Legal Aspects of Design Practice

Carl Sapers

This course focuses on the special obligations and privileges of a design professional. We study governmental regulation, taxation, accounting, and legal organization for a design…

Introduction to the Practice of Architecture

Mack Scogin, Carl Sapers, Victoria Beach

This is a discussion developed by Scogin, Sapers, and Beach to introduce the student to basic issues in architectural practice, including: how an architect obtains…

The Bilbao Guggenhein Museum: Topics in Project Management

Spiro Pollalis, Luis Rodriguez

The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao has had an unprecedented impact not only on the city of Bilbao but also on the value of design and…

Internet and Architecture

Jeffrey Huang

The Internet is fundamentally changing how we practice some of our most basic everyday activities, and challenging how we perceive and use architectural space. Yet…

Technology in Design

Spiro Pollalis

This research seminar explores the use of information technology in the design process and in project delivery. The focus is on the designer and specifically…

3x3x3: THREE months, THREE projects, THREE-thousand clients

Victoria Beach

Good design starts way before architects start sketching. Top architects are often distinguished from the rest partly because they insist on direct contact and close…

Independent Study by Candidates for Master’s Degrees

A. Hashim Sarkis, Virginie Lefebvre, Richard Marshall, Jeffrey Huang, Robert France, Gary R. Hilderbrand, Leland Cott, Paul Cote, Anne McGhee, John R. Stilgoe, Niall Kirkwood, Carl Steinitz, Richard T.T. Forman

Preparation of Design Thesis Proposal for MArch

Toshiko Mori

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…

Advanced Independent Seminar/Workshop: Weaving, Materials and Habitation

Mark Mulligan, Toshiko Mori, Remment Koolhaas, Peter Rowe, Richard Marshall, Roberto Pasini, Jeffrey Inaba, Richard Sommer, Alex Krieger, Martin Zogran

The Workshop explores fabrication and material potential of weaving methods to consider possibilities for habitation structures. Weaving exists in every culture. It is one of…

Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of Degree MArch

Spiro Pollalis, Peter Rowe, Jonathan Levi, Jorge Silvetti, T. Kelly Wilson, Sarah M. Whiting, Ron Witte, Monica Ponce de Leon, Rodolfo Machado, George Baird, Darell Fields, A. Hashim Sarkis, Laura Miller, Nader Tehrani, Maryann Thompson, Joseph MacDonald, Jeffrey Huang, Preston Scott Cohen, Kenneth Kao, Toshiko Mori

Independent Thesis for the Degree Master in Design Studies

Preparation of Doctoral Thesis Proposal

Richard Peiser, Daniel Schodek, Carl Steinitz, Michelle Addington, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, Miroslava Benes, Jeffrey Huang

Thesis in Satisfaction of the Degree Doctor of Design

Daniel Schodek, Carl Steinitz, Michelle Addington, Alex Krieger, François Vigier, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis

Thesis Extension in Satisfaction of the Degree Master in Architecture

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

Preston Scott Cohen, Tim Love, Marco Steinberg, Ashley Schafer, Catherine Seavitt, Jonathan Marvel

The first of a four-semester sequence of design studios introduces students to the practice of architectural design, discussing the theoretical principles on which such practice…

Third Semester Core: Architectural Design

Toshiko Mori, Sandro Marpillero, Darell Fields, Ron Witte, Jonathan Levi, Joseph MacDonald

Tectonics, Urbanism and Civic PresenceDistrict Court House in AllstonThe Court House as a building type embodies one of the most powerful potentials for architecture to…

Sighting the Cirque du Soleil

Peter Rose

Founded by a small group of former street performers from rural Quebec, the Cirque du Soleil mounted its first show under an 800 seat tent…

Scarcity

Alejandro Aravena

This studio is about doing Social Housing in Chile. Why? Because the scarcity of time (urgency to solve the need for shelter) and money (lack…

Exhibition and Introspection: New Building Complex for the Art Institute of Boston

Maryann Thompson

site:The site is located between the busy chaos of Mass. Ave. and a quite residential neighborhood of Historic Avon Hill in Cambridge near the T-stop…

Beijing: Urbanism

Yung Ho Chang

After Marco Polo finishes his stories about Venice, Kublai Khan, in return, offers his version of invisible cities:City of Walls, Introverted City, City of Horizon,…

Weather Monitoring Station

Winka Dubbeldam

WEATHER MONITORING STATION IN ICELAND The studio will look at current and future digital technologies / soft wares, which are applied in the study for…

Architecture Museum

Manuel Mateus

Site: Azenhas do Mar – a topographically rich reality, full of sounds and odors. A place that reveals the physical and metaphysical presence of \”materials\”.

i+a

Jeffrey Huang

This studio will investigate the boundaries between physical architecture and information architecture. It will explore the possibilities designing physical and virtual spaces in conjunction with…

Disassembly Required: Constructing the Unwanted Building

Monica Ponce de Leon

Public buildings are rarely without controversy. Their physical presence is bound to raise questions about their very nature, be it by the community they serve…

Coffee, Cake, CAD/CAM: Re-inventing the Urban Diner

Kimo Griggs, Martin Bechthold

Diner:\”A small, usually inexpensive restaurant with a long counter and booths and housed in a building designed to resemble a dining car.\” The American Heritage.

