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4.001J CityScope ( ) (Same subject as 11.004J ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 Project-based introduction to the contemporary city as a complex system within a context of limited resources and competing interests. Learn to assess scenarios for the purpose of formulating social, economic and design strategies that provide optimized solutions that are humane and sustainable. Group projects develop and advocate visions for housing, urban planning, regeneration of natural ecologies and other sectors of the city. Travel may be involved that will be funded, but not required. Includes exercises in written and oral communication and team building. Limited to 15 participants. Preference to freshmen. J. Fernandez, P. Thompson
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4.102 Drawing for Architects ( ) Prereq: 4.111 Units: 0-3-0 [P/D/F] Focuses on drawing from observation and explores a range of non-digital media. Exercises use still life arrangements as well as the human figure, and includes gesture drawing, composition and interior perspective. Charcoal, oil pastel, India ink and acrylic paint used to develop a broad range of drawing techniques that can be applied to design studio work. Enrollment limited to 15 students. P. Paturzo
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4.103 Freehand Drawing (New) ( ) Prereq: None Units: 0-3-0 Lecture: M2-5 ( 9-250 ) Focuses on drawing as a translation from three-dimensional form and space to two-dimensional representation. Expands critical and organizational skills for seeing and drawing. Explores a full range of drawing techniques, materials, and image-making strategies. Fortifies the use of drawing in the architecture studio practice, through a multidisciplinary understanding of freehand drawing, in the context of both art and architecture. Limited to first year MArch students. Architecture Design Staff
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4.105 Geometric Disciplines and Architecture Skills I ( ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 2-2-5 Lecture: MW9-11 ( 1-246 ) Introduction to the architectural design process and its tools. Develops skills ranging from techniques of hand drafting, to generation of 3-D computer models, physical model-building, sketching, and diagramming. The conceptual and technical basis of each exercise has a reciprocal relationship with studio and the instruments necessary to approach studio design problems. Lectures address the conventions associated with modes of architectural representation and their capacity to convey ideas. Pin-ups teach legible presentation of architectural concepts through fabricated images and presentation manner. Restricted to level one MArch students. J. Lamere
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4.106 Geometric Disciplines and Architecture Skills II ( ) Prereq: 4.105 Units: 2-2-5 Introduction to the architectural design process and its tools. Develops skills ranging from techniques of hand drafting, to generation of 3-D computer models, physical model-building, sketching, and diagramming. The conceptual and technical basis of each exercise has a reciprocal relationship with studio and the instruments necessary to approach studio design problems. Lectures address the conventions associated with modes of architectural representation and their capacity to convey ideas. Pin-ups teach legible presentation of architectural concepts through fabricated images and presentation manner. Restricted to level one MArch students. J. Lamere
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4.108 BSAD Portfolio Workshop ( ) Prereq: 4.113 Units: 2-0-1 Lecture: M EVE (7-9 PM) ( 9-255 ) Covers the skills needed to design a successful portfolio that can be used to apply for internships and graduate study. Topics include design aesthetics, graphics, book assemblage, binding techniques, and various computer applications. Limited to Course 4 majors and minors. R. Luther
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4.111 Experiencing Architecture Studio ( , ) Prereq: None Units: 3-3-6 URL: http://architecture.mit.edu/subjects/fa08/4111.html Design: MW2-5 (STUDIO7) +final Uses drawings, scale models, and computer simulations to design environments that orchestrate contrasting material properties to create places that foster specific ways of inhabiting space. Gives an experience of designing as a mode of creative thought. Intended for students who wish to test their aptitude for architectural design. Conducted in a studio format, with lectures on architectural theory and history. Structured for students with no previous experience in design. B. Hubbard
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4.112 Integrated Architecture Design Studio ( ) Prereq: 4.111 Units: 3-3-6 Credit cannot also be received for 4.12A Design: MW2-5 (STUDIO7) +final Second undergraduate design studio. Design within the context of structures, building technology, visual arts, computation and architectural history through several short design projects. Develop and present design solutions through the use of models, drawings, sketching and 3D computer modeling. Studio format with a combination of lectures and guided work. A. Watson
