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…

Design Research Methods

Jeffrey Huang

The purpose of this seminar is to guide doctoral students in the development and preparation of their research proposals. The course is organized into two…

Strategic Management in Design and Construction

John Macomber

Together, real estate and construction make up the largest industry in the world. They are also exceptionally fragmented, fractious, and information intensive. The Internet and…

People and Buildings

Karen Stephenson

Most business leaders don\’t see space; only the objects that occupy space. To see space or, more precisely, the shape of space is a new…

From Concept to Implementation

Spiro Pollalis

This course focuses on the organizational and managerial issues to carry an architectural design from concept to implementation. Centering on the needs of the owner,…

Independent Study by Candidates for Master’s Degrees

Nader Tehrani, Virginie Lefebvre, Eve Blau, Joseph MacDonald, Jeffrey Huang, Daniel Schodek, A. Hashim Sarkis, Niall Kirkwood, Ron Witte, Anne McGhee, T. Kelly Wilson, John Beardsley, Leland Cott, Spiro Pollalis, Toshiko Mori, Urs Hirschberg, Allen Sayegh

Candidates may arrange individual work focusing on subjects or issues that are of interest to them but are not available through regularly offered course work.

Prep of Design Thesis Proposal for MArch

Remment Koolhaas, 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:…

Independent Research Study: The Harvard Project on the Work of Shigeru Ban

George Hargreaves, Joseph MacDonald, Peter Rowe, Roberto Pasini

Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of Degree MArch

Jonathan Levi, Sarah M. Whiting, Michelle Addington, Monica Ponce de Leon, George Baird, Darell Fields, Linda Pollak, A. Hashim Sarkis, Laura Miller, Nader Tehrani, Maryann Thompson, Eve Blau, Margaret Crawford, Joseph MacDonald, Ashley Schafer, Preston Scott Cohen, Peter Rowe, Toshiko Mori

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

Michelle Addington

Thesis in Satisfaction of the Degree Doctor of Design

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

Thesis Extension in Satisfaction of the Degree Master in Architecture

Toshiko Mori

Introduction to Design and Visual Studies in Architecture

Monica Ponce de Leon, Nader Tehrani, Ron Witte, T. Kelly Wilson, Tim Love, Ashley Schafer, Joseph MacDonald

The second of a four-semester sequence of design studios continues examination of the issues raised in the first semester and begins investigation of more complex…

Architectural Design

Darell Fields, Laura Miller, Gary Rohrbacher, Sarah M. Whiting, Vincent James, John Bass

Premise for the Studio: The Design of Housing Among contemporary architectural scenarios, housing supports the consideration of issues including: the subjectivity of intimate values and…

Exploring Methodologies

Rafael Moneo, Gary Rohrbacher

During the sixties, methodology was a fundamental aspect of architectural education. Everything gravitated around method, which meant that architects were explicit about how their buildings…

Symmetrical Performance

Mack Scogin

The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

Meuble – Immeuble: Furniture – Architecture

Wilfried Wang

Introduction:The studio\’s task is to design and build an item of transformable furniture to suit an itinerant user and to fit into a variety of…

Architecture for Politics? A New Swiss Embassy in Washington DC

Marcel Meili

Switzerland plans to establish a new embassy in Washington D.C. Essentially, the project continues the tradition of a diplomatic mission of a sovereign state within…

Architecture and Public Spaces over the Boston Artery

Elias Torres, Josep Acebillo Marin

The Boston Central Artery, which was opened in 1959, and is being currently demolished and substituted by a tunnel, provides an outstanding opportunity not only…

Holdout Architecture (Case Study : Upper Manhattan)

Preston Scott Cohen

Holdout ArchitectureCase Study: Upper ManhattanThis studio will investigate the architectural consequences of obstacles to the complete redevelopment of urban sites. Holdouts are buildings or parcels…

A High-Speed Station for the Ticino Canton (Switzerland)

Antonio Cruz, Antonio Ortiz

The European Union is not only generating a space of free commerce and progressive political integration, but also new infrastructures, which help to give continuity…

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jorge Silvetti, Gerardo Caballero

The National Archives of Argentina (NAA Studio # 1)General considerations in preparation for the Lottery.1.) This studio (NAA Studio # 1) will produce alternative design…

Theatre at the Pudding

Andrea Leers

The subject of this studio is the design of a new student theatre for Harvard Undergraduates on the site of the existing Hasty Pudding Club…

who knows?

Julie Eizenberg

If the starting point for the design of multi-unit housing was personal and the art of architecture to create a quality experience was valued, what…

Campus/City: Expanding the University of Pennsylvania

Victoria Beach, Julia Czerniak

Fundamentals of CAD

Urs Hirschberg, Jeffrey Huang

This course has a dual objective: it provides the conceptual framework for employing computing in or making immediate and effective use of the emerging digital…

Advanced Digital Media

George L. Legendre, June-Hao Hou

With modeling applications becoming more diverse, intuitive, and commonplace, there is a renewed questioning of the position of geometric modeling within the design process. Animation,…

Interactive Spaces

Allen Sayegh

This course provides the framework for the design of spatial interactivity.By rethinking the relationships between narration, information and space,the course investigates the potential of interactive…

Oil Painting: Perception to Abstraction

T. Kelly Wilson

The premise of this workshop is to establish a relationship, in oil painting, between individual experience by perception and the language(s) of abstraction. The workshop…

Projected Thinking: Representation in 2 and 3D

Paul Kaiser

This workshop will be in three phases, each combining lecture presentations with hands-on studio work. The first phase will explore the effective use of cinematic…

Introduction to Graphic Design

Nigel Smith

Introduction to Graphic Design is an intensive twelve week course that formats lectures and studio classes to engage students in the practical applications of graphic…

Design Theories in Architecture

Rafael Moneo, Gary Rohrbacher

***PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR EXACT SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS***Throughout our investigation of twelve contemporary buildings this lecture course will examine the development of architecture during the…

Modern Architecture – Architectural Criticism

Wilfried Wang

***NOTE***This class will follow the schedule:Wednesday & Thursday, 9:00-11:00 a.m.Room 318Feb. 27/28March 13/14April 3/4April 17/18May 1/2Four aspects of architectural criticism will be addressed in this…