Courses

Forms of Energy: Nonmodern

Kiel Moe

The spring 2015 Forms of Energy focuses on Nonmodern Forms of Energy and Design. Nonmodern refers to those forms and formations of energy that are…

Quantitative Aesthetics: Re-sensing / Augmenting reality

Panagiotis Michalatos

This course is looking at computational approaches to digital media that allow us to analyze and reinterpret our environment as a signal, creating interactive interventions…

Building Simulation

Ali Malkawi

Simulation is the process of making a simplified model of some complex system and using it to predict the behavior of the original system. During…

Designed Porous Media

Salmaan Craig

How do trees get their shape, and why is this shape so similar to other natural forms, such as river deltas, lungs, and lighting strikes?…

Structural Surfaces

Andrew Witt

This course is about maximum effect with minimum means. Complex surfaces present a wide variety of construction and structural challenges, as well as a rich…

Visualization (at SEAS)

Alexander Lex

SEAS Computer Science 171 Catalog Number: 8877 Tu., Th., 2:30-4, and a weekly section to be arranged. Please check the…

Issues in Architectural Practice and Ethics

Maryann Thompson, Jay Wickersham

This course, for students in the fourth semester of the M.Arch I program, examines basic issues arising in contemporary architectural practice. The course challenges the students to examine critically…

The Practice as Project

Florian Idenburg

The role of the architect today is constantly shifting. While society will continue to require numbers of well rounded, licensed and affiliated architects to provide…

Innovation in Project Delivery

Mark R. Johnson

Project delivery – the organizational, legal and economic arrangements by which society produces its built environment – has undergone a radical transformation over the past…

REAL: Genome of the Built Environment: Measuring the Unseen

Allen Sayegh

The built environment is one of the most fascinating yet enigmatic artifact of the human being. We perceive it as a complex entity resulting from…

Independent Study by Candidates for Masters Degrees

Niall Kirkwood, Diane Davis, Panagiotis Michalatos, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Leire Asensio Villoria, Joyce Klein-Rosenthal, Michael Hooper, Jill Desimini, David Mah, Jane Hutton, Frank Apeseche, Holly Samuelson, Florian Idenburg, Rahul Mehrotra, Jana Cephas, Andreas Georgoulias, Zaneta Hong, Christine Smith, Mark Mulligan, Peter Rowe, K. Michael Hays, Alistair McIntosh, Ann Forsyth, Joan Busquets, Bing Wang, Jay Wickersham, Eve Blau, Felipe Correa, Bradley Cantrell, Silvia Benedito, Gareth Doherty, Susan Snyder, Edward Eigen, Erika Naginski, George Thomas, Charles Waldheim

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…

Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of Degree MArch

Maryann Thompson, Jorge Silvetti, K. Michael Hays, Toshiko Mori, Mack Scogin, Preston Scott Cohen, Grace La, Elizabeth Whittaker, Cameron Wu, Andrew Witt, Eric Howeler, Jeffry Burchard, Rahul Mehrotra, Mariana Ibanez, Florian Idenburg, Hanif Kara, Iñaki Abalos, Leire Asensio Villoria, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Carles Muro, Edward Eigen

Following preparation in GSD 9203, each student conducts a design exploration that tests and expands the thesis.Prerequisites: GSD 9203…

Independent Thesis for the Degree Master in Design Studies

Christine Smith, Neil Leach, Salmaan Craig, Sonja Dümpelmann, Diane Davis, Susan Snyder, Panagiotis Michalatos, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Joyce Klein-Rosenthal, David Mah, Holly Samuelson, Hanif Kara, Rahul Mehrotra, Robert Pietrusko, Gareth Doherty, Antoine Picon, Kiel Moe, Andrew Witt, Ali Malkawi, John R. Stilgoe, K. Michael Hays, Allen Sayegh, Bing Wang, Frank Apeseche

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…

Master of Design Studies Final Project

Richard Peiser, Silvia Benedito, Jana Cephas, Krzysztof Wodiczko

The Final Project will consist of a theoretical/position component, and of a practical/experimental component. The scope of each of the two components will be determined…

Preparation of Doctoral Thesis Proposal

Peter Rowe, Martin Bechthold, Ali Malkawi, Antoine Picon, Neil Brenner

Under faculty guidance, the student conducts a reading program and formulates a thesis proposal. The course is intended for doctoral students.

