Courses
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…