Courses
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Visualization
The amount and complexity of information produced in science, engineering, business, and everyday human activity is increasing at staggering rates. The goal of this course…
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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…
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Sustainable Cities: Urbanization, Infrastructure, and Finance
Jointly Listed at Harvard Business School as HBS 1485 This course is about creating value in sustainable cities. Around the globe, the migration of…
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Real Estate Development, Design, and Construction
John Macomber, A. Eugene Kohn, Christopher Gordon
This course is a module. It lasts the second half of the semester only. Jointly Listed at Harvard Business School as HBS 1465 This…
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Project Delivery
Major changes are underway in the design and construction industry. Advances in technology, increased owner-user expectations, and new approaches to project delivery are affecting every…
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Leading the Design Firm
This course introduces students to the business side of the design industry. It highlights the ways in which a design firm is a business…
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Urban Theory Lab Research Seminar
In the early 1970s, Henri Lefebvre anticipated a situation of "generalized urbanization" in which an "urban fabric" would be extended to encompass the entire planet. …
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On Atmospheres and Design
What is atmosphere? Is it air and weather? Or is it the in-between—effect, matter, immaterial, space, ephemera? How is atmosphere(s) designed when it seems to…
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Kinetic City: Research Seminar on Temporal Urbanism
The research seminar will explore the phenomenon of temporal urbanism. The intention of the course is to expose students to the existing literature of…
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Independent Study by Candidates for Masters Degrees
Richard Peiser, Chuck Hoberman, Sonja Dümpelmann, Diane Davis, Neil Brenner, Christopher C.M. Lee, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Leire Asensio Villoria, Joyce Klein-Rosenthal, Michael Hooper, Jill Desimini, Pierre Bélanger, Ciro Najle, Deidre Schmidt, Florian Idenburg, Rahul Mehrotra, Eric Howeler, Kiel Moe, Silvia Benedito, Felipe Correa, Eve Blau, Jay Wickersham, Bing Wang, Erkin Ozay, Christopher Hoxie, Joan Busquets, Ann Forsyth, Peter Rowe, Jonathan Levi, James Stockard, Jorge Silvetti, Mark Laird, Remment Koolhaas, A. Hashim Sarkis, Niall Kirkwood, Peter Del Tredici, Mark Mulligan, Jana Cephas, Robert Pietrusko, Martin Bechthold, K. Michael Hays, Rachel Vroman
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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Gateway Cities Field Study
Ann Forsyth, Nicolas Retsinas, David Barron
This learning experience is conducted jointly by Professor Nicolas Retsinas (HBS), Professor David Barron, Harvard Law School (HLS) and Professor Ann Forsyth, Harvard Graduate School…
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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of Degree MArch
Maryann Thompson, Chuck Hoberman, Leire Asensio Villoria, Florian Idenburg, Mariana Ibanez, Eric Howeler, Ingeborg Rocker, Kiel Moe, Felipe Correa, Cameron Wu, Elizabeth Whittaker, Jinhee Park, John Hong, Martin Bechthold, Mark Mulligan, Jorge Silvetti, Peter Rowe, Toshiko Mori, Preston Scott Cohen, Mack Scogin
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
Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, Diane Davis, Joyce Klein-Rosenthal, A. Hashim Sarkis, Alex Krieger, Jorge Silvetti, James Stockard, Joan Busquets, Eve Blau, Felipe Correa, Kiel Moe, John Nastasi, Eric Howeler, Pierre Bélanger, Michael Hooper
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 for the Degree Master in Design Studies
Richard T.T. Forman, Diane Davis, Neil Brenner, Panagiotis Michalatos, Joyce Klein-Rosenthal, Michael Hooper, Holly Samuelson, Christoph Reinhart, Jana Cephas, Timothy Hyde, Gareth Doherty, Sanford Kwinter, Kiel Moe, Andrew Witt, K. Michael Hays, Miho Mazereeuw, Allen Sayegh
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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Master of Design Studies Final Project
Sanford Kwinter, Jesse Shapins, Michael Hooper, Joyce Klein-Rosenthal, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Diane Davis
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…
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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of the Degree Master in Landscape Architecture
Chris Reed, Charles Waldheim, Pierre Bélanger, Jane Hutton, Jill Desimini, Rosetta S. Elkin, Luis Callejas, Kelly Doran
Following preparation in GSD 9341, each student pursues a topic of relevance to landscape architecture, which must include academic inquiry and design exploration.
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Independent Study by Candidates for Doctoral Degrees
A. Hashim Sarkis, Peter Rowe, Martin Bechthold, Antoine Picon, Nina-Marie Lister
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
Peter Rowe, Charles Waldheim, Antoine Picon, Martin Bechthold, A. Hashim Sarkis, Anita Berrizbeitia
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
Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, A. Hashim Sarkis, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis
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
A. Hashim Sarkis, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, Martin Bechthold, Judith Grant Long, Christoph Reinhart
Under guidance of a faculty committee, the student conducts investigations and prepares a doctoral thesis.
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Research Methods in Landscape Architecture
This seminar offers an overview of various types and practices of research methodology in contemporary landscape architecture. Central to the ambitions of the course is…
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Discourse and Methods
This course is open only to Ph.D. students in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning and Design (other FAS Ph.D. students may participate with instructor\’s…
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