Visual Studies

T. Kelly Wilson

This course emphasizes the construction of space on the two-dimensional surface by way of freehand drawing. In-class visual exercises identify key concepts in the construction…

Projective Representation in Architecture

Preston Scott Cohen, Cameron Wu

Historically, certain kinds of reciprocity between geometry and architecture have been used to bring about rational causes and practical means of formal innovation. Today, the…

Drawing in the City of Rome

T. Kelly Wilson

The Rome drawing workshop places students within the context of Rome to live in, observe, analyze and draw from its complex configuration the ideas insightful…

Sculpting in Motion

Allen Sayegh

Computer Graphics have opened up unprecedented ways of form making and animation. This unfolding universe of visual inputs that is based on complex geometries and…

Immersive Environments

Christopher Hoxie

Immersive EnvironmentsThis course seeks to posit the role of digital media within the broader context of digital practice and to examine generative capacities of the…

Superficial Spaces

George L. Legendre

Description At a time when architectural discourse and practice are brimming with references to new geometries, this offering investigates the architectural potential of abstract three-dimensional…

Advanced offering in Theory and Methods

Toshiko Mori

The current global crisis , a perfect storm of finance, environment and politics, requires a need to rethink the role and practice of architects, planners,…

Architecture and Art: From Minimalism to Neuro-phenomenology

Sanford Kwinter

Since the first pronouncements of the \’death\’ of painting in the post-Abstract Expressionist era, art consistently sought to radicalize its practice by overturning the traditional…

MArch II Proseminar

Jorge Silvetti

Prerequisites: Enrollment in the MArch II program.This course provides a forum for critical discussion of contemporary design practices that is exploratory and speculative in nature.

Scale: City, Object, Field

Eve Blau

*PLEASE NOTE*The first class meeting will take place this Thursday (September 3rd) from 1-2:00 pm in room 510. The seminar is concerned with how scale…

Buildings, Texts, and Contexts

K. Michael Hays, Erika Naginski

The two-module sequence 4201-4202 will be taught as a single semester- long course for Fall 2009. This course is structured as a dialogue between historical…

Buildings, Texts, and Contexts

K. Michael Hays, Erika Naginski

The two-module sequence 4201-4202 will be taught as a single semester- long course for Fall 2009. This course is structured as a dialogue between historical…

Buildings, Texts, and Contexts

Timothy Hyde

The atomic bomb, spring break, existentialism, jet travel, the polio vaccine, India and Pakistan, the transistor radio, abstract expressionism, LSD, the United Nations, ISO containers,…

Buildings, Texts, and Contexts

Sanford Kwinter

Introduces the primarily textual material that has constituted architectural discourse from the 1960s to the present, including such topics as representation, realism, and event-structure in…

Imagining the City: Literature, Film, and the Arts

Giuliana Bruno

How do visual representation and narrative figuration contribute to construct urban identity? Explores the urban imagination in different artforms: architecture, cinema, literature, photography, and painting.

Authority and Invention: Medieval Art and Architecture

Christine Smith

Medieval Studies 107. Authority and Invention: Art and Architecture in Western Europe, 950-1250. Catalog Number: 9420 (FAS); GSD Catalogue Number 4358 Christine Smith (Design School)…

Modern Architecture and National Identity: Ottoman/Turkish Case in Global Context

Sibel Bozdo??an

Focusing on the specific experience of Ottoman Empire/ modern Turkey in the last two centuries, yet discussing this experience within a broader trans-national and comparative…

The Shapes of Utopia

Erika Naginski

you speak of that city of which we are the founders, and which exists in idea only, for I do not think there is such…

Fifteen Things (a secret history of Italian design)

Jeffrey Schnapp

Fifteen Things (a secret history of Italian design) Department of Architecture Seminar – 4 credits limited enrollment Tuesday 2:00 – 5:00 510 Gund HallFifteen Things…

Proseminar in History, Theory and Urban Design

K. Michael Hays, Timothy Hyde

Proseminar in History, Theory and Urban Design K. Michael Hays, Timothy Hyde Department of Urban Planning and Design Seminar – 4 credits Monday 12:00 –…

Materials and Construction: An Introduction to Techniques, Composition and Strategies

Mark Mulligan, Michael Meredith

This module introduces students to fundamental properties and behaviors of buildings and other structures. Principles of design and construction are discussed in a comprehensive manner…

Energy, Technology and Building

Christoph Reinhart

This is a required two credit course for all MArch I students that is closely linked to the GSD\’s new cross-departmental course 6212: Sustainability for…

Analysis and Design of Building Structures I

Martin Bechthold

The course introduces students to the analysis and design of structural elements and systems. The fundamental principles of statics and equilibrium are considered first, followed…

Building Technology

Mark Mulligan

Prerequisites: GSD 6202, GSD 6203, and GSD 6205; or equivalent.As the final component in the required sequence of technology courses, this professionally oriented course develops…

Sustainability for Planning and Design

Christian Werthmann

This survey course will establish basic environmental literacy for all the departments at the school. A series of lecturers will address key issues for planners…

CAD/CAM: Introduction to Applications in Architecture

John Nastasi

CAD/CAMIntroduction to Applications in ArchitectureCourse DescriptionComputer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) techniques have widely pervaded fabrication environments for the production of architecture. Knowledge of this technology…

Day-Lighting Buildings

Christoph Reinhart

The primary focus of this course will be the study of lighting in an architectural context. The course will stress the integration of electric and…

ZED Workshop

Kenneth Kao, William Dunster

The seminar examines the process of innovative architectural practice, integrating the research and development of emerging green technologies from concept to collaborative design and engineering.

