…
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A Museum of Architecture and Design, Murcia, Spain
A private foundation and the local and regional governments of Murcia, Spain, are interested in developing a major cultural facility devoted to architecture and design.
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Museum of Maya Archaeology in Copan, Honduras
This studio will be concerned with the design of a new facility for the Museum of Copan Archaeology, located in the archaeological park of Copan,…
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TIDES
TIDESSancti-Petri, Cadiz, Spain. On the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, a multitude of cultures have settled. Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs have left their marks in…
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Grapes
Peter Ebner, Franziska Ullmann
Grapes hotel + wineryebner + ullmann, optionstudio peter ebner, spring 2006 A home from home – a wine hotel on the outskirts of ViennaWine hotel…
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Digital Media I
Digital Media I and II provide students with the conceptual framework for employing digital media in the design process, and deliver the practical skills for…
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Interactive Spaces
This course provides the framework for the design of spatial interactivity.By rethinking the relationships between narration, information and space, the course investigates the potential of…
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Advanced Studies in Architectural Computing
DescriptionThe course is an in-depth study into the theories, processes, and structures of computing in architecture. It will seek to develop design projects that will…
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The Marathon Drawing Studio
FIELD PAINTINGThis seminar/workshop will introduce the practice of plein air painting to the architect. The issues of color and spatial invention through the medium of…
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On Contemporary Architecture
The course examines the main architectural strategies that emerge from the study of contemporary architecture. Issues such as linearity, fragmentation, megastructures and containers, the use…
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Difference, Experience, Sensibility: Three Themes in European Architecture
For several decades, architecture in Europe aspired to contribute to general culture. It has represented concepts, demonstrated principles, embodied types or merely set examples. In…
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The Architectural Imaginary: Experimental Architecture of the 1970s
Prerequisites: GSD 4201-4206 or equivalent or post-professional-degree status (MArch 2, MDesS, etc).This course examines selected architecture practices and projects in the expanded decade of the…
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Architectural criticism in the post-Tafuri era
3416: Architectural criticism in the post-Tafuri eraTwentieth century modern architecture always had as a mandatory companion a group of critics, which were ready to argue…
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The Function of Ornament
The seminar will undertake a survey of modern ornament as this has been explored through building envelopes by various architects, in order to construct a…
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Frames of Mind: Approaches to Film Theory
Introduction to the language of film theory, aimed at developing analytic skills to interpret films. A historical survey that spans turn-of-the-century scientific motion studies to…
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Buildings, Texts, and Contexts
This six-module sequence, offered over three semesters, presents an introduction to the complex, interwoven web of conceptual issues and historical narratives in western architecture from…
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Buildings, Texts, and Contexts
This six-module sequence, offered over three semesters, presents an introduction to the complex, interwoven web of conceptual issues and historical narratives in western architecture from…
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Digital Culture, Space and Society
Computer and networks like the Internet have transformed our perception of space. They are also synonymous with the development of a new type of society,…
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Texture Analysis: Film, Fashion, and Material Culture: Seminar
Film and fashion are most powerful image-makers. They are prime agents of visual expression and objects of material culture. They share a role in conveying…
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Alternative Constructions
An in-depth consideration of selected topics of enduring relevance for the theory and practice of architecture. The course examines concepts such as wonder, knowledge, authority,…
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Art and Architecture in Western Europe, 950-1250
A selective survey of architecture, sculpture, and painting from the revival of monumental building around the turn of the Year 1000 to St Francis and…
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Independent Study by Candidates for PhD Degrees
Prerequisites: Four graduate-level courses in this area or enrollment in doctoral program.This research seminar addresses subjects of history, theory and human sciences related to architecture…
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Analysis and Design of Building Structures II