Visual Studies

T. Kelly Wilson

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

Projective Representation in Architecture

Preston Scott Cohen

This course examines the history, theory and practice of parallel (orthographic) and central (perspective) projection. The objective is to provide the tools to imagine and…

Drawing in the City of Rome

T. Kelly Wilson

Advanced 3-D Modeling and Animation

Urs Hirschberg, Allen Sayegh

This course provides a theoretical foundation for advanced geometric modeling and focuses on the architecture of movement and the conception and creation of animated form.

Visualizing Information

Urs Hirschberg, Jeffrey Huang, David Rose

This seminar explores how information can be presented visually on the Internet and provides a broad understanding of the visualization of different types of information.

Product Design: Industrial Design

Marco Steinberg

Intended as an in-depth overview of the history and practice of product design, the seminar will investigate questions central to its discipline.The course will follow…

Topics in Architectural Theory

George Baird, Sarah M. Whiting, K. Michael Hays

This course is an advanced elective course for students who wish to pursue studies in the field of twentieth century architectural theory beyond the introduction…

Decorating Diversions: Industrial Design, Consumerism and the Production of Spaces

Monica Ponce de Leon

The history and practice of Decorative Arts, Industrial Design and the Design of Interiors are intrinsically intertwined and at times indistinguishable. The more recent rubric…

Problems in Knowledge and Design

Sanford Kwinter

MArch II Proseminar

George Baird

This course provides a forum for critical discussion of contemporary design practices that is exploratory and speculative in nature. The course emphasizes collaborative thinking and…

Buildings, Texts, and Contexts

K. Michael Hays

This six-module sequence, offered over three semesters, presents an introduction to the complex, interwoven web of conceptual issues and historical narratives in western architecture from…

Buildings, Texts, and Contexts

Barton Thurber

This six-module sequence, offered over three semesters, presents an introduction to the complex, interwoven web of conceptual issues and historical narratives in western architecture from…

Buildings, Texts, and Contexts

Sarah M. Whiting

This six-module sequence, offered over three semesters, presents an introduction to the complex, interwoven web of conceptual issues and historical narratives in western architecture from…

Buildings, Texts, and Contexts

K. Michael Hays

This six-module sequence, offered over three semesters, presents an introduction to the complex, interwoven web of conceptual issues and historical narratives in western architecture from…

Architecture, Science and Technology 18th-20th Centuries

Antoine Picon

Since the first industrial revolution, science and technology have constantly challenged architecture. Technology in particular has represented a powerful source of change for architecture. New…

Alternative Constructions

Christine Smith

An in-depth consideration of selected topics of enduring relevance for the theory and practice of architecture. The course examines concepts such as wonder, knowledge, authority,…

Transparency

Eve Blau

The concept of transparency is, therefore, critical – not only to understanding early and mid-20th century modernism – but also to engaging current architectural concerns…

Introduction to Building Technology

Kimo Griggs, Marco Steinberg

This course introduces the basic materials and methods used in building construction through a weekly lecture and related hands-on workshop. Material qualities are described in…

Perspectives on Technology in Architecture

Michelle Addington, Daniel Schodek

This course presents a perspective on the evolution of the major building technologies and their influence on building form and design. Beginning with an overview…

Analysis and Design of Building Structures I

Martin Bechthold

This course introduces students to the analysis and design of structural elements. Loads on structures are considered first; subsequent sessions cover the fundamental principles of…

Building Technology

Mark Mulligan

As the final component in the required sequence of technology courses in the MArch I program, this professionally-oriented course develops an integral understanding of the…

Structural Systems in Buildings

William LeMessurier

This course covers the organization and design of building structures as components of total building systems. It addresses both traditional and industrialized structural systems, planning…

Computer Aided Design & Manufacturing I

Daniel Schodek

This course is the first of a two-part series that addresses the use of computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) techniques in architecture. The course focuses…

Energy and Environment Implications for Buildings: Daylight

Michelle Addington

Energy and environmental considerations for buildings have typically been in the form of prescription: material specifications and/or design guidelines. These prescriptions not only limit the…

Development of Professional Practice

Paul Nakazawa

This course examines the continuum of practice types and approaches, from ideas-based/design-led to market-based/business-led; as well as the mission, role, and possibilities for professionals in…