Massachusetts Institute of Technology courses

...Ecuador. For the last year, Nicki Lehrer, from MIT's Aero/Astro Department, has been organizing efforts to build the project. She has information about 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...

...Here the very first iteration of the Space Between Workshop is described, with all the steps undertaken by the students. The values...

...This course serves as an introduction to urban form and design, focusing on the physical, historical, and social form of cities. Selected cities are analyzed... Learn about: Urban Design...

...1 sessions / week, 3 hours / session The workshop welcomes students from different disciplines that focus upon the design and technological issues related... Learn about: Sustainable Design...

...of avant-garde art production. In fact, everything that was made in the semester had multiple and sometime anonymous authors. In some instances it...

...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...

...goes into the design of a building? Is beauty skin deep? Does it matter which way is North? Why do buildings look different from region to region?...

...through the use of a medium of representation. The course is a continuation of the equivalent course taught in the fall semester and specifically focuses on digital media...

...significant influences on the development of architecture will be studied in detail. We will visit some of these buildings for a first-hand look and...

...image and surface, and utopia and projection. Students will study buildings and read relevant texts in order to place recent architectural projects...

...or place studied in another class. Work is in color slide film or digital format. Images are projected for class discussion and posted in an online gallery...

...Students must have a rudimentary understanding of photography and have access to a camera. Although this is not a lab course, the course includes an introduction...

...Included in the discussion will be the French Hotel and Apartment Building, the Georgian Townhouse, and the New York Row House, Tenement, and Apartment Building...

...Lectures: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session This class serves as an introduction to methods of analyzing, evaluating and recording the urban environment based on field observation... Learn about: Urban Design...

...or 11.301J / 4.252J Introduction to Urban Design and Development (for graduates) Students enrolled in the course, whether for 9 credits or 12 credits...

...one to Springfield in March. The City of Philadelphia recently received a Hope VI grant to redevelop Mill Creek Public Housing, originally designed by architect Louis...

...spaces and how urban design can intervene as a tool to creatively challenge traditional urban design practices. Seminar meetings: 1 session /... Learn about: Quality Training, Urban Design...

...In this course we examine the relationship between public policy and urban design through readings, discussions, presentations, and papers. We also analyze... Learn about: Urban Design...

...you and others may help change them in the future. Lectures and discussions will be supplemented by videos, by field study, and by visits from guest speakers... Learn about: Urban Design...