Courses
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Histories and Theories of Urban Planning and Design
This course surveys the evolution of city form and the history of urban design around the world. We will compare and analyze urban interventions and…
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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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FIELD STUDIES IN REAL ESTATE, PLANNING & URBAN DESIGN – An Alternative Downtown for Amsterdam; and A Cultural Renaissance for the City of Lee, MA
Course Description:This course is intended to provide students an understanding of the dynamics and complexities of reality that create contemporary urban physical environments. The course…
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Analytic Methods for Urban Planning
This course introduces students to selected quantitative and qualitative methods for thinking about urban planning problems. The course is divided into four sections. In the…
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Transportation Policy, Planning, and Mangagement
Prerequisites: GSD 5203, or equivalent introduction to microeconomics.This course provides an overview of the issues involved in transportation planning as well as an introduction to…
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Advanced Real Estate Development and Finance
This course builds on GSD 5204 and comparable introductory real estate courses offered by other schools at Harvard. Using case studies and lectures, the course…
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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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Design and Real Estate Dynamics for the Dallas Arts District
Overview of the course This course is intended to provide students an understanding of spatial and economic dynamics that create contemporary urban environments through the…
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Public Approvals for Private Development Projects
The improvement of real property has social as well as physical and economic implications, and is therefore subject to increasingly rigorous public review. This course…
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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
Drawing partially from the work of the instructor, weekly lectures and discussions will consider those aspects of the design of housing that are critical for…
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Redevelopment Policy
Urban redevelopment is the process by which government, private investors, and households transform the uses and financial returns of the urban built environment. As an…
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There Goes the Neighborhood: Perceptions and Realities of Neighborhoods and Neighborhood Change
James Stockard, Toni L. Griffin
Neighborhoods are the stuff of which cities are made. Downtowns are the iconic parts of cities and commercial and industrial districts are important. But neighborhoods…
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Planning and Urban Theory
This course uses analytical readings and case studies to address several major questions in planning theory. The overall theme is the relationship between conscious public…
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Ecology, Plants and Technology II
Paula Meijerink, Michael Van Valkenburgh
As the continuation of GSD 6106, this is the second in the core sequence of Ecology, Plants and Technology courses. The first module investigates plants…
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Analysis and Design of Building Structures II
A continuation of GSD 6201, this course introduces more advanced topics such as funicular systems, statically indeterminate structures, pre-stressing as well as surface structures. Specifically,…
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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 Buildings
This course examines the fundamental scientific principles underlying the thermal, luminous and acoustic behavior of buildings and introduces students to a range of technologies for…
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Plants and Technology II
Niall Kirkwood, Peter Del Tredici
GSD 6219 Plants and Technology II will address the interdependence between plants, technology and design in landscape architecture. The purpose of this course is to…
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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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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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Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems: Theory and Applications
This course is a survey and technical introduction to the analytical uses of spatial data and geographic information systems from an urban and regional planning…
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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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Watershed and Waterside Development Planning and Design
This course concentrates on how different land processes (natural) and activities (anthropogenic) affect aquatic systems. b(Part 1 is based on empirical cross-system comparisons to examine…
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In Search of the Engineer
Hanif Kara, Andreas Georgoulias
Please note, this courses first meeting will be on Monday, February 4thCourse DescriptionIn recent examples of architecture, visions of architects are enhanced by innovative interventions…
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Material Matters: Case Studies on the Environmental Impact of Material Selection and Application
Material Matters:Case studies on the environmental impact of material selection and applicationThe various fields included under the rubric of design have had a tremendous impact…
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Building Information Models
This seminar course explores Building Information Models (BIM), business processes, applications and environments (e.g., Revit). These environments are quickly being adopted throughout the building industry…
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Sustainability
Please note, this course has an irregular schedule. The full course schedule is listed below.Sustainability – an integrated design approach in combination with your studio…
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Construction Automation
Construction AutomationPrerequisites: CAD/CAM 1 or permission of instructorThis advanced seminar introduces students to emerging technologies under the broad umbrella of construction automation. An extension of…
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Surfacing Stone: Digital Explorations in Masonry Curtain Wall Design
Monica Ponce de Leon, Martin Bechthold, Wes McGee
Surfacing Stone: Digital Explorations in Masonry Curtain Wall Design Instructors: Martin Bechthold, Wes McGee and Monica Ponce de LeonCourse Description:This course will research the potential…
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Ecological Strategies for Disturbed Sites
This applied lecture and workshop course focuses on the reuse and reconstruction of derelict and minimally managed urban landscapes. Emphasis will be placed on strategies…
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Advanced Topics in Technology: Emerging Materials in Landscape Architecture
Since the start of this century, advances and innovations in design materials and technology have grown with head spinning speed. This, layered with institutionalized green…
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Green Infrastructure in the Non-formal City
There are now approximately one billion people living in squatter communities worldwide, a number expected to double by 2030. Between 60 and 90 percent of…
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Issues in the Practice of Architecture
This course, for students in the fourth semester of the MArch I program, introduces basic issues in practice and the profession of architecture, challenging the…
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The Bilbao Guggenhein Museum: Topics in Project Management
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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Independent Study by Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Richard Peiser, Christoph Reinhart, Farshid Moussavi, Kostas Terzidis, Antoine Picon, Thomas Schroepfer, Daniel Schodek, Niall Kirkwood, Michael Van Valkenburgh, Richard T.T. Forman, Richard Sommer, Anne McGhee, James Stockard, Peter Rowe, K. Michael Hays, Gary R. Hilderbrand, Joan Busquets, Felipe Correa
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…
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Independent Studio by Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Margaret Crawford, Scheri Fultineer
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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Spaces for the Arts at Harvard
The aim of this workshop/seminar is to study the existing spaces for the arts on the Harvard campus and to imagine alternative ways in which…
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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of Degree MArch
Maryann Thompson, Mariana Ibanez, Lluis Ortega, Ingeborg Rocker, Timothy Hyde, Eve Blau, Marco Steinberg, Thomas Schroepfer, Michael Meredith, John Hong, Martin Bechthold, Preston Scott Cohen, Leland Cott, Peter Rowe, Peter Rose, Jorge Silvetti, T. Kelly Wilson, Alex Krieger, Mark Mulligan, Richard Sommer, A. Hashim Sarkis, Laura Miller, Toshiko Mori, Pierre de Meuron, Jacques Herzog
Following preparation in GSD 9203, each student conducts a design exploration that tests and expands the thesis.Prerequisites: GSD 9203…
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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of the Degree MAUD, MLAUD, or MUP
Peter Rowe, Joan Busquets, Richard Sommer, Eve Blau, Susan Fainstein
Following preparation in GSD 9204, each student pursues a topic of relevance to urban design or urban planning, which may include design or planning exploration,…
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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
Spiro Pollalis, K. Michael Hays, Martin Bechthold, Antoine Picon, Christoph Reinhart
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
Daniel Schodek, Carl Steinitz, Peter Rowe, Marco Cenzatti, Eve Blau
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, A. Hashim Sarkis, Niall Kirkwood, Spiro Pollalis, Joan Busquets, Martin Bechthold, Thomas Schroepfer, Kostas Terzidis
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, Daniel Schodek, Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, A. Hashim Sarkis, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, Robert France, 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, Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, A. Hashim Sarkis, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, Joan Busquets, Robert France, Martin Bechthold, 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 the Degree Master in Architecture
Thesis Extension…
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