Courses
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Constructing Vision
The course considers the application of means of representation, primarily perspective, in architectural design. It examines how architects have used these means of representation not…
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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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Approaching the History of Modern of Architecture from Out There
Capitalist expansion is a crucial factor in explaining modern art (e.g., \”Primitivism\” and Cubism). This factor, however, is ignored in explaining modern architecture, as can…
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Conflict + Modernity: Case Study ZAGREB
This course is concerned with understanding the modalities of modernization and urban transformation in the context of cities in a region of Central Europe that…
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Modernization and Architecture in Latin America
The North and South American continents have been the natural sites of the \”new.\” Because of its particular history during the Twentieth Century, Latin America…
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Critical History: Space, Place, and Science
The seminar will examine various philosophical and historical approaches to the question of the relation between urban space, architecture, and science, from the founding reflections…
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The Culture and Politics of the Built Environment in the US: Seminar
Yearlong research seminar in conjunction with the Charles Warren Center workshop of scholars working in the field. Scholars will be working on research projects that…
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Histories and Theories of Urban Planning and Design
This course provides an understanding of the dynamics that created contemporary urban and regional spatial patterns, of social theories pertinent to urbanized societies, and of…
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Markets and Market Failures
This course introduces economics to students who have had little previous exposure to the subject. Basic tools are covered, including supply, demand, and market equilibrium;…
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Real Estate Finance and Development
This course is intended to give students the training they need to engage in real estate investment and development, both private and public. No prior…
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Transportation Planning and Development
Access and mobility are essential elements of an urban plan. Transportation strategies directly impact and interact with land use planning, zoning, economic development, and urban…
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Introduction to Negotiation and Collaborative Problem Solving
This course meets at the Kennedy School of Government\’ please consulty their web site for meeting place.A broad introduction to the theory and practice of…
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Design, Law, Policy
Law has a powerful imprint on the design of the built environment. As much as technological innovation, market calculation, artistic creativity, and cultural norms, law…
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Cultural Continuity and the Built Environment: Historic Preservation in Theory and Practice
Historic preservation proceeds from the premise that the built environment – buildings, landscapes, and other places shaped by human hands – form a record of…
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Political Economy of Urbanization
Over the last two decades or so, cities have been undergoing a drastic process of restructuring. An ever-growing number of terms – urban villages, edge…
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The Design of Housing in the United States
This course will investigate architectural, urban design, and planning related components of the design of multifamily housing. Drawing largely from the completed work of the…
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The Housing Delivery System in the United States
This module will examine the process by which housing is produced in the United States. The course considers the primary actors in the delivery system,…
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Site Ecology and Plant Communities
Gary R. Hilderbrand, Robert France
DESCRIPTIONThe course focuses on selected issues of landscape architecture and ecology in the context of contemporary and historic projects in the greater Boston area.PEDAGOGIC OBJECTIVES1.
