Browsing Architecture (4) - Archived by Title
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11.001J / 4.250J Introduction to Urban Design and Development, Fall 2001
(2001-12)Examines the evolving structure of cities and the way that cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas can be designed and developed. Guest speakers present cases, involving current projects, which illustrate the scope and ... -
11.016J / 4.211J The City, Spring 2003
(2003-06)Examines the evolving structure of cities, the dynamic processes that shape them, and the significance of a city's history for its future development. Develops the ability to read urban form as an interplay of natural ... -
11.016J / 4.211J The Once and Future City, Spring 2006
(2006-06)What is a city? What shapes it? How does its history influence future development? How do physical form and institutions vary from city to city and how are these differences significant? How are cities changing and what ... -
11.301J / 4.252J Introduction to Urban Design and Development, Fall 2003
(2003-12)Examines both the structure of cities and ways they can be changed. Includes historical forces that have produced cities, models of urban analysis, contemporary theories of urban design, implementation strategies. Core ... -
11.301J / 4.252J Introduction to Urban Design and Development, Fall 2005
(2005-12)Examines both the structure of cities and ways they can be changed. Includes historical forces that have produced cities, models of urban analysis, contemporary theories of urban design, implementation strategies. Core ... -
11.301J / 4.252J Introduction to Urban Design and Development, Fall 2006
(2006-12)This course examines both the structure of cities and ways they can be changed. Its scope includes historical forces that have produced cities, models of urban analysis, contemporary theories of urban design, and implementation ... -
11.302J / 4.235J Urban Design Politics, Spring 2003
(2003-06)This is a seminar about the ways that urban design contributes to the distribution of political power and resources in cities. "Design," in this view, is not some value-neutral aesthetic applied to efforts at urban development ... -
11.304J / 4.255J Site and Urban Systems Planning, Spring 2006
(2006-06)The planning of sites and the infrastructure systems which serve them. Site analysis, spatial organization of uses on sites, design of roadways and subdivision patterns, grading plans, utility systems, analysis of runoff, ... -
11.308J / 4.213J Advanced Seminar: Urban Nature and City Design, Fall 2005
(2005-12)This course explores the urban environment as a natural phenomenon, human habitat, medium of expression, and forum for action. The course has several major themes: how ideas of nature influence the way cities are perceived, ... -
11.309J / 4.215J Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry, Spring 2006
(2006-06)This course explores photography as a disciplined way of seeing, of investigating landscapes and expressing ideas. Readings, observations, and photographs form the basis of discussions on landscape, light, significant ... -
11.328J / 4.240J Urban Design Skills: Observing, Interpreting, and Representing the City, Fall 2002
(2002-12)An introduction to the methods of recording, evaluating, and communicating about the urban environment. Through visual observation, field analysis, measurements, interviews, and other means, students learn to draw on their ... -
4.173 Digital Mock-Up Workshop, Spring 2004
(2004-06)This is an advanced subject in computer modeling and CAD CAM fabrication in building large-scale prototypes and digital mock-ups within a studio setting. Prototypes and mock-ups are developed with the aid of outside ... -
4.181 Architectural Design Workshop - Rethinking Office Development, Spring 2003
(2003-06)This is an interdisciplinary workshop, not a design workshop in the ordinary sense. It is certainly intended for graduate students in architecture but also for students in the Center for Real Estate (CRE), and for students ... -
4.181 Architecture Design Workshop: Researching User Demand for Innovative Offices, Fall 2002
(2002-12)The theme of this Workshop is the design of the changing workplace. The objective of this workshop is to make MIT graduate students fully aware of emerging technological and social trends that are revolutionizing the working ... -
4.206 Introduction to Design Computing, Spring 2004
(2004-06)Explores the role of computer visualization as a representational medium. Visualization is widely used in scientific, engineering, and design disciplines to help people understand complex phenomena and constructs. The key ... -
4.212 Design Fabrication, Spring 2003
(2003-06)Design Fabrication is an introductory course in the field of advanced computing, prototyping and building fabrication. The class is focused on the relationship between design, various forms of computer modeling both explicit ... -
4.241J / 11.330J Theory of City Form, Spring 2004
(2004-06)Theories about cities and the form that settlements should take will be discussed. Attempts will be made at a distinction between descriptive and normative theory, by examining examples of various theories of city form ... -
4.301 Introduction to the Visual Arts, Fall 2004
(2004-12)Introduction to artistic practice and aesthetic analysis through studio work and lectures. Students communicate ideas and experiences through various media such as sculpture, installation, performance, and video. Projects ... -
4.301 Introduction to the Visual Arts, Fall 2005
(2005-12)Introduction to artistic practice and aesthetic analysis through studio work and lectures. Students communicate ideas and experiences through various media such as sculpture, installation, performance, and video. Projects ... -
4.301 Introduction to the Visual Arts, Fall 2006
(2006-12)Introduction to artistic practice and aesthetic analysis through studio work and lectures. Students communicate ideas and experiences through various media such as sculpture, installation, performance, and video. Projects ...