Courses
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Independent Study by Candidates for PhD Degrees
Prerequisites: Four graduate-level courses in this area or enrollment in doctoral program.This research seminar addresses subjects of history, theory and human sciences related to architecture…
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Public and Private Development
This course explores the analytic frameworks, skills, and bodies of knowledge required to understand, evaluate, plan, and implement public and private development within cities and…
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Thinking the Low
This urban theory course will examine a diverse body of social, literary and cultural theory in order to assemble a set of concepts that can…
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Field Studies in Real Estate
This course is intended to provide students an understanding of the dynamics and complexities of reality that create contemporary urban physical environments. The course emphasizes…
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Analytic Methods for Urban Planning
This course introduces quantitative and qualitative methods for thinking about urban planning problems. Key methods include data collection, surveys and sampling, statistics with regression analysis,…
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Advanced Real Estate Development and Finance
Instructor: Professor Richard PeiserGuest instructors: Frank Apeseche, Glenn Mueller and Jack RodmanClass Time: Tuesdays 1:00-4:00This course builds on GSD 5204 and comparable introductory real estate…
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Strategic Planning and Local Development
This course examines strategies for urban and regional development within the context of a globalized economy where cities are the engines of growth. Fierce competition,…
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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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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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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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Listening to the City
This course will address one of the central contradictions currently facing architects, planners, landscape architects, and urban designers who want to practice in the city.
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What Planners Do
Alan Altshuler, Catherine Donaher
What, precisely, do urban planners do? How do their activities add value for the institutions that employ them whether governmental, private for-profit, or private nonprofit,…
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Fundamentals of Landscape Technology
As the continuation of GSD 6104, the course will review techniques and codes for grading such landscape interventions as terraces, stairs, ramps, walls, and landscape…
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Analysis and Design of Building Structures II
Prerequisites: GSD 6201.A continuation of GSD 6201, this course introduces more advanced topics such as funicular systems, statically indeterminate structures, pre-stressing as well as surface…
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Science and Technology
Jonathan Levi, Thomas Schroepfer
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 Building: Climate and Thermal Behavior
Toshiko Mori, Matthias Schuler
This course examines the fundamental scientific principles underlying the thermal behavior of buildings and introduces students to the existing technologies for creating and controlling the…
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Landscape Technology
GSD 6206 Landscape Technology will address the interdependence between technology and design in landscape architecture. The purpose of this course is to develop a broader…
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Plants in Design I
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
This course is devoted to understanding basic biological principals and horticultural practices that affect the growth of plants in the human landscape and determine the…
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Siteworks
This course covers the application of landscape tools and techniques in the work of site design and planning. We will focus on the engineering aspects…
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Soil in Landscape Design
This elective course will cover the characteristics of soils in natural as well as built environments, giving as much emphasis to the biological aspects 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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Green Roofs and Ecological Landscape Design for Watershed Protection
The elective course \”Green Roofs and Ecological Landscape Design for Watershed Protection\” will focus on green roofs as one alternative to create multi-functional and cost-effective…
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Innovation in Structure
In our recent examples of architecture, visions of architects are enhanced by innovative approaches in structures by leading engineers. They engage in early stages of…
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Urban and Surburban Ecology
Wildlife, vegetation, soil, air, water, and aquatic ecosystems, together with their human uses, are related to the distinctive, especially spatial, attributes of suburban and urban…
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CAD/CAM II: 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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Brownfields Practicum – Sustainable Redevelopment of Brownfield Sites in Somerville, Massachusetts
Brownfields remain of the highest priority in the regeneration of the inner city. Defined by the US. Environmental Protection Agency as an \”abandoned, idled or…
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Advanced Site Modeling
With the ascendance of Google Earth as a mechanism for delivering three dimensional models of cities, it is only a matter of time before web-delivered…
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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 graduate level course introduces basic aspects of the architectural profession and challenges students to locate and critically examine ethical and other problems within current…
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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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The Bilbao Guggenhein Museum: Topics in Project Management
Spiro Pollalis, Luis Rodriguez
WEB SITEhttps://icommons.harvard.edu/~gsd-7222/. COURSE DESCRIPTIONSpiro N. Pollalis, Luis RodriguezLimited enrolment: 16 studentsThe Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao has had an unprecedented impact not only on the city…
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Independent Study by Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Daniel Schodek, Carl Steinitz, Niall Kirkwood, Christine Smith, Peter Del Tredici, Michelle Addington, Anne McGhee, T. Kelly Wilson, Paul Cote, James Stockard, Peter Rowe, K. Michael Hays, Joan Busquets, Michael Meredith, Joseph MacDonald, Marco Cenzatti, Michael Blier
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
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and permission of the thesis program director.This entails preparatory work for all students intending subsequently to enroll in GSD 9301. Students research…
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Preparation of Thesis for Master in Landscape Architecture
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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Design Research in Product Design
Martin Bechthold, Marco Steinberg, Michael Blier, Dan Pitera
COURSE DESCRIPTIONWhat is design research? What are its criteria of success? The seminar/workshop will investigate design research methods from two perspectives:1.the Industrial Design/ Architecture interface.
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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of Degree MArch
Nader Tehrani, Margaret Crawford, Joseph MacDonald, Marco Steinberg, Preston Scott Cohen, Sarah Goldhagen, Peter Rowe, Jonathan Levi, Peter Rose, Jorge Silvetti, T. Kelly Wilson, A. Hashim Sarkis, Laura Miller, Toshiko Mori, Pierre de Meuron, Jacques Herzog
Prerequisites: GSD 9203.Following preparation in GSD 9203, each student conducts a design exploration that tests and expands the thesis.
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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of the Degree MAUD, MLAUD, or MUP
Prerequisites: GSD 9204.Following preparation in GSD 9204, each student pursues a topic of relevance to urban design or urban planning, which may include design or…
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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of the Degree Master in Landscape Architecture
Prerequisites: GSD 9205.Following preparation in GSD 9205, each student pursues a topic of relevance to landscape architecture, which must include academic inquiry and design exploration.
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Independent Thesis for the Degree Master in Design Studies
A student who selects this independent thesis for the degree Master in Design Studies pursues independent research of relevance to the selected course of study…
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Independent Study by Candidates for Doctoral Degrees
Carl Steinitz, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, Marco Cenzatti
Under faculty guidance, the student conducts a reading program and formulates a thesis proposal. The course is intended for doctoral students.
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Preparation of Doctoral Thesis Proposal
Daniel Schodek, Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, A. Hashim Sarkis, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, Robert France
Under faculty guidance, the student conducts a reading program and formulates a thesis proposal. The course is intended for doctoral students.
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Thesis in Satisfaction of the Degree Doctor of Design
Richard Peiser, Carl Steinitz, Michelle Addington, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, Joan Busquets, Martin Bechthold, Jeffrey Huang, Antoine Picon, Kostas Terzidis
Under guidance of a faculty committee, the student conducts investigations and prepares a doctoral thesis.
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Thesis Extension in Satisfaction of Degree Doctor of Design
Richard Peiser, Daniel Schodek, Carl Steinitz, A. Hashim Sarkis, Michelle Addington, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, Jeffrey Huang, Antoine Picon
Under guidance of a faculty committee, the student conducts investigations and prepares a doctoral thesis.
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Thesis Extension in Satisfaction of the Degree Master in Architecture
Thesis Extension…
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