Massachusetts Institute of Technology courses

...but will most likely start in the summer of 2007. The hope is to travel there at that time to help in the construction. Living costs are very inexpensive in the... Learn about: Construction Training...

...is to provide her with a full fleshed out design for the community center so it can be built in the summer of 2007. Lectures: 1 session /... Learn about: Construction Training...

...situation that "the form and detail of buildings are invested with more design energy than the spaces that buildings create and people inhabit...

...drawn, and compared, to develop a working understanding of urban and architectural form. The development of map making and urban representation is discussed... Learn about: Urban Design...

...to the development of the built environment. The intention is to explore and speculate upon current interpretations of sustainability in and around architecture... Learn about: Sustainable Design...

...to introduce and study the rigor by which decisions were made in relation to the collage. The class was less about the making of art than the study...

...Students will be expected to do most of their work in class. Hands-on workshop. After short introductory lectures, students will work on design proposals directly in the classroom... Learn about: Design Methodology...

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...and attempts to discuss the relationship they develop with the object of design. Representation plays a key role in architectural design, not only...

...Mies van der Rohe. This course will include short film documentaries, lectures, in-class discussions, assigned readings for each class and building visits...

...where one theme is also more advanced as a result of its novelty, or for that matter that it has completely replaced the theme that in some way anticipated...

...a site for the focus of his or her work in the course. The place may be anywhere in the Boston region - urban, suburban, or rural; it may be a studio...

...Also included with the assignments for this course are examples of student work, available through the class website from Fall 2012. Sessions...

...traditional and modern models. The seminar will analyze the development of housing models and their urban implications in Paris, London, and New...

...existing courses that cover theory and history of city design and planning and to better prepare students without prior design background for the studio sequence... Learn about: Urban Design...

...that created it and formed the basis of the contemporary city. The third section attempts to build on the previous sections by concentrating on current theory and practice...

...A third theme is how different types of languages (e.g. professional and vernacular, verbal and visual, English and Spanish) facilitate and impede thinking...

...this unfolding drama. Inspired by a desire to address this contradictory issue of informality and lack of disciplinary tools, this year's Urban Design... Learn about: Quality Training, Urban Design...

...MIT OpenCourseWare is a free & open publication of material from thousands of MIT courses, covering the entire MIT curriculum. No enrollment or registration... Learn about: Urban Design...

...problems and acted to alter cities, suburbs, and regions through urban design and development. We will analyze the values implicit in each of their proposals... Learn about: Urban Design...