Natural Building Ventilation

Jelena Srebric

Syllabus for 6419: Natural Building VentilationTerm: Fall 2009Department: ArchitectureCourse Type: Seminar Workshop (2 credits)Instructor: Jelena Srebric, Ph.D.Time and location: Please note, this course will meet…

Design Research Methods

Christoph Reinhart

The purpose of this proseminar is to (a) guide doctoral students in the development and preparation of their research proposals, (b) to provide them with…

Managing the Design Project

Richard Jennings

Lecture course for 4 credits covering the management of projects. Pedagogical objectives include introduction to project management and leadership, project start up, owner/client relationships, project…

A New Framework for Practice

Paul Nakazawa

The purpose of this course is: 1. to enable students to better understand the landscape of contemporary practice within a larger social, economic and political…

The Architect in History: The Evolution of Practice from the Renaissance to the Present

Jay Wickersham

This course examines the history of architectural practice, focusing on the changing role and definition of the architect, with the goal of providing new perspectives…

Design and Development: from Concept to Implementation

Spiro Pollalis, Andreas Georgoulias

This course examines the real estate design and development process, from the first idea and the original conceptual sketch to the creation of building and…

Leading the Design Firm

Andreas Georgoulias, Richard Jennings, Brian Kenet

This course introduces GSD students to the business side of the design industry and attempts to highlight both the ways in which a design firm…

Independent Study by Candidates for Master’s Degrees

Richard Peiser, Jelena Srebric, Mariana Ibanez, Judith Grant Long, Andreas Georgoulias, Richard Jennings, Joseph MacDonald, Cameron Wu, Martin Bechthold, Joan Busquets, Holly Clarke, Peter Rowe, Jonathan Levi, John Beardsley, James Stockard, Anne McGhee, Stephen Ervin, Niall Kirkwood, Scheri Fultineer, Dorothee Imbert

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…

Prep of Design Thesis Proposal for MArch

Timothy Hyde

This entails preparatory work for all students intending subsequently to enroll in GSD 9301. Students research thesis proposals for review and acceptance by faculty.Prerequisites: Graduate…

Toward Socially-inclusive Sustainable Development Toward Socially-inclusive Sustainable Development

Joan Busquets, Ingeborg Rocker, Chris Reed, Scheri Fultineer, Spiro Pollalis, Niall Kirkwood, John Hong, Dorothee Imbert, Wooyoung Kimm, Nazneen Cooper, Jinhee Park, Hailim Suh, Brian Kenet, William Valentine

Warrensville Heights, Ohio is an economically challenged, post-industrial, inner-ring suburb of Cleveland. At the heart of this community is a 17-acre brownfield site that the…

Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of Degree MArch

Maryann Thompson, Erika Naginski, Christoph Reinhart, Mariana Ibanez, Ingeborg Rocker, Mark Mulligan, Andrea Leers, Alex Krieger, Jorge Silvetti, Jonathan Levi, Preston Scott Cohen, Michael Meredith, Thomas Schroepfer, Joseph MacDonald, Felipe Correa, Timothy Hyde

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

Preparation of Doctoral Thesis Proposal

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

Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, A. Hashim Sarkis, Niall Kirkwood, Peter Rowe, Robert France, Antoine Picon, Kostas Terzidis

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

Thesis Extension in Satisfaction of the Degree Master in Architecture

Thesis Extension…

Second Semester Core: Introduction to Design and Visual Studies in Architecture

Michael Meredith, Ingeborg Rocker, Eric Howeler, Mariana Ibanez, Paul Andersen, Danielle Etzler

Fourth Semester Core: Architectural Design

Lluis Ortega, Florian Idenburg, Anna Pla Catala, John Hong, Cameron Wu, Joseph MacDonald

The last of a four-semester sequence of design studios concludes the introduction to architectural design by emphasizing students\’ elaboration and substantiation of personal ideas through…

Advancing the Strategostructure

Joshua Prince-Ramus

Massive development projects increasingly involve complex program mixes and/or public-private ventures, where design by a single architect is arguably not advantageous or even possible. Furthermore,…

Puntacana, Dominican Republic: The Modern, The Vernacular, The Sustainable

Samuel Lasky, Daniel Forster

Since its founding in the late 1960\’s by Ted Kheel, Frank Rainieri, Oscar de la Renta and Julio Iglesias, PUNTACANA Resort & Club, on the…

The Language of Sustainability

Matthias Sauerbruch, Louisa Hutton

This course has an irregular schedule. Please see below.The language of sustainabilityWe will continue our practical research within the new paradigm of sustainable architecture.

Verticalism

Iñaki Abalos

This studio is an exploration of the possibilities that the T line, the MTA new subway line under construction beneath 2nd avenue, opens for implementing…

MONOCOQUE // A HIGH-ALTITUDE ECO-LODGE

Winka Dubbeldam

This course has an irregular schedule. Please see below.MONOCOQUE: INTRODUCTIONTechnology develops cumulatively, rather than in isolated heroic acts, and it finds most of its uses…

The Al Qattara Oasis in Al Ain

Jorge Silvetti

The Al Qattara Oasis in Al Ain Instructors: Jorge Silvetti; Professor of ArchitectureFelipe Correa; Assistant Professor of Urban DesignFRAMEWORK:The oasis, as the primordial origin for…