Courses
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Second Semester Core: Introduction to Design and Visual Studies in Architecture
Michael Meredith, Thomas Schroepfer, Cameron Wu, Eric Howeler, Mariana Ibanez, Danielle Etzler
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, Maryann Thompson, Felipe Correa, Ingeborg Rocker, Florian Idenburg, Cynthia Ottchen
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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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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Responsive Environments
Interactivity and interactive content has become an extension of our bodies and surroundings. In recent years architects have had a growing interest in integrating dynamic…
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Spacial Ideas, Architectural Imagery: The Role of Drawing Towards Invention
This intensive drawing course proposes to introduce the student of design to the theory and technique of spatial invention in drawing as it informs and…
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Immersive Environments II
This seminar is part two of GSD 2319 / Immersive Environments – an advanced digital media seminar focusing on the design and representation of integrated…
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InOrganic Assemblies
Computing allows to generate complexity extremely fast. Scripted protocols can now produce with a very limited number of lines of code complex systems such as…
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Behind Today’s Architectural Trends
Please note, this course has an irregular schedule. See below.This lecture course will follow the latest episodes in contemporary architecture. The development of a…
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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 Beginnings of Design: Living Together with Other Buildings
Please note, this course has an irregular schedule. See below.It is a rare building that isn\’t affected by the presence of other buildings. During…
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The Function of Style
Farshid Moussavi, James Khamsi
This seminar is a continuation of the research on function initiated in past years.The function of ornament challenged the understanding of ornament as superficial and…
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Light and Space: Experiments in Transforming the Photosphere
This course will have two primary focuses. The first will be on the experimental manipulation of materials and the environment with a view to understanding…
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PhD Methodology Seminar
The seminar is designed as an introduction to the methodologies and disciplines that have shaped the field of architectural history and theory. We will probe…
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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
Introduces the formulation of architectural principles – what Rudolf Wittkower called the \”apparatus of forms\” – by means of selected case studies from Brunelleschi to…
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Buildings, Texts, and Contexts
Nineteenth-century architecture is a difficult subject in a design school. Its aesthetics is in sharp contrast to the contemporary quest for authenticity. Although today\’s architectural…
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Rome and St. Peter’s
The art and architecture of Rome from Antiquity to Modernity with particular attention to the Vatican, where the layering of material artifacts from successive historical…
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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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Architecture, Science and Technology, XVIIIth Century-Present
Since the first industrial revolution, science and technology have constantly challenged architecture. Technology in particular has represented a powerful source of change for architecture. New…
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Transparency
The concept of transparency is critical not only to understanding 20th century modernism, but also to engaging current architectural concerns with mediation, density, surface, light,…
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Hub of the Universe: Boston in the Gilded Age
An exploration of the architectural and urban development of Boston from its founding in 1630 to the First World War with emphasis on the Gilded…
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Histories of the Future
Design (of buildings, cities, landscapes) is an anticipatory discipline, whose techniques, practices, and desires are directed toward the formulation of futures. Not future objects as…
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The Poetics of Materials (episodes in the cultural history of modern making)
The Spectacle Factory examines the modern history of immersive theater, entertainment, and media spaces from the standpoint of the history of architecture and design. It…
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Adolf Loos, Our Contemporary
This year we will be celebrating 100 years to the Loos House in Vienna. This seminar set about to trace the impact of Adolf Loos\’s…
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Analysis and Design of Building Structures II
A continuation of GSD 6201, this course provides students with an enhanced understanding of structural analysis and engineering design concepts. Students learn the fundamentals of…
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Science and Technology
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
The primary focus of this course will be the study of the thermal, luminous and acoustic behavior of buildings in an architectural context. The course…
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Innovative Construction in 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 Design through Engineers
Andreas Georgoulias, Hanif Kara
This course aims to teach, stimulate and demonstrate \”design led\” opportunities that exist in the zone between Architecture and Engineering, through the paradigm of Design…
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Building Information Models
This seminar course explores the Building Information Model (BIM) and its impact on business processes, production, and software environments (e.g., Revit, Digital Project). With the…
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Sustainability
Please note, this course has an irregular schedule. See below.Sustainability – an integrated design approach in combination with your studio or research projectMatthias Schuler…
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Construction Automation
This advanced, research-based seminar investigates opportunities and challenges of automation in the context of architecture and architectural products. An extension of research on computer-aided design…
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Thermal Analysis of Buildings
Prerequisites: 6205 or equivalent; access to a newer laptop, working knowledge in Rhino and Ecotect Weather ToolThis seminar will introduce students to manual and computer-based…
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The DIGITAL CRAFT
Away from autonomous production, anonymous materials, scripted space and a no-hands approach, this course will explore the potentials of digital fabrication techniques towards end-user products…
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Issues in the Practice of Architecture
Maryann Thompson, Jay Wickersham
This course, for students in the fourth semester of the MArchI program, raises basic issues arising in contemporary architectural practice. The course challenges the students…
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The Bilbao Guggenhein Museum: Topics in Project Management
Luis Rodriguez, Spiro Pollalis
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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Strategy, Sustainability, and Finance
The primary topics covered in this course are business strategy, sustainability in the built environment, and economic analysis of choices in sustainability and strategy. The…
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Real Estate Development, Design, and Construction
Schedule: Thursdays and Fridays, 1:30 – 2:50 pm (also select Wednesdays: Feb 24, Mar 10, Mar 31, Apr 28)Aldrich Hall, Harvard Business SchoolThis course focuses…
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Integrated Project Delivery
Lecture course for 4 credits on Integrated Practice and Integrated Project Delivery. Pedagogical objectives include the broad survey and introduction to various collaborative approaches to…
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Independent Study by Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Maryann Thompson, David Leatherbarrow, Erika Naginski, Andreas Georgoulias, Suzanne Lanyi Charles, Richard Jennings, Eric Belsky, Sanford Kwinter, Bing Wang, Joan Busquets, Holly Clarke, K. Michael Hays, Kenneth Kao, John Beardsley, Anne McGhee, Stephen Ervin, Peter Del Tredici, Niall Kirkwood, Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, Richard Peiser, Scheri Fultineer, Judith Grant Long, Dorothee Imbert, Pierre Bélanger
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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Rethinking a Library and a YMCA: the case of Warrensville Heights
Peter Rowe, Iñaki Abalos, Felipe Correa, Spiro Pollalis, Andreas Georgoulias, Brian Kenet, William Valentine
The research seminar in the Fall 2009, entitled: 9206A: Toward Socially-inclusive Sustainable Development has produced the master plan for 17 vacant acres located at the…
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