Courses
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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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On Contemporary Architecture
Please note first class takes place on Tuesday, January 30.This lecture course will follow the latest episodes in contemporary architecture. The development of a critical…
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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…
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Buildings from Within
Please note first class takes place on Tuesday, January 30.As a complement to the lecture course, this seminar will examine 4 projects of my own.
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Buildings, Texts, and Contexts
The first class will be held on Tuesday, January 30th, in Piper from 10:00am – 11:30am.Charts the emergence of rationalism and neo-classicism, as well as…
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Buildings, Texts, and Contexts
Focuses on modernisms -its codification, representation, and dissemination -and emphasizes its multiple political, social, and cultural dimensions.
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Rome and St. Peter’s
A course on St. Peter\’s Basilica and its surrounding architectural complex from Antiquity to the Baroque, tracing the development of the Vatican area from an…
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Digital Culture, Space and Society
The first class will be held on Tuesday, January 30th, in Room 111 from 2:00pm – 5:00pm. Computer and networks like the Internet have transformed…
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Sites of Conflict + Innovation: At the Center of the New Europe
Prerequisites: GSD 4201-4206 or equivalent or postprofessional degree status (MArch II, MDesS, PhD, etc)This course is concerned with understanding the dynamics of change and innovation…
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Nature and the Ideal: Art and Architecture in Italy 1250-1520
This is an introduction to Italian painting, sculpture, and architecture from ca. 1250 to 1520 emphasizing style and technique. The course is structured in three…
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Analysis and Design of Building Structures II
A continuation of GSD 6201, this course introduces more advanced topics such as funicular systems, statically indeterminate structures, pre-stressing as well as surface structures. Specifically,…
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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 Buildings
Toshiko Mori, Matthias Schuler, Thomas Lechner
This course examines the fundamental scientific principles underlying the thermal, luminous and acoustic behavior of buildings and introduces students to the existing technologies for creating…
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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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Parametric Design and Information Models
Daniel Schodek, Michael Schroeder
This lecture course consists of two related modules that should normally be taken together (see note below). The first module explores the design development process…
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In Search of the Engineer
Please note the course schedule below.Instructors:Spiro Pollalis: www.gsd.harvard.edu/~pollalis and Hanif Kara: http://www.akt-uk.com/Teaching Fellow:Andreas Georgoulias ([email protected])Course Description In recent examples of architecture, visions of architects are…
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Legal Aspects of Design Practice
This course, an elective practice course, is open to students who have taken GSD 7212, an equivalent practice course, or who have had actual practice…
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Issues in the Practice of Architecture
This course, for students in the fourth semester of the MArch I program, introduces basic issues in practice and the profession of architecture, challenging the…