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4.113 Applied Architecture Design Studio I ( ) Prereq: 4.112 or 4.12A Units: 3-6-6 Third undergraduate design studio. Offers several small-scale studio problems that build on the development of space, scale, structure, light, site and program. Introduces several architectural ideas and issues through drawing exercises, models, analysis of precedents, and explored design methods. Skills developed in conceptualizing, articulating, and representing architectural ideas and making aesthetic judgments about building design. Preference to Course 4 majors and minors. N. Correa-Mehrotra
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4.114 Applied Architecture Design Studio II ( ) Prereq: 4.113 , 4.302 , 4.401 , 4.500 , 4.605 Units: 0-12-9 Design: TRF1-5 (STUDIO7) +final Fourth undergraduate design studio focuses on how to build appropriately in a natural or urban site through analysis of landscape and climate. Students conceptualize design decisions through drawings and models. Four design projects, including a complex and extensive final project, are assigned. Teamwork emphasized with one major project focusing on team design. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Preference to Course 4 majors and minors. Mandatory lottery. J. Wampler
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4.115 Applied Architecture Design Studio III ( ) Prereq: 4.114 Units: 0-12-9 Fifth undergraduate design studio. Introduces skills needed to build within contemporary cities, extending from the historical center to expanding edges. Analyze an existing environment and design a built structure that fosters relationships between its intended activities and the larger urban territory and redefines the urban environment. Design project emphasizes issues of housing. Preference to Course 4 majors. Mandatory lottery. Architectural Design Staff
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4.116 Advanced Architecture Design Studio ( ) Prereq: 4.115 , 4.440 Units: 0-12-9 URL: http://architecture.mit.edu/subjects/fa08/4116.html Design: TRF1-5 (STUDIO7) +final Sixth undergraduate design studio. Projects develop the design skills and the experience of both theoretical and pragmatic issues facing the architect. Focus on how architecture creates environments for living, working, and learning in varied settings and with complex programmatic needs in an international setting. Integrates environmental and climatic concerns, structure and constructional parameters. Preference to Course 4 majors. Mandatory lottery. J. M. Yoon
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4.119 Preparation for Undergraduate Architecture Design Thesis ( , ) Prereq: 4.115 Units: 1-0-2 Lecture: R10 ( 9-255 ) Selection of thesis topic, defining method of approach, and preparation of thesis proposal for BSAD degree in architecture design. Weekly class meeting as well as individual conference with faculty. Architecture Design Staff
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4.121 Workshop in Making and Designing Space (New) ( ) (Subject meets with 4.122 ) Prereq: 4.123 or permission of instructor Units: 0-6-3 4.122 Workshop in Making and Designing Space ( ) (Subject meets with 4.121 ) Prereq: 4.111 Units: 0-6-3 Interactive architecture design workshop focuses on the logistics of designing. Examines a variety of spaces and studies space design through material exploration and building techniques. Students develop a design project by joining wood, forging and welding steel, and casting concrete. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. C. Dewart, J. Wampler
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4.123, 4.124 Architectural Design: Level I ( , ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 0-12-9 4.123: Design: TRF2-6 (STUDIO) Establishes basic attitudes toward architectural organization and its reflection in form. Includes projects where imposed conditions of site, program, and building system emphasize the interrelationship of fundamental elements in the pattern of decision making that constitutes architectural design. Develops presentations through drawings and models. Intended for entering MArch students. Must be taken in sequence. Architectural Design Staff
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4.12A Integrated Architecture Design Intensive Studio ( ) Prereq: 4.111 Units: 3-3-3 Credit cannot also be received for 4.112 Second undergraduate design studio. Design within the context of structures, building technology, visual arts, computation and architectural history through several short design projects. Develop and present design solutions through the use of models, drawings, sketching and 3D computer modeling. Studio format with a combination of lectures and guided work. A. Watson
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4.143 Architectural Design: Level II ( ) Prereq: 4.124 Units: 0-12-9 Design: TRF2-6 (STUDIO) Students complete projects to develop the design skills and experience of both theoretical and pragmatic issues facing the architect. Focuses on the material and tectonic aspects of architectural production, especially as they influence the generative ideas of form. Integrates urbanistic, environmental and climatic concerns, structure, and constructional parameters. Mandatory lottery process. Architectural Design Staff
