Courses
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Backward and Forward in Time: Urban Rehabilitation in the Xicheng District of Beijing
Today, unlike earlier periods when the proverbial \”urban bulldozer\” was encouraged to move through dilapidated innercity areas with a certain alacrity, making way for new…
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Reinterpreting 1960s Urbanism; Case 1: Tandy Center, Fort Worth, Texas
This studio, kindly sponsored by the PNL Companies of Dallas, Texas, will deal with a recurrent and endemic North American urban design problem: an important…
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Planning in Paradise: Urban Redevelopment – Honolulu, Hawaii
Prerequisites:A high degree of design interest and some degree of computer literacy is expected, as this studio will focus on urban planning and design issues…
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An Academic Environment in Three Communities – Cambridge, Allston and Watertown
Prerequisites: GSD 1221 or equivalentCourse Description: With its recent purchases of land in Allston andWatertown, Harvard University has more than doubled its land ownership. Itsoptions…
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Revitalizing New Orleans’ Bienville Corridor
Prerequisites:GSD 1221 or equivalentThe Bienville Corridor is a part of New Orleans\’ historic Mid-City neighborhood. Located just north of the famed French Quarter (Vieux Carri),…
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The National Archives Area of Buenos Aires, Argentina
An important site southwest of downtown Buenos Aires will be open for development. It consists of 236.000 square meters in the neighborhood of Barracas, called…
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Ostend, Belgium
This urban design studio concentrates on the redevelopment of the port area of Ostend which is situated on the last bank of the inland canal,…
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Havana, Cuba III: El Malecon
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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who knows?
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…
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Fueling the Vienna Prater
This studio – sponsored by the municipal government of Vienna – will develop programmatic and design ideas on the urban design and architectural scale for…
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Cybernetic Urbanism in the Future London
CYBERNETIC URBANISM IN THE FUTURE LONDON Images and MapsCOURSE DESCRIPTION: The studio is intended for Urban Design, Planning, and Architecture students working at appropriate…
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Tokyo- Inner-City Revitalization
Among the prominent cities in the world, international status is no longer a matter of economic power per se, especially when it is purchased at…
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Urbanizations: the Blank Building, the U.S. Postal Service at South Station
TThis is the first studio in what is intended to be a series of urban design and architecture studios focusing on the production of urbanity…
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Alternative Futures for the West Lake, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
Last fall, we taught a studio which focused on the area of the West Lake in Hangzhou, China. The protection and use of this world-famous…
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Independent Thesis for the Degree Master in Design Studies
A student who selects this independent thesis for the degree MDesS pursues independent research of relevance to the selected course of study within the MDesS…