Courses
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The Function of Roofs: The Urban Mall
Farshid Moussavi, James Khamsi
Please note: Farshid Moussavi will not be present at all course meetings. James Khamsi, Teaching Associate, will run the course when Professor Moussavi is not…
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Convergence: The Museum Artistically Reconsidered
Please note, this option studio will meet on an irregular schedule.Objective:This option studio will explore/ investigate the dialogue between physical and digital models in the…
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Where’s Alice?
Where\’s Alice?\”Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you…if you\’re young at heart.\” – Carolyn LeighThe iPhone and Swiss Army knife are commercial…
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The Language of Sustainability – Munich Studio
Louisa Hutton, Matthias Sauerbruch
Please note, this option studio will meet on an irregular schedule.We will continue our practical research within the paradigm of sustainable architecture. Using scenarios in…
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Foggy Architecture
The studio will explore the intersection of form and formlessness as an urban and architectural phenomenon. On the one hand, the authorless composite reality of…
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Beyond Paris [suite]: a New Campus for the University of Paris South XI at Saclay
The future development of the Paris metropolitan region beyond the present political and physical boundary of the city continues to be a national priority, with…
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VERTICAL SCAPES. (Verticalism and the integration of disciplines)
Please note, this option studio will meet on an irregular schedule. (see below)The course will focus on solving the problems generated by the absence of…
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Building the Temporary Concert Hall in L’Aquila
Please note, this option studio will meet on an irregular schedule.In general, architects work for the privileged. Historically, architects have worked for religious groups and…
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TRACES
Martin Bechthold, Allen Sayegh
Creating a museum without artifacts is an opportunity for researching new design strategies for immersive projection environments. In \’TRACES\’ we investigate the relationship between projected…
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Continuity, Integration, Integrity
Yvonne Farrell, Shelley McNamara
Please note, this option studio will meet on an irregular schedule. Instructors plan to meet on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Official schedule to be confirmed.It…
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Landscape Disurbanism: Depolderization & Decentralization in the Dutch Delta Region
Pierre Bélanger, Nina-Marie Lister
Over seventy percent of the GDP in the Netherlands is produced below sea level. To uphold this submergent economy, the Netherlands must spend 2 billion…
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Recalibrating Infrastructure: Network Urbanism in the Los Angeles Basin
Current modes of production and frameworks for exchange have a global reach, yet they have physical, social, and environmental impact when they meet the ground.
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Water City Hamburg-The Missing Link
Hamburg is a booming European metropolis and the Wilhelmsburg Island, which lies between two major branches of the River Elbe, represents the city\’s key development…
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Neonatures
NeonaturesSkyscraper collectives, agglomerations, alignments, bundles, clusters, and twins; mixed-use developments, high-rise housing developments, waterfront and marina developments, luxury condominiums; airport hubs, corporate office enclaves, industrial…
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Landscape and Ecological Urbanism: Alternatives for Beijing City Northwest
Kongjian Yu, Stephen Ervin, Jane Hutton
The Beijing Alternatives Studio Series OverviewBeijing, China is one of the fastest developing regions in the world and among the most challenging places for the…
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Landscape Disurbanism: Depolderization & Decentralization in the Dutch Delta Region
Pierre Bélanger, Nina-Marie Lister
Over seventy percent of the GDP in the Netherlands is produced below sea level. To uphold this submergent economy, the Netherlands must spend 2 billion…
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Designing Non-Stop Transformation: Shenzhen Studio
FRAMEWORKThe Shenzhen Studio is addressing the question of how designers may cope with fast transforming urbanistic conditions happening in the Pearl River Delta (PRD), and…
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Neonatures
NeonaturesSkyscraper collectives, agglomerations, alignments, bundles, clusters, and twins; mixed-use developments, high-rise housing developments, waterfront and marina developments, luxury condominiums; airport hubs, corporate office enclaves, industrial…
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VERTICAL SCAPES. (Verticalism and the integration of disciplines)
Please note, this option studio will meet on an irregular schedule. (see below)The course will focus on solving the problems generated by the absence of…
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Landscape and Ecological Urbanism: Alternatives for Beijing City Northwest
Kongjian Yu, Stephen Ervin, Jane Hutton
The Beijing Alternatives Studio Series OverviewBeijing, China is one of the fastest developing regions in the world and among the most challenging places for the…
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Beyond Paris [suite]: a New Campus for the University of Paris South XI at Saclay
The future development of the Paris metropolitan region beyond the present political and physical boundary of the city continues to be a national priority, with…
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Retooling: Thinkbelt Chicago
Once based on manufacturing and transportation, Chicago has shifted to become a contemporary city of services. In this transformation, much of the older manufacturing city\’s…
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Independent Studio by Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Margaret Crawford, Scheri Fultineer
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…