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4.144 Architectural Design: Level II ( ) (Subject meets with 4.156 ) Prereq: 4.143 Units: 0-10-11 4.155 Architectural Design:Level III ( ) Prereq: 4.144 Units: 0-10-11 Design: TR2-7 (STUDIO) 4.156 Architectural Design: Level III ( ) (Subject meets with 4.144 ) Prereq: 4.155 Units: 0-10-11 Emphasizes setting of architectural work as part of an organized community in projects having to do with built-up areas, as well as those on new sites. Studies plan for long-range development, giving students increasing experience in the analysis of real-life situations requiring program research. Mandatory lottery process Architectural Design Staff
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4.163J Urban Design Studio ( , ) (Same subject as 11.332J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units arranged URL: http://architecture.mit.edu/subjects/fa08/4163.html Design: TR2-7 ( 10-485 ) The design of urban environments. Strategies for change in large areas of cities, to be developed over time, involving different actors. Fitting forms into natural, man-made, historical, and cultural contexts; enabling desirable activity patterns; conceptualizing built form; providing infrastructure and service systems; guiding the sensory character of development. Involves architecture and planning students in joint work; requires individual designs or design and planning guidelines. A. Berger, M. Dennis, A. D'Hooghe, R. Mehrotra
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4.166 Beijing Urban Design Studio ( ) (Subject meets with 11.307 ) Prereq: 4.144 Units arranged URL: http://architecture.mit.edu/subjects/fa08/4166.html Design and development studio that involves architects and planners, working in teams on a contemporary design project of importance in Beijing, China. Students analyze conditions, explore alternatives, and synthesize architecture, city design, and implementation plans. Supplemented by lectures and brief study tours that expose students to history and contemporary issues of urbanism in China. Offered every other summer in residence at Tsinghua University, Beijing, involving students and faculty from both schools. Limited to 10. J. Wampler, D. Frenchman
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4.170 International Architecture Design Workshop ( , ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-2-7 Compulsory: 1st Mtg Sept 9 At 2 Pm ( 9-213 ) Interactive design research in developing areas outside of the USA. Assist in drawing, modeling and constructing small buildings appropriate for the culture, climate and specific population under consideration. J. Wampler
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4.171 Design Workshop: The Space Between ( , ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-2-4 Compulsory: 1st Mtg Sept 9 At 2 Pm ( 9-213 ) Design research into the space between and the space within buildings and cities. Projects include the development and understanding of existing space in buildings and cities, as well as designing new structures looking at the space first and the object second. J. Wampler
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4.175 Case Studies in City Form ( ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 0-6-6 Lecture: MW2-5 (STUDIO) Introduction to urban form and design, focusing on the physical, historical, and social form of cities. Selected cities are analyzed, drawn, and compared, to develop a working understanding of urban and architectural form. The development of mapmaking and urban representation is discussed, and use of the computer is required. Special focus on the historical development of the selected cities, especially mid-19th and mid-20th century periods of expansion. Readings on urban design theory in the 20th century and a weekly discussion/seminar on them. Methods class for SMArchS students in Architecture and Urbanism. M. Dennis
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4.180 Architectural Design Workshop ( , ) Prereq: 4.113 or permission of instructor Units arranged Consult instructor 4.181-4.185 Architectural Design Workshops ( , ) Prereq: 4.115 , 4.143 or permission of instructor Units arranged 4.181: Consult instructor 4.182: Consult instructor 4.183: Consult instructor 4.184: Consult instructor 4.185: Consult instructor Subject in design inquiry taught in studio format treating selected issues of the built world in depth. The problem may be prototypical or a particular aspect of a whole project, but always interdisciplinary in nature. Architectural Design Staff
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4.189 Preparation for MArch Thesis ( , , ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-1-5 Consult instructor Preparatory work and research leading to a well-conceived proposition for the MArch design thesis. Students formulate a cohesive thesis argument and project using supportive research and case studies through a variety of representational media, critical traditions, and architectural/artistic conventions. Group study in seminar and studio format, with periodic reviews supplemented by conference with faculty and a designated committee member for each individual thesis. Restricted to MArch students. N. Tehrani
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