Prerequisites: GSD 6201.A continuation of GSD 6201, this course introduces more advanced topics such as funicular systems, statically indeterminate structures, pre-stressing as well as surface…
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Science and Technology
Jonathan Levi, Thomas Schroepfer
The course introduces a conceptual framework for the design of building assemblies, as informed by a clear understanding of construction technologies and of the properties…
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Environmental Technologies in Building: Climate and Thermal Behavior
Toshiko Mori, Matthias Schuler
This course examines the fundamental scientific principles underlying the thermal behavior of buildings and introduces students to the existing technologies for creating and controlling 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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Innovation in Structure
In our recent examples of architecture, visions of architects are enhanced by innovative approaches in structures by leading engineers. They engage in early stages of…
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CAD/CAM II: Design Development in Digital Environments
This lecture course explores the design development process as it occurs within advanced digital environments, e.g., Catia, that support parametric modeling, and which are widely…
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Legal Aspects of Design Practice
This course focuses on the special obligations and privileges of a design professional. We study governmental regulation, taxation, accounting, and legal organization for a design…
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Introduction to the Practice of Architecture
This graduate level course introduces basic aspects of the architectural profession and challenges students to locate and critically examine ethical and other problems within current…
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International Design Practice: Business, Law, and Culture
The practice of architecture is becoming more and more global. American architectural firms pursue foreign markets; foreign architects compete successfully for prestigious commissions within the…
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The Bilbao Guggenhein Museum: Topics in Project Management
Spiro Pollalis, Luis Rodriguez
WEB SITEhttps://icommons.harvard.edu/~gsd-7222/. COURSE DESCRIPTIONSpiro N. Pollalis, Luis RodriguezLimited enrolment: 16 studentsThe Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao has had an unprecedented impact not only on the city…
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Independent Study by Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Daniel Schodek, Carl Steinitz, Niall Kirkwood, Christine Smith, Peter Del Tredici, Michelle Addington, Anne McGhee, T. Kelly Wilson, Paul Cote, James Stockard, Peter Rowe, K. Michael Hays, Joan Busquets, Michael Meredith, Joseph MacDonald, Marco Cenzatti, Michael Blier
Students may take a maximum of 8 credit units with different instructors in this course series.Prerequisites: Graduate standing.Candidates may arrange individual work focusing on subjects…
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Prep of Design Thesis Proposal for MArch
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and permission of the thesis program director.This entails preparatory work for all students intending subsequently to enroll in GSD 9301. Students research…
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Design Research in Product Design
Martin Bechthold, Marco Steinberg, Michael Blier, Dan Pitera
COURSE DESCRIPTIONWhat is design research? What are its criteria of success? The seminar/workshop will investigate design research methods from two perspectives:1.the Industrial Design/ Architecture interface.
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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of Degree MArch
Nader Tehrani, Margaret Crawford, Joseph MacDonald, Marco Steinberg, Preston Scott Cohen, Sarah Goldhagen, Peter Rowe, Jonathan Levi, Peter Rose, Jorge Silvetti, T. Kelly Wilson, A. Hashim Sarkis, Laura Miller, Toshiko Mori, Pierre de Meuron, Jacques Herzog
Prerequisites: GSD 9203.Following preparation in GSD 9203, each student conducts a design exploration that tests and expands the thesis.
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Independent Thesis for the Degree Master in Design Studies
A student who selects this independent thesis for the degree Master in Design Studies pursues independent research of relevance to the selected course of study…
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Preparation of Doctoral Thesis Proposal
Daniel Schodek, Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, A. Hashim Sarkis, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, Robert France
Under faculty guidance, the student conducts a reading program and formulates a thesis proposal. The course is intended for doctoral students.
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Thesis in Satisfaction of the Degree Doctor of Design
Richard Peiser, Carl Steinitz, Michelle Addington, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, Joan Busquets, Martin Bechthold, Jeffrey Huang, Antoine Picon, Kostas Terzidis
Under guidance of a faculty committee, the student conducts investigations and prepares a doctoral thesis.
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Thesis Extension in Satisfaction of the Degree Master in Architecture
Thesis Extension…