Courses
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Site Representation and Analysis
This course introduces Geographic Information Systems and three-dimensional modeling from a Landscape Architecture perspective. It is particularly recommended for students concurrently participating in the Fourth…
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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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Drawing from Masters
It takes two artists to make a drawing, even if one of them is dead. — Anonymous\”The artist accustomed to copying the best from the…
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Deleuze and Landscapes
This seminar will closely read French philosopher Gilles Deleuze\’s (1925-1995) writings for their potential to provoke new thinking of landscape design and description. Deleuze develops…
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The Domestic Scene
Few spaces are as consciously contrived in their form and appearance as those of the private dwelling. Coincident with the advent of the \”cult of…
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The Function of Systems
The Function of Systems Cities that once hosted nations now host a rich array of \’cosmopolitans\’ as a result of processes of globalization. Cities are…
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New Geographies: Shaping Context by Design
The participants in the seminar will be presented with the following proposal: The Geographic is a dominant but latent paradigm in design today which we…
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Urban Design for Planners
This seminar course will introduce physical planners to the approaches, techniques, and tools of urban design necessary to structure the spatial and dimensional relationships of…
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The (New) Languages of Architecture
The (New) Languages of ArchitectureInstructor: Sanford KwinterThe last decade and a half has seen a remarkable profusion of architectural styles, an entirely new level of…
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Adventure and Fantasy Simulation, 1871-2036: Seminar
Visual constituents of high adventure since the late Victorian era, emphasizing wandering woods, rogues, tomboys, women adventurers, faerie antecedents, halflings, crypto-cartography, Third-Path turning, martial arts,…
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Modern Architecture and Urbanism in China
Modernizing influences, largely from the hands of foreign powers, first forcefully entered into China and began to take root in the aftermath of the Opium…
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Visual Fabrics: Film, Fashion and Material Culture
Explores the common language of film and fashion, both powerful image makers and objects of material culture. Film and fashion share a role with architecture…
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Artifice: (An Archeology of Postmodernism)
The styles of Philip Johnson, Charles Moore\’s historicism, the linguistics of Peter Eisenman, and the theatrics of Hans Hollein; the technophilia of Cedric Price and…
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Technology, Cities and Urban Form
This seminar will explore the impacts of a variety of technological innovations on the shape of cities and the character of urban life in America.
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Design and Real Estate Dynamics for the Dallas Arts District
Overview of the course This course is intended to provide students an understanding of spatial and economic dynamics that create contemporary urban environments through the…
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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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The Design of Housing in the United States
Drawing partially from the work of the instructor, weekly lectures and discussions will consider those aspects of the design of housing that are critical for…
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Redevelopment Policy
Urban redevelopment is the process by which government, private investors, and households transform the uses and financial returns of the urban built environment. As an…
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There Goes the Neighborhood: Perceptions and Realities of Neighborhoods and Neighborhood Change
James Stockard, Toni L. Griffin
Neighborhoods are the stuff of which cities are made. Downtowns are the iconic parts of cities and commercial and industrial districts are important. But neighborhoods…
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Material Matters: Case Studies on the Environmental Impact of Material Selection and Application
Material Matters:Case studies on the environmental impact of material selection and applicationThe various fields included under the rubric of design have had a tremendous impact…
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Building Information Models
This seminar course explores Building Information Models (BIM), business processes, applications and environments (e.g., Revit). These environments are quickly being adopted throughout the building industry…
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Construction Automation
Construction AutomationPrerequisites: CAD/CAM 1 or permission of instructorThis advanced seminar introduces students to emerging technologies under the broad umbrella of construction automation. An extension of…
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Surfacing Stone: Digital Explorations in Masonry Curtain Wall Design
Surfacing Stone: Digital Explorations in Masonry Curtain Wall Design Instructors: Martin Bechthold, Wes McGee and Monica Ponce de LeonCourse Description:This course will research the potential…
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Advanced Topics in Technology: Emerging Materials in Landscape Architecture
Since the start of this century, advances and innovations in design materials and technology have grown with head spinning speed. This, layered with institutionalized green…
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Green Infrastructure in the Non-formal City
There are now approximately one billion people living in squatter communities worldwide, a number expected to double by 2030. Between 60 and 90 percent of…
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The Bilbao Guggenhein Museum: Topics in Project Management
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao has had an unprecedented impact not only on the city of Bilbao but also on the value of design and…
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Spaces for the Arts at Harvard
The aim of this workshop/seminar is to study the existing spaces for the arts on the Harvard campus and to imagine alternative ways in which…