Thesis in Satisfaction of the Degree Doctor of Design

Peter Rowe, Martin Bechthold, Antoine Picon, Diane Davis

Under guidance of a faculty committee, the student conducts investigations and prepares a doctoral thesis.

Media as Method

Kiel Moe, Pierre Bélanger

Today, the models of thought and levels of cognition that underlie the tools and technologies we use still on a daily basis, and over long…

Proseminar in Art, Design and the Public Domain

Krzysztof Wodiczko, Silvia Benedito

The proseminar will serve as a space for artistic and design experimentation, and discussion intended to foreground students\’ emergent interests, concepts, and methodologies toward their…

Discourse and Methods I

K. Michael Hays

This course is open only to Ph.D. students in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning and Design (Ph.D. students from other departments may participate with…

Drawing to See the Outer and Inner World

Instructor: Anne McGhee, Artist/Drawing Instructor Max Enrollment: 15 Date/Time: Jan 6 – 9/2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Location: 7 Sumner Rd. #402…

LEED Certification Preparation

Instructor: Emma Corbalan, Architect Jacobs Engineering Group Max Enrollment: 12 Date/Time: Jan 12-16/11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Location: Jacobs, One Broadway…

Creating a Simple Book

Instructor: Irina Gorstein                  Conservator, Harvard GSD Max Enrollment: 6 Date/Time: Jan 8-9/9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Location: Conservation Laboratory (Gund Hall, L01) Description:…

Personal Money Management Strategies for Financial Success – CANCELLED

Instructor: Thomas Murphy                   Director of Student Services                   Harvard University Employees Credit Union Max Enrollment: 20 Date/Time: Jan 15/11:30-1 Location: Gund 121…

SALT: Borrow Less. Borrow Smart. Repay Well – CANCELLED

Instructor: Joanne Dashiell                   Manager of Partner Engagement                   SALT Max Enrollment: Date/Time: TBD Location: Room: Description: With…

A Project a Day: Architectural Tours

Instructor: Rex Tzen (Coordinator), MArch I Max Enrollment: 15 Date/Time: Jan 5-16 Location: The Cambridge and Boston area Description:…

Drawing Architecture: Feeling and Form

Instructor: Joshua Hart, Adjunct Professor at MassArt and Visiting Assistant Professor at Pratt Helen Miller, MDes, Artist and Feldenkrais Practitioner Chris Moffett, Philosopher…

Data from Infrastructure Systems for Urban Algorithmic Modelling

Instructor: Yannis Orfanos, Harvard GSD Research Associate Max Enrollment: 15 Date/Time: Jan 7, 8, 9, 12, 13 and 14 /11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Contemporary Debates from the History of Philosophy – CANCELED

Instructor: Joshua Brown, MLA I Max Enrollment: 15 Date/Time: Jan 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, and 16/1 – 3 p.m.

Printing Design, Designing Print

Instructors: Miranda Mote, MDes Irene Chin, MDes Lara Mehling, MLA I Ted Ollier, Press Master, Bow and Arrow Press Max Enrollment:…

Transit Route Planning and Scheduling Workshop

Instructor: Alexander Lew, MUP Max Enrollment: 15 Date/Time: Jan 12 – 15/4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Location: Gund 517 Description: Often urban…

Getting Down with the Business of Design!

