Courses
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Second Semester Core: Introduction to Design and Visual Studies in Architecture
Jeannette Kuo, Eric Howeler, 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
John Hong, Thomas Schroepfer, Florian Idenburg, Ana Maria Duran Calisto
The last of a four-semester sequence of design studios concludes the introduction to architectural design by emphasizing students\’ elaboration and substantiation of personal ideas through…
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Monocoques, Component Design
This course has an irregular schedule. Please see below.MONOCOQUES: INTRODUCTIONTechnology develops cumulatively, rather than in isolated heroic acts, and it finds most of its uses…
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Sao Paulo, 4 Operations
This course has an irregular schedule. Please see below.Two current questions for architecture:1. lots of resources2. lack of meaningSao Paulo: 4 operationsSITEThe site is Sao…
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Housing in Nicaragua – Radicalizing the Local: The Neighborhood as Political Unit
This course has an irregular schedule. Please see below.Studio Overview1. Zones of ConflictThe changing of geo-political boundaries across continents and the unprecedented shifting of…
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Near Future
NEAR FUTUREStudio Option 1315GSD — Spring 2008Lise Anne Couture with Christopher Johnson and Volkan AlkanogluSyllabusOver the last fifty years the city of Brasilia has been…
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Experiments in Tessellation: Airport Terminal
Experiments in Tessellation: The Airport TerminalAirport terminals are essentially \’sheds\’- large volumes of space, with long spans and no major subdivisions, to cater for the…
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Mexico City Studio Option
This course will have an irregular schedule. To be determined.The MX ProjectWe are proposing a project for a site in the historical Centre of Mexico…
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Urban Sports Culture: A New Football Statium for Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires
Introduction — Background and Contextual parameters1) The Physical Context. The UBA-FAU\’s \”Area Sur\” Study: A study is currently being carried out by a research team…
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Paradise Extension: True Confessions of a 21st Century Objectivist
The aim of this studio is to investigate what each student participating believes to be their objects of desire. What values, function, form, language of…
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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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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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On Contemporary Architecture
Please note this course has an irregular schedule. This lecture course will follow the latest episodes in contemporary architecture. The development of a critical perspective…
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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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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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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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Frames of Mind: Approaches to Film Theory
Introduction to the language of film theory aimed at developing analytic skills to interpret films. Historical survey of classical and contemporary theory beginning with turn-of-the-century…
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Buildings, Texts, and Contexts
Charts the emergence of rationalism and neo-classicism, as well as the impact of the industrialization, professionalization, and institutionalization of architecture and urbanism.
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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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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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Transparency
The concept of transparency is critical – not only to understanding early and mid-20th century modernism – but also to engaging current architectural concerns with…
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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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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
This course examines the fundamental scientific principles underlying the thermal, luminous and acoustic behavior of buildings and introduces students to a range of technologies for…
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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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In Search of the Engineer
Hanif Kara, Andreas Georgoulias
Please note, this courses first meeting will be on Monday, February 4thCourse DescriptionIn recent examples of architecture, visions of architects are enhanced by innovative interventions…
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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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Sustainability
Please note, this course has an irregular schedule. The full course schedule is listed below.Sustainability – an integrated design approach in combination with your studio…
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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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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
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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Independent Study by Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Richard Peiser, Christoph Reinhart, Farshid Moussavi, Kostas Terzidis, Antoine Picon, Thomas Schroepfer, Daniel Schodek, Niall Kirkwood, Michael Van Valkenburgh, Richard T.T. Forman, Anne McGhee, James Stockard, Peter Rowe, K. Michael Hays, Gary R. Hilderbrand, Joan Busquets, Felipe Correa
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…
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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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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of Degree MArch
Maryann Thompson, Mariana Ibanez, Ingeborg Rocker, Timothy Hyde, Eve Blau, Thomas Schroepfer, John Hong, Martin Bechthold, Preston Scott Cohen, Peter Rowe, Jorge Silvetti, T. Kelly Wilson, Alex Krieger, Mark Mulligan, 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
Spiro Pollalis, K. Michael Hays, Martin Bechthold, Antoine Picon, Christoph Reinhart
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, A. Hashim Sarkis, Niall Kirkwood, Spiro Pollalis, Joan Busquets, Martin Bechthold, 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
Richard Peiser, Daniel Schodek, Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, A. Hashim Sarkis, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, 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…