Courses
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History of Modern Gardens and Public Landscapes: 1800 to present
4317 History of Modern Gardens and Public Landscapes: 1800 to 1938This survey lecture course presents the history of landscape design in Europe and North America…
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Urbanization in the Pacific Asian Region
The purpose of this course is to provide an overall account of the urbanization in selected cities within the rapidly developing Pacific Asian region; to…
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Cross-Cultural Encounters: Architecture, Modernity and Identity beyond the West
This course offers a theoretical framework to study the spatial, architectural and urban expressions of successive encounters between \”the west\” and the rest of the…
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Practices in Democracy (3): Design and the Challenges for Development from the Marshall Plan to Micro Credit
Summary:The course examines the impact of different models of social and economic development on architectural and urban design. It focuses on Latin America and the…
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A Cultural Study of Film: Mapping and Fashioning Space: Seminar
This course will meet in Carpenter Center 402.The impulse to map (ourselves) is a major drive of contemporary visual culture. Since Fredric Jameson\’s call for…
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Leon Batista Alberti: 1404-1472
This course explores selected aspects of the writings and works of Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), seeking to place these in their historical and cultural contexts.During…
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History of Landscape Architecture Through Plants
This seminar provides an innovative framework for analyzing the history of planting design as typological precedents for contemporary landscape architecture. Recent developments in the historiography…
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Public and Private Development
Cities are developed by an elaborate blend of public and private actions. This was not always the case. In the past, there was a clearer…
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Field Studies in Real Estate
Field studies sponsored by property owners, non-profit organizations and public agencies in the United States will be undertaken by students working in teams of three…
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Strategic Planning and Local Development
Strategic Planning and Local DevelopmentThe course examines strategies for urban and regional development within the context of a globalized economy, where cities are the engines…
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Housing Policy in the United States: The Intersection of the Public and Private Sectors
In the twentieth century, housing policy in the United States has crafted a complex finance and delivery system. This course will examine the origins of…
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Home vs. Housing:Culture and History of Dwellings in the United States
The dialectic of home and housing provides the framework for an investigation into the cultural values, design, and planning of residences in the United States.
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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 multi-family housing. Drawing largely from the completed work of the…
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Housing Delivery Mechanisms 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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Havana – challenges and opportunities
Against all odds, the Cuban Revolution has managed to survive the end of the Soviet Union, forty-plus years of U.S. direct or indirect hostility, and…
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Industrial Restructuring and Economic Development
This course is organized in three parts. First, it focuses on the economic changes that, over the last twenty years, have taken place in most…
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Strategies for Social Inclusion in Development
This seminar offers students an opportunity to pursue advanced work in urban planning, while addressing the challenge of local development with inclusion at the city…
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Negotiation and Conflict Resolution in Urban Planning and Development
This course introduces students to the practice of negotiation and mediation in the context of urban planning and development. Learning from general theories of negotiation…
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Planning/Regions/Growth
This semester-long course builds on two modules previously offered separately – Regional Planning: Theory and Practice (Carbonell) and From Growth Management to Smart Growth (Yaro).
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Local Government Law
Cross-listed with the Harvard Law School (43500), this course examines the possibility and desirability of decentralization of power in America. In the process of doing…
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Fundamentals of Landscape Technology
As the continuation of GSD6104, the course will review techniques and codes for grading such landscape interventions as terraces, stairs, ramps, walls, and landscape on…
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Building Construction
Contemporary building materials and components are introduced through an investigation of construction assemblies and details. Design concepts and their translation into construction will be examined…
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Environmental Technologies in Buildings
***NOTE***Schedule meets alternate weeks:February 12 & 13February 26 & 27March 12 & 13April 2 &3April 16 & 17April 30 & May 1FINAL EXAM TBA–do not…
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Landscape Technology
This course covers the theories, processes and tools of landscape technology as they inform the physical production of designed landscapes. The course examines the materials…
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Plants in Design I
INTRODUCTION:This course investigates plants as an essential medium of landscape design. Through lectures, readings, exercises, and field trips, the student builds a knowledge base of…
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Plants in Design II
Course Description:This course is devoted to understanding basic biological principals and horticultural practices that affect the growth of plants in the human landscape and determine…
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Siteworks
This course covers the application of landscape tools and techniques in the work of site design and planning. The course will focus on the engineering…
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Database Systems for Design
The growing embodiment of architectural design in digital media requires the proper choice of data structure, formats, and protocols (system architecture) to insure that the…
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Soil in Landscape Design
URBAN SOILS AND PLANTING Department of landscape ArchitectureLecture/Workshop4 unitsInstructorJames UrbanThis course will cover the fundamentals of natural and human influenced soils and the effect of…
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Innovative Constructions: cases in modern 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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Brownfields
Brownfields remain of the highest priority in the regeneration of the inner city. Defined as an \”abandoned, idled or underused industrial or commercial facility where…
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Advanced GIS: Actual Infrastructure for Virtual Cities
For a complete description, go tohttp://www.gsd.harvard.edu/~pbcote/gsd6329/description.htm…
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House: Innovation in Design & Technology
TCourse Description: This seminar explores select architects\’ innovative construction of the single-family house. This course will focus on the design, technology, and management of these…
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Architectural Component Prototyping
The format for the course Architectural Component Prototyping has changed each time that it has been offered in a continuing effort to cover the broad…
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Building Simulation
During the past decade, advancements in computer technology made it possible for building simulation to be part of the design process. This seminar will provide…
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Advanced Topics: Earthworks
This seminar will examine two themes in earthworks: the techniques by which the land is altered through technology and design; and the way in which…
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Legal Aspects of Design Practice
This course focuses on the special obligations and privileges of a design professional. We study governmental regulation, taxation, accounting, and legal organization for a design…
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Introduction to the Practice of Architecture
This is a discussion developed by Scogin, Sapers, and Beach to introduce the student to basic issues in architectural practice, including: how an architect obtains…
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Collaborative Design
This professionally oriented course builds on GSD 7320 \”Information Technology in the Design Professions\” and focuses in detail on issues of collaborative design, including global…
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The Bilbao Guggenhein Museum: Topics in Project Management
To see a previous course website, please go to: http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/courses/7400-02s99/The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao has had an unprecedented impact not only on the city of…
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Superficial Spaces
We cherish immaterial surfaces, as painters cherish some material pigment for its unique expressive qualities. Like tempera or oil paint, the pigment-surface is a raw…
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