Instructors: Masako Ikegami, Harvard GSD Alum TA: Christopher SooHoo, MArch I Max Enrollment: 40 Date/Time: Jan 7 – 9/9:30 a.m. –…

Creating an Online Portfolio

Instructor: Wes Thomas, Harvard GSD Alum Max Enrollment: 80 Date/Time: Jan 13- 15/11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Location: Gund 109 Description:…

Never Mind the Aggros – CANCELED

Instructor: Stefan Stanojevic, MArch II Max Enrollment: 12 Date/Time: Jan 12 – 16/10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Location: Gund L08 (Gropius…

Boston Living with Water, Design Charrette

Instructor: Thaddeus Pawlowski, Loeb Fellow Max Enrollment: 20 Date/Time: Jan 13-15/2 – 6 p.m. Location: Gund 112 Description: How will Boston…

3d Max Modeling and Animation – CANCELLED

Instructor: Juan Pablo Ugarte, GSD Alum Max Enrollment: 20 Date/Time:  Jan. 14 –  Jan 16 / 10 a.m. – 1p.m. Location: Gund 517…

The Poetics of Wood: Design and Carpentry System of Chinese Traditional Architecture

Instructor: Chenchen Lu, March II Max Enrollment: 15 Date/Time: Jan 5,7,9,12, and 14/10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Location: Gund 318 Description:…

Quantified Self and Fabrication

Instructor: Joëlle Bitton, DDes & Kevin Hinz, MArch Max Enrollment: 10 Date/Time: Jan 14 – 16 / 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Experiencing Blue-Green Infra

Instructor: Maria Jaakkola, landscape architect and visual artist, Loeb Fellow Max Enrollment: 16 Date/Time: Jan 14 – 16/12 – 4 p.m. Location:…

Design and Territory: Qualitative Tools for a New Phase of Infrastructure-Led Urbanization

Instructors: Juan Cristaldo (MAUD \’13) Director of Research, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay; Oscar Malaspina (MAUD \’13) Adjunct Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; James…

Grassroots Organizing for Climate Change – Participatory Planning for the Boston Living with Water Competition – CANCELED

Instructor: Jamie Blosser, Loeb 2015 Max Enrollment: 20 Date/Time: Jan 12/ 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Location: Gund 112…

Cultural Entrepreneurship: Translating Ideas into Action

Instructors: Jen Guillemin, BU Faculty Wendy Swart Grossman, BU Faculty and Consultant LZ Nunn, Loeb Fellow, Boston Global Max Enrollment: 25…

Bruce Mau Design: Edit to Amplify

Instructors: Hunter Tura, MArch \’00, President & CEO of Bruce Mau Design Amanda Happé, Associate Creative Director, Bruce Mau Design Max Enrollment: 12…

First Semester Core: PROJECT

Mariana Ibanez, Kiel Moe, Cameron Wu, Megan Panzano, Nerea Calvillo

Project is the first core studio of the four-semester sequence of the MArch I program. With a multiplicity of references, Project may refer to fundamental…

Third Semester Core: INTEGRATE

Eric Howeler, Maryann Thompson, Preston Scott Cohen, Jon Lott, Max Kuo, Iñaki Abalos

Integration is the agenda for the third semester architecture design studio. Architecture is fundamentally a part-to-whole problem, involving the complex integration of building components, systems…

The Function of Time: Cultural Complex

Farshid Moussavi, James Khamsi

The studio is one of a series at the GSD focused at exploring the architectural potentials of time and uncertainty in large cultural complexes to…

Architects’ Club : Clerkwell : London

Peter Cook

As London has the world’s highest number of international working graduates in the field of architecture, there is need for an independent* club where they…

Alimentary Design

Shohei Shigematsu, Christine Cheng

If you are what you eat, this studio will investigate how and what we eat can be used as a catalyst to reconsider architecture and…

Socio-Environmental Responsive Design

Belinda Tato, Jose Luis Vallejo

This course considers the complexity of the human ecosystem and the interpenetration of natural and artificial elements that are embedded within it. People, nature, and…

Built Climates

Philippe Rahm

The concept of \”Terroir\” (or \”Climates\” in Burgundy) is popular in France in the term of \”Produits du Terroir\”, which means wine, cheese or sausages…

21st Century Architecture of Africa and the Diaspora

David Adjaye

In the last 500 years, Europe and the West saw dramatic shifts in the nature and shape of their civilisations, from the Renaissance to the…