Courses
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Second Semester Core: Introduction to Design and Visual Studies in Architecture
T. Kelly Wilson, Ingeborg Rocker, Mariana Ibanez
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
The first class, on Thursday, February 1st, will start at 2pm in Piper.The last of a four-semester sequence of design studios concludes the introduction to…
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Pier 26
Studio IntentionThis studio will focus on the creation of \”public space\” by non-profit, mission-driven organizations as a means of advancing their societal role. Social institutions,…
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Cultural Porosity
PorosityThe increasing autonomy and self-reference of architectural systems has led to the construction of a paradigm of control that defines the condition of the contemporary…
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Studies on Ecolomy: Iceland/Dubai
Ecology – from Greek oikos: house + logi: study = the study of livingEconomy – from Greek oikos: house + nemein: to manage = the…
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Nanjing
This GSD studio will run in tandem with a studio to be conducted at Hong Kong University in cooperation with Atelier Zhanglei and Nanjing University.
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Studio Option
Almere; a city built from nothing, now stands as a victim of its own success; success based largely on unsustainable desire for low-density living in…
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Experiments in Tessellation: London High Rise
Cities that once hosted nations now host a rich array of \’cosmopolitans\’ through processes of globalization. Continually redefined by the people who occupy them and…
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Urban Desert: Pampas de San Bartolo
The aim of this studio is to present students with a situation of urban growth in an arid and impoverished area of Lima, Peru. Several…
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Museum of Copan Archaeology Part II
MUSEUM OF COPAN ARCHAEOLOGY. PART II.This studio will be concerned with the design of a new facility for the Museum of Copan Archaeology, located in…
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Reframing of Open Public Space in Tokyo
Currently many new developments are underway in Tokyo. They are encouraged by the government\’s decision to abolish certain regulations restricting construction and to de-regulate land,…
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Leichtbau Studio
Pedagogic ObjectivesThe \’Leichtbau Studio\’ introduces students into a combination of architectural approach and engineering strategy. The aim not only is to develop conceptual methods, but…
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MAKINAMEDINA: Reconfiguring the Relationship Between Geography and Event in the City of Fez
Harvard University – Graduate School of Design – Spring 2007 – GSD 1511 Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00-6:00 pmInstructors:Hashim Sarkis: [email protected] office hours: wed. 2:00-4:00 PMAziza…
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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 advanced spatial interactivity on the Internet. By rethinking the relation between information and space, the course…
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Advanced Studies in Architectural Computing
The 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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Painting and Paint; Studio Practice with Oil
The premise of this workshop is to establish a relationship, in oil painting, between individual experience by perception and the language(s) of representation and color.
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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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Carefully Reading Koolhaas
Introduction to Course:This course is a reading seminar, focusing on a selection of texts written by Rem Koolhaas, and a parallel selection of projects designed…
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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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Tessellation in Architecture
The seminar will seek to produce a graphic manual for the use of tessellation in architecture. We will examine architectural projects, with the aim to…
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Architecture and the Market
\”Between these two worlds – that of production, where everything is made, and that of consumption, where everything is used up – the market economy…
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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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Artifice
\”The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has as yet discovered.\” Oscar WildeThis…
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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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Green R+D: Case Studies in Sustainability
This class provides a forum for the investigation of advances in the design of green buildings, components, and assemblies. Design pull, the push of technology,…
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Random Rules
This workshop will research the tensions and contradictions between advancing manufacturing techniques in the field of architecture and the deplorable standards of the construction industry…
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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…
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The Bilbao Guggenhein Museum: Topics in Project Management
Please note the course schedule below.The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao has had an unprecedented impact not only on the city of Bilbao but also…
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Independent Study by Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Daniel Schodek, Niall Kirkwood, Richard T.T. Forman, Mark Mulligan, Alex Krieger, Anne McGhee, T. Kelly Wilson, John Beardsley, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, Sibel Bozdo??an, K. Michael Hays, Martin Bechthold, Allen Sayegh, Antoine Picon, Kostas Terzidis, Ingeborg Rocker
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…
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Mobile Information Unit
Martin Bechthold, Martin Zogran
Students in last fall\’s course CAD/CAM I have proposed the design for a mobile information unit that is to be built this year. The unit…
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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of Degree MArch
Ingeborg Rocker, Martin Zogran, Thomas Schroepfer, Preston Scott Cohen, Spiro Pollalis, Peter Rowe, Jonathan Levi, Jorge Silvetti, Andrea Leers, A. Hashim Sarkis, Toshiko Mori, Pierre de Meuron, Jacques Herzog
Following preparation in GSD 9203, each student conducts a design exploration that tests and expands the thesis.Prerequisites: GSD 9203…
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Independent Thesis for the Degree Master in Design Studies
Martin Bechthold, Antoine Picon
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
Richard Peiser, Daniel Schodek, Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, A. Hashim Sarkis, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, Thomas Schroepfer, Kostas Terzidis
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
Daniel Schodek, Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, A. Hashim Sarkis, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, Martin Bechthold
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…