Courses
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Burlington, Vermont: New Urban Design Possibilities for the Downtown Core
Burlington is Vermont\’s largest city. That said it is also the smallest U. S. city that is the largest in its state. It is routinely…
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CAMOUFLAGE METROPOLE: Mourne and Cooley Ranges, Ireland
OVERVIEWSet within the dramatic environs of the Mourne and Cooley Mountains that inspired the mystical landscapes and folkloric creatures of the Chronicles of Narnia by…
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The Urban Roles of a Semi-Dry River: Chihuahua & Its Chuvuscar River
Humanity delights in and finds inspiration at waterfront settings, and often chooses to celebrate or express civic ambitions at water\’s edge. Imagine the Sydney Opera…
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Lisbon: European Atlantic Capital
LISBON: EUROPEAN ATLANTIC CAPITALIntroductionThis Urban Design studio is sponsored by the Fundacao Luso-Americana (Luso-American Foundation) of Lisbon, and it has been kindly procured by Mr.
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New Geographies: Shaping Context by Design
The participants in the seminar will be presented with the following proposal: The Geographic is a dominant but latent paradigm in design today which we…
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Urban Design for Planners
This seminar course will introduce physical planners to the approaches, techniques, and tools of urban design necessary to structure the spatial and dimensional relationships of…
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Modern Architecture and Urbanism in China
Modernizing influences, largely from the hands of foreign powers, first forcefully entered into China and began to take root in the aftermath of the Opium…
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Technology, Cities and Urban Form
This seminar will explore the impacts of a variety of technological innovations on the shape of cities and the character of urban life in America.
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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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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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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 the Degree MAUD, MLAUD, or MUP
Peter Rowe, Joan Busquets, 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 Study by Candidates for Doctoral Degrees
Daniel Schodek, Carl Steinitz, Peter Rowe, 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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Core Urban Planning Studio I
Judith Grant Long, Kathryn Madden
The first semester core studio of the Master of Urban Planning program introduces students to the fundamental knowledge and technical skills used by urban planners…
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Elements of Urban Design
Advanced core studio exploring ideas, conventions, and technical skills essential to a critical understanding of how design operates at the various scales of urbanity and…
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A Lo Que Vinimos: Revitalization of Central San Jose, Costa Rica
Paradoxically, perhaps, as the economic fortunes of Costa Rica have rebounded from the downturn and regional political crises of the late 1970s and 80s, the…
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The New Boston Waterfront: Channels & Edges
Prerequisites:Students will be expected to possess a high degree of design interest and capability. It is anticipated that the studio will call upon the following…
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Recovering New Orleans
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, recovery in many parts of New Orleans remains a pressing issue. The Recovering New Orleans studio will develop planning and…
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The Architecture of Geography: Istanbul, Mixed-Use Development, and the Panoramic Condition
The Architecture of GeographyIstanbul, Mixed-Use Development, and the Panoramic ConditionThe aim of the studio is to explore the urban and architectural potentials of mixed use…
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Tokyo’s Book City
The district of Jimbo-cho in downtown Tokyo has been the center of book culture from the Edo period when the first government school, later to…
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Methods of Urban Planning
This companion course to the first-term Core Urban Planning Studio introduces students to selected methods used by urban planners in understanding, analyzing, and influencing the…
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Proseminar – Defining Urban Design
A seminar required for first year students in the MAUD and MLAUD programs, and open to others only by special permission of the instructor. The…
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Urbanization in the East Asian Region
The purpose of this course is to provide an overall account of the urbanization in selected cities within the rapidly developing Pacific Asian region; to…
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Urban Politics and Planning
The course views cities and urban regions as political constructs. Its purpose is to help students think strategically about major urban problems and controversies, particularly…
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Markets and Market Failure
Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, Joseph Kalt
The first half of the course covers skills for predicting market behavior, including supply and demand and the behavior of firms and consumers. The second…
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Real Estate Finance and Development
This course employs a case method study of private sector real estate, with quantitative and financial emphasis. Analysis and class discussion of case studies introduce…
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Planning and Environmental Law
This course examines the key substantive legal issues that affect the use, preservation, and development of land in the United States, and the principles and…
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Policy Making in Urban Settings
An introduction to policymaking in American cities, focusing on economic, demographic, institutional, and political settings. It examines economic development and job growth in the context…
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Transportation Planning and Development
Access and mobility are essential elements of an urban plan. Through lectures, discussions, case studies, and exercises, this course examines the issues and analytical framework…
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Housing Delivery Systems in the United States
This course will examine the process by which housing is produced in the United States. The course considers the primary actors in the delivery system,…
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Negotiation and Conflict Resolution in Urban Planning and Design
This course introduces students to the practice of negotiation and mediation in the context of urban planning and development. Learning from general theories of negotiation…
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Preparation for Independent Thesis Proposal for MUP, MAUD, or MLAUD
In this seminar required for students intending to pursue an independent thesis through GSD 9302 in the following term, direction is given as to the…
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Resurfacing (Revisiting) the Grid as an Organizational Device for the Design of the City
Framework:This upper level research seminar will focus on the investigation and evaluation of urbanistic projects which use the grid and its multiple variations as their…
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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of the Degree MAUD, MLAUD, or MUP
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
Daniel Schodek, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, K. Michael Hays, Martin Bechthold, Allen Sayegh, Eve Blau, Antoine Picon, Kostas Terzidis
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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Thesis Extension in Satisfaction of Degree Doctor of Design
Daniel Schodek, Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, Spiro Pollalis, Joan Busquets, Martin Bechthold, A. Hashim Sarkis
Under guidance of a faculty committee, the student conducts investigations and prepares a doctoral thesis.
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