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Fundamentals of Landscape Technology
The first in the core sequence of Landscape Technology courses, this class introduces the concept of landforms and grading in design. The course will focus…
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Energy, Technology and Building
This lecture course introduces students to energy and environmental issues, particularly those that must be faced by the discipline of architecture. An overview of the…
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Materials and Construction: An Introduction to Techniques, Composition, and Strategies
Toshiko Mori, Nader Tehrani, Thomas Schroepfer
This module introduces students to the role of materials and fabrication in architecture. Properties and principles of materials are discussed in a comprehensive manner, involving…
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Techniques of Physical Planning I
Introduction to the fundamentals of visual representation as applied to urban planning problems. Covers computer as well as manual techniques. Required of MUP and MPP/UP…
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Techniques of Physical Planning II
Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, Alex Krieger
Introduction to techniques of site planning; to a range of dimensional precedents for different types of buildings, neighborhoods, and districts; and to the rudiments of…
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Analysis and Design of Building Structures I
This course introduces students to the analysis and design of structural elements. Loads on structures are considered first; subsequent sessions cover the fundamental principles of…
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Building Technology
As the final component in the required sequence of technology courses in the MArch I program, this professionally-oriented course develops an integral understanding of the…
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Plants, Vegetation and Microclimate
This course emphasizes the identification of prominent plants in the natural communities of New England. It also highlights major characteristics of the vegetation, and introduces…
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Landscape Ecology
This course examines the structure, functioning, and change of a mosaic of ecological systems, such as forests, wetlands, fields, corridors, and villages. Focus is on…
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Site Planning
This course provides an introduction to the theories, principles, and methods of site planning and land design practices. Through case studies based upon landscape archetypes,…
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CAD/CAM I: Design Development in Digital Environments
This lecture course explores the design development process as it occurs within advanced digital environments, e.g., Catia, that support parametric modeling, and which are widely…
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Virtual Gardens
Prerequisites: GSD 2108, GSD2109, GSD2306 or permission of instructor. Proficiency with computing and willingness to adventure.Course Description: Examines the special problems and opportunities involved in…
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Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems: Theory and Applications
In the first half of the course, students learn to build detailed geographic representations using data from various sources, including terrain, demographics, land use, built…
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Watershed and Waterside Development Planning and Design
This course concentrates on how different land processes (natura) and activities (anthropogenic) effect aquatic systems.Part 1 is based on empirical cross-system comparisons to examine patterns…
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Structural Surfaces
It is a common misbelief that curvature automatically lends structural capacities to any surface. While geometry and structural properties are indeed closely related, the precise…
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Rebuilding Devastated Landscapes: Sustainable Landscape Development in the 21st Century
This applied lecture and workshop course focuses on the repair and reconstruction of derelict urban and suburban land within the realities of current conditions, regulations,…
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Proseminar in Building Technology: Light Science
This proseminar is open to doctoral students and other advanced students who are focusing their research on the energy-based technologies in architecture or on advanced…
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International Design Practice: Business, Law, and Culture
The practice of architecture is becoming more and more global. American architectural firms pursue foreign markets; foreign architects compete successfully for prestigious commissions within the…
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Founding Practices
The objective of this seminar/workshop is to equip individuals who aspire to found a design practice with the basic knowledge and tools required to conceptualize…
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Internet and Architecture
The Internet is fundamentally changing how we practice some of our most basic everyday activities, and challenging how we perceive and use architectural space. Yet…
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Strategic Management in Design and Construction
Real estate, civil engineering, architecture, and construction together comprise the largest industry in the world. Major social systems such as governments and marketplaces, major natural…
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From Concept to Implementation
This course focuses on the organizational and managerial issues to carry an architectural design from concept to implementation. Centering on the needs of the owner,…
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Independent Study by Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Nader Tehrani, Kostas Terzidis, Alan Berger, Joseph MacDonald, Jeffrey Huang, Martin Bechthold, Joan Busquets, A. Hashim Sarkis, Niall Kirkwood, Christine Smith, Anne McGhee, Spiro Pollalis, Miroslava Benes, K. Michael Hays, Margaret Crawford, Jerold S. Kayden
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 subjects…
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Independent Studio by Candidates for Master’s Degrees
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…
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Prep of Design Thesis Proposal for MArch
This entails preparatory work for all students intending subsequently to enroll in GSD 9301. Students research thesis proposals for review and acceptance by faculty.Prerequisites: Graduate…
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Prep of Design Thesis Proposal for MAUD/MLAUD and MUP
The purpose of this seminar is to help students considering an independent thesis for their degree in Urban Planning and Design. The course will focus…
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Preparation of Thesis for Master in Landscape Architecture
John Beardsley, Holly Clarke, Alan Berger
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and approval by the landscape architecture faculty.In this preparatory seminar for students intending to enroll in GSD 9303 the following term, direction…
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Utopian?
Richard Peiser, Margaret Crawford, Martha Schwartz, A. Hashim Sarkis, Remment Koolhaas, Jeffrey Inaba
The course will examine the planning agendas of \’avant garde\’ Soviet architects from the 1970s. Can their \’project\’ be categorized as utopian? What were the…
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