Courses
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Second Semester Core: Landscape Architecture Design
This course is the second of a four-semester core sequence of landscape design and planning studios. In this semester, students will expand their previous investigations…
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Fourth Semester Core: Planning and Design of Landscapes
The fourth of the four-term sequence of landscape design and planning studios develops the design concepts introduced in the first year and applies them to…
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Saja-Besaya River Basin, Spain
RIVER BASIN AND INDUSTRIAL LANDSNorthern Spain The Saja-Besaya River Basin and the San Martin Estuary into which it feeds suffers from anoxia (due to wastewater…
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From Strip to Web – The Hilltop Steakhouse Studio
Route 1 in Saugus, Massachusetts, boasts the number-one-ranked steakhouse in the US, a landmark in the suburban landscape that, along with a handful of other…
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The French Gulch Mine Superfund Studio
The French Gulch mine site studio seeks to integrate abandoned mine land reclamation actions with the design of future open space and recreational uses. The…
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Studies in Landscape Representation II
A companion to the course, Studies in Landscape Representation I, this course focuses on digital computation in design inquiry. A series of exercises is intended…
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Site Systems Representation II
A sequel to the course Site Systems Representation I, this course focuses specifically on intermediate concepts of geometric modeling specific to the discipline of landscape…
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Advanced Drawing
DISEGNO=DISEGNO DESSEIN=DESSINIn Italian and French, drawing and design are the same word.This course concentrates on drawing as a design tool, from the initial stages of…
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M[ont]agic Operations in Landscape Spatiality
Contemporary philosophical, design and cultural criticism recognize the phenomenon of \”montage\” as a visual discourse particularly analogous to the disjunctive and heterogeneous relational qualities of…
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Theories and Practices of Contemporary Landscape Architecture 1950-2006
Practice, according to Garrett Eckbo, is \’knowing how to do something; theory is knowing why.\’This course will explore the \’know why\’ of landscape architecture since…
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Landscape Urbanization
In the second half of the twentieth century a global restructuring of the industrial economy and the construction of new infrastructures of mobility, communication, and…
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History of Modern Gardens and Public Landscapes: 1800 to the present
The history of the modern landscape begins with the paradigmatic shifts in gardening that were set in motion during the course of the 18th century…
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Fundamentals of Landscape Technology
As the continuation of GSD 6104, the course will review techniques and codes for grading such landscape interventions as terraces, stairs, ramps, walls, and landscape…
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Landscape Technology
GSD 6206 Landscape Technology will address the interdependence between technology and design in landscape architecture. The purpose of this course is to develop a broader…
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Plants in Design I
This course investigates plants as an essential medium of landscape design. Through lectures, readings, exercises, and field trips, the student builds a knowledge base of…
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Plants in Design II
This course is devoted to understanding basic biological principals and horticultural practices that affect the growth of plants in the human landscape and determine the…
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Siteworks
This course covers the application of landscape tools and techniques in the work of site design and planning. We will focus on the engineering aspects…
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Soil in Landscape Design
This elective course will cover the characteristics of soils in natural as well as built environments, giving as much emphasis to the biological aspects of…
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Green Roofs and Ecological Landscape Design for Watershed Protection
The elective course \”Green Roofs and Ecological Landscape Design for Watershed Protection\” will focus on green roofs as one alternative to create multi-functional and cost-effective…
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Urban and Surburban Ecology
Wildlife, vegetation, soil, air, water, and aquatic ecosystems, together with their human uses, are related to the distinctive, especially spatial, attributes of suburban and urban…
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Virtual Gardens
Prerequisites: GSD 2108, GSD2109, GSD2306 or permission of instructor. Proficiency with computing and willingness to adventure.Course Description: Examines the special problems and opportunities involved in…
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Brownfields Practicum – Sustainable Redevelopment of Brownfield Sites in Somerville, Massachusetts
Brownfields remain of the highest priority in the regeneration of the inner city. Defined by the US. Environmental Protection Agency as an \”abandoned, idled or…
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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…
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Preparation of Thesis for Master in Landscape Architecture
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and approval by the landscape architecture faculty.In this preparatory seminar for students intending to enroll in GSD 9303 the following term, direction…
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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of the Degree Master in Landscape Architecture
Prerequisites: GSD 9205.Following preparation in GSD 9205, each student pursues a topic of relevance to landscape architecture, which must include academic inquiry and design exploration.
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Thesis Extension in Satisfaction of Degree Doctor of Design
Richard Peiser, Daniel Schodek, Carl Steinitz, A. Hashim Sarkis, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, Antoine Picon
Under guidance of a faculty committee, the student conducts investigations and prepares a doctoral thesis.