Courses
-
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…
-
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,…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Java Programming for Designers
This workshop course is designed to introduce and explore the art of computer graphics programming, using the modern language JAVA. Students will be expected to…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Independent Study by Candidates for Doctoral Degrees
Daniel Schodek, Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, A. Hashim Sarkis, Spiro Pollalis, Martin Bechthold
Under faculty guidance, the student conducts a reading program and formulates a thesis proposal. The course is intended for doctoral students.
-
Second Semester Core: Landscape Architecture Design
Paula Meijerink, Martha Schwartz
This course is the second of a four-semester core sequence of landscape design and planning studios. In this semester, students will expand their previous investigations…
-
Fourth Semester Core: Planning and Design of Landscapes
Holly Clarke, Chris Reed, Christian Werthmann
The fourth of the four-term sequence of landscape design and planning studios develops the design concepts introduced in the first year and applies them to…
-
“Two” Investigations in Residential Design
This studio explores design at the residential scale through sites located in Manhattan, New York and Sonoma, California. The class will address the form-making capabilities…
-
The Regeneration of Harlow
Martha Schwartz, Jonathan Fitch
The Regeneration of HarlowWith Jon Fitch guest Studio CriticGenerously Funded by CABE: Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, UKCOURSE DESCRIPTIONINTRODUCTIONThe Schwartz Spring 2005 Option…
-
Monterrey, a Mexican City and Landscape in Transformation: Three Rivers, One Region
Monterrey, a Mexican City and Landscape in Transformation: Three Rivers, One Region. OUTLOOKMonterrey is located in the north east region of the country and is…
-
Studies in Landscape Representation II
A sequel to the course, Studies in Landscape Representation I, this course focuses on drawing and digital computation as modes of design inquiry. A series…
-
Site Systems Representation II
A sequel to the course Site Systems Representation I, this course focuses specifically on intermediate concepts of geometric modeling specific to the discipline of landscape…
-
Advanced Drawing
DISEGNO=DISEGNO DESSEIN=DESSINIn Italian and French, drawing and design are the same word.This course concentrates on drawing as a design tool, from the initial stages of…
-
M[ont]agic Operations in Landscape Spatiality
M[ont]agic Operations in Landscape SpatialityContemporary philosophical, design and cultural criticism recognize the phenomenon of \”montage\” as a visual discourse particularly analogous to the disjunctive and…
-
Theories and Practices of Contemporary Landscape Architecture 1950-2000
Practice, according to Garrett Eckbo, is \’knowing how to do something; theory is knowing why.\’This course will explore the \’know why\’ of landscape architecture since…
-
Landscape Urbanization
This lecture course explores the theories, tactics and workings of Landscape Urbanism. It positions Landscape Urbanism as an intellectual re-alignment of landscape\’s role in urbanization…
-
Modernization in the Visual United States Environment, 1890-2035
Modernization of the United States visual environment as directed by a nobility creating new images and perceptions of such themes as wilderness, flight, privacy, clothing,…
-
Adventure and Fantasy Simulation, 1871-2036: Seminar
Visual constituents of high adventure since the late Victorian era, emphasizing wandering woods, rogues, tomboys, women adventurers, faerie antecedents, halflings, crypto-cartography, Third-Path turning, martial arts,…
-
History of Modern Gardens and Public Landscapes: 1800 to the present
This survey lecture course presents the history of landscape design in Europe and North America from early modern times to the emergence of modern landscape…
-
The History of Horticulture in Landscape Architecture
Recent changes in the historiography of the European garden opened up a new field of study — the history of landscape architecture from a horticultural/cultural…
-
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…
-
Landscape Technology
This course identifies the processes of landscape detail as they inform the physical production of designed landscapes. The course examines the materials, form, and language…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Urban and Surburban Ecology
Plants, wildlife, microclimate, soil and water are related to the distinctive, especially spatial, attributes of suburban and urban landscapes. Topics addressed with ecological emphasis include…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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.
-
Thesis Extension in Satisfaction of Degree Doctor of Design
Daniel Schodek, Carl Steinitz, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis
Faculty, Committee ChairpersonUnder guidance of a faculty committee, the student conducts investigations and prepares a doctoral thesis.
-
First Semester Core: Landscape Architecture Design
Michael Van Valkenburgh, Holly Clarke
Prerequisites: Enrollment in MLA I program or permission of the program director.The first of a four-term sequence of landscape design and planning studios, this course…
-
Third Semester Core: Planning and Design of Landscapes
Carl Steinitz, Niall Kirkwood, Christian Werthmann
This course reinforces and builds upon the range of conventions of landscape architectural production introduced in previous core studios and academic courses. Emphasis is placed…
-
Alternative Futures for Tepotzotlan, Mexico
Alternative Futures for Tepotzotlan, MexicoPlease note that the lottery for this option studio has already occurred. The studio focus on the municipality of Tepotzotlan, which…
-
Parks and Cities: Climate, Experience, and Frugality as Design Engines
The site of the studio is one of the last building sites in New York City\’s Battery Park City, a small city block between the…
-
Nansha: Rethinking Urbanism and Landscape in the Pearl River Delta
Nansha: Rethinking Urbanism and Landscape in the Pearl River DeltaThe Pearl River Delta in southern China is a notorious demonstration of the urban effects of…
-
Designing Parks
The schedule for this course is variable. Please select this studio carefully. Course motives:The studio aims to develop the student\’s ability to design urban parks…
-
Studies in Landscape Representation 1
This introductory course surveys the history, conventions, and techniques of drawing landscapes and their elements. Topics include:1. Mechanical drawing; graphic techniques and technical conventions for…
-
Site Systems Representations I
A great deal of information regarding sites and their contexts is available for use in Geographic Information Systems (GIS.) Students create and critique GIS maps…
-
The Visual Landscape: Analysis and Management
The seminar will occur on two Wednesdays each month during the spring semester.Seminar reading and discussion, and demonstrations and experiments will include: The visual landscape:…
-
Intermediate Drawing
This is an intermediate course in drawing, open to landscape, urban design, and architecture students (also MDes). The initial intent of the class is to…
-
Theories and Methods of Landscape Planning
This course has three aspects. The first is a series of lectures by Carl Steinitz in which different elements of theories and methods applicable to…
-
Contemporary Landscape Design in Asia
This course is intended as an exploration of the broad phenomenon of contemporary landscape design in Asia, concentrating especially on China, Japan, and India. Given…
-
MLA I AP Proseminar
This course provides a forum to discuss and explore contemporary questions and issues in landscape architectural design. In addition it prepares students to develop research…
-
MLA II Proseminar
This course provides a forum to discuss and explore contemporary questions and issues in landscape architectural design. In addition it prepares students to develop research…
-
Studies of the Built North American Environment: 1580 to the Present
North America as an evolving visual environment is analyzed as a systems concatenation involving such constituent elements as farms, small towns, shopping malls, highways, suburbs,…
Pagination Links
- Go to page 1
- Go to page 2
- Go to page 3
- Go to page 4
- Go to page 5
- Go to page 6
- Go to page 7
- Go to page 8
- Go to page 9
- Go to page 10
- Go to page 11
- Go to page 12
- Go to page 13
- Go to page 14
- Go to page 15
- Go to page 16
- Go to page 17
- Go to page 18
- Go to page 19
- Go to page 20
- Go to page 21
- Go to page 22
- Go to page 23
- Go to page 24
- Go to page 25
- Go to page 26
- Go to page 27
- Page 28
- Go to page 29
- Go to page 30
- Go to page 31
- Go to page 32