Graduate Courses

A Global History of Architecture Writing Seminar, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW),
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This course features videos of the student final presentations, each of which is intended as a lecture fo
Analysis of Historic Structures, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, 7An analysis of historical structures is presented themed sections based around construction materials. S
Architectural Design Workshop: Collage - Method and Form, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This class investigates the theory, method, and form of collage. It studies not only the historical prece
Architectural Design, Level I: Perceptions and Processes, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307. This studio explores the notion of in-between by engaging several relationships; the relationship between
Architectural Design, Level II: Material and Tectonic Transformations: The Herreshoff Museum, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This semester students are asked to transform the Hereshoff Museum in Bristol, Rhode Island, through proc
Architectural Design, Level II: Material Essence: The Glass House, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This class includes a complete array of studio assignments, as well as the resulting work of the studio,
Architectural Design, Level II: New Orleans Studio, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, The project for this studio is to design a demonstration project for a site near the French Quarter in Ne
Architectural Design, Level III: A Student Center for MIT, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This studio will investigate the social, programmatic, tectonic and phenomenological performance and char
Architecture Design, Level II: Cuba Studio, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This architectural studio will have one main project for the semester: to explore the issues surrounding
Building Technologies III: Building Structural Systems II, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW),
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This course addresses advanced topics in structures, exterior envelopes and contemporary production techn
Building Technology I: Materials and Construction, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This course features a unique interactive learning tool that explains structures and structural forces.
Case Studies in City Form, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This course serves as an introduction to urban form and design, focusing on the physical, historical, and
Contemporary Architecture and Critical Debate, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This class, required of all Master of Architecture students, presents a critical review of works, theorie
Daylighting, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This course explores natural and electric lighting that integrates occupant comfort, energy efficiency an
Dialogue in Art, Architecture, and Urbanism, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This class deals with interventions in the urban environment of Boston's Big Dig, and has a complete set
Digital Design Fabrication, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This course will guide graduate students through the process of using rapid prototyping and CAD/CAM devic
Drawings & Numbers: Five Centuries of Digital Design, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW),
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, The aim of this course is to highlight some technical aspects of the classical tradition in architecture
Ecologies of Construction, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Ecologies of Construction examines the resource requirements for the making and maintenance of the contem
Emergent Materials II, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This course will focus on providing students with the tools needed to practice responsible architecture i
Geometric Disciplines and Architecture Skills: Reciprocal Methodologies, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This course is an intensive introduction to architectural design tools and process, and is taught through
Immaterial Limits: Process and Duration, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This studio proposes to engage tectonics as a material process. By exploring transformation, indeterminac
Inquiry into Computation and Design, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This subject explores the varied nature and practice of computation in design. We will view computation a
Introduction to Design Inquiry, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This subject explores the varied nature and practice of computation in design. We will view computation a
Natural Light in Design, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, Today, computer-based simulations are becoming increasingly popular, especially when daylighting and ener
Precedents in Critical Practice, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This course provides students with the opportunity to develop a map of contemporary architectural practic
Selected Topics in Architecture: Architecture from 1750 to the Present, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW),
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This class is a general study of modern architecture as a response to important technological, cultural,
Special Problems in Architectural Design, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This class focuses on representation tools used by architects during the design process and attempts to d
Special Problems in Architecture Studies, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, The course investigates e-Learning systems from a business, policy, technical and legal perspective. The
Sustainable Design and Technology Research Workshop, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This workshop investigates the current state of sustainability in regards to architecture, from the level
Theory of City Form, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This course covers theories about the form that settlements should take and attempts a distinction betwee
Thinking About Architecture: In History and at Present, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW),
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This class will be constructed as a lecture-discussion, the purpose being to engage important theoretical
Urban Design Studio: Providence, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This studio discusses in great detail the design of urban environments, specifically in Providence, RI. I
Urban Housing: Paris, London, New York, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, This class presents an analysis of the development of housing models and their urban implications in Pari