Courses
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Conversations on architecture of the second half of the XXth century
Professor: Jose Rafael Moneo with invited guest: Peter EisenmanLast year this lecture course was an attempt to reflect on the \”underground currents that inform…
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Transformations in Spatial Thought: 1970-2000
The ideas of three theorist-historians dominated architectural thought through the postwar mid-century: those of Colin Rowe, Aldo Rossi, and Manfredo Tafuri. At some point in…
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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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Michelangelo: Precedents, Innovations, Influence
An exploration of Italian Renaissance and Baroque architecture and urbanism through the persona of Michelangelo as witness, agent, and inspiration. We look at architecture and…
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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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Materials, Constructions, Processes: City of Wood
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 is the study of the thermal, luminous and acoustic behavior of buildings in an architectural context. The course examines…
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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
Hanif Kara, Andreas Georgoulias
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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Day-Lighting Buildings
The primary focus of this course is the study of natural and electric lighting in an architectural context. The course promotes the integration of occupant…
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Sustainability
Erik Olsen and Matthias Rudolph from Transsolar will teach instead of Matthias Schuler in Spring 2011. Prerequisite: GSD 6205 or equivalentCourse description:Based on basic information…
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Issues in Architectural Practice and Ethics
Jay Wickersham, Maryann Thompson
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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Business Strategy, Economics, and Sustainability
This course aims to equip students with strategy and economic tools to be effective leaders of firms in the built environment. The primary topics covered…
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Real Estate Development, Design, and Construction
A. Eugene Kohn, John Macomber, Christopher Gordon
Jointly Listed at Harvard Business School as HBS 1465This course has an irregular schedule: Most Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays on HBS calendar, 1:30 – 2:50 pm,…
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Leading the Design Firm
This course introduces students to the business side of the design industry. It highlights the ways in which a design firm is a business like…