Courses
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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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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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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 20th century modernism, but also to engaging current architectural concerns with mediation, density, surface, light,…
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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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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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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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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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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…