4.213J Advanced Seminar: Urban Nature and City Design ( ) (Same subject as 11.308J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 URL: http://architecture.mit.edu/subjects/fa08/4213.html Lecture: M2-5 ( 10-401 ) Examines the urban environment as a natural phenomenon, human habitat, medium of expression, and forum for action. Subject has two related, major themes: how ideas of nature influence the way cities are perceived, designed, built, and managed; and how natural processes and urban form interact and the consequences of these for human health safety and welfare. Enrollment limited. A. Spirn
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4.214J Water, Landscape and Urban Design (New) ( ) (Same subject as 11.314J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-3-6 URL: http://architecture.mit.edu/subjects/fa09/4214.html Lecture: TR9-12 ( 9-250 ) Workshop surveys how water affects the design of buildings, landscapes and cities in aesthetic, functional and symbolic ways. Combines the systematic study of water issues with urban design projects in South Asia and the US. Covers topics such as rainwater harvesting, water use efficiency, wastewater reuse, stormwater management, floodplain design, constructed wetlands, and waterfront development. Students work together to integrate these design concepts at the site, urban, and international scales. Limited to 15. J. Wescoat
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4.215J Sensing Place: Photographing the Urban Landscape ( ) (Same subject as 11.309J ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 Lecture: W EVE (2-6 PM) ( 10-485 ) Explores photography as a disciplined way of seeing, or investigating urban landscapes and expressing ideas. Readings, observations, and photographs form the basis of discussions on light, detail, place, poetics, narrative, and how photography can inform design and planning. Enrollment limited. A. Spirn
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4.216J Landscape and Urban Heritage Conservation (New) ( ) (Same subject as 11.316J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-3-6 Workshop focuses on cultural landscape heritage issues and projects in the Indo-Islamic realm. Landscape and urban heritage inquiry goes beyond monuments and combines study of conservation theory and practice with exploration of active urban environmental design projects. Limited to 15. J. Wescoat
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4.218, 4.219 Special Problems in Urban Housing ( , ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units arranged 4.218: Consult instructor 4.219: Consult instructor Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff. M. Dennis, A. D'Hooghe, R. Goethert
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4.220 Urban Housing: Paris, London, New York ( ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-6 Lecture: M EVE (6-9 PM) ( 5-216 ) Analysis of the development of housing models and their urban implications in Paris, London, and New York City from the 17th century to the present. Focus on the French hotel, London row house, and New York City tenement and apartment building; 20th-century housing reform movements and work by the London County Council, CIAM, and American public housing agencies. M. Dennis
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4.221 Architecture Studies Faculty Colloquium ( ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 2-0-1 Lecture: R12.30-2 ( 3-133 ) Presentations by faculty from different discipline groups on a theme derived from their research or practice followed by discussion. Requirements include active student participation and a final paper or presentation reviewing the theoretical issues raised by the colloquium discussions in the context of the research themes set by the instructors. J. Beinart, R. Mehrotra
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4.222 Professional Practice ( ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-3 Lecture: F2-5 ( 1-277 ) Gives a critical orientation toward a career in architectural practice. Uses historical and current examples to illustrate the legal and ethical concepts underlying present practice, and from them, to trace the possible trajectories of future practice. P. Freelon
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4.224 Advanced Research in Contemporary Architecture (New) ( ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-6 Seminar to research the contemporary conditions of producing architecture, the contemporary role of the architect, and the contemporary production of architectural discourse. Embraces "operative criticism" as the key mode of generating knowledge and clarifying positions. Surveys the role of operative criticism within the discipline, and how it takes the contemporary production of architecture as its subject and advocates for particular outcomes. Limited to 18. A. Miljacki
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4.230J SIGUS Workshop ( , ) (Same subject as 11.468J ) (Subject meets with 4.231 ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units arranged 4.231 SIGUS Workshop (New) ( , ) (Subject meets with 4.230J , 11.468J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units arranged Interdisciplinary projects and interactive practices in urban settlement issues as investigated by MIT's SIGUS (Special Interest Group in Urban Settlements), with a focus on developing countries throughout the world. Participation by guest practitioners. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. R. Goethert
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4.232J The New Global Planning Practitioner (4.237) ( ) (Same subject as 11.444J ) (Subject meets with 4.233 ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-6
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4.233 The New Global Planning Practitioner (New) ( ) (Subject meets with 4.232J , 11.444J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-6 Considers a new interdisciplinary paradigm of practice that regards dialogue among practitioners and users essential for efficacious and creative design and planning process. Focuses on non-traditional client groups: communities, the poor, and the generally excluded middle-income. Explores key issues confronting development practitioners, with emphasis on practical exercises drawn from current national and international case studies; e.g., an investigative comparison of the ways Bangkok vs Singapore cope with impending rapid and massive growth and expansion. Engages those with a design and community service orientation. Additional work required of students taking the graduate version. R. Goethert
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4.236J Structuring Low-Income Housing Projects in Developing Countries ( ) (Same subject as 11.463J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 URL: http://architecture.mit.edu/subjects/fa08/4236.html Lecture: MW11-12.30 ( 1-371 ) +final Examines dynamic relationship among key actors: beneficiaries, government, and funder. Emphasis on cost recovery, affordability, replicability, user selection, and project administration. Extensive case examples provide basis for comparisons. R. Goethert
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4.240J Urban Design Skills: Observing, Interpreting, and Representing the City ( ) (Same subject as 11.328J ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 URL: http://architecture.mit.edu/subjects/fa08/4240.html Lecture: F9-12 ( 10-485 ) Recitation: W EVE (6-9 PM) ( 10-485 ) 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 senses and develop their ability to deduce, conclude, question, and test conclusions about how the environment is used and valued. Through the use of representational tools such as drawing, photographing, computer modeling and desktop publishing, students communicate what is observed as well as their impressions and design ideas. Intended as a foundation for future studio work in urban design. E. Ben-Joseph
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4.241J Theory of City Form ( ) (Same subject as 11.330J ) Prereq: 11.001J , 4.252J , or 11.301J Units arranged Theories about the form that settlements should take. Attempts a distinction between descriptive and normative theory by examining examples of various theories of city form over time. Concentrates on the origins of the modern city and theories about its emerging form, including the transformation of the 19th century city and its organization. Analyzes current issues of city form in relation to city-making, social structure, and physical design. J. Beinart
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4.242J Advanced Seminar in City Form ( ) (Same subject as 11.331J ) Prereq: 4.241J or 11.330J Units arranged Lecture: F12-2 ( 10-401 ) Examines in greater depth themes from the basic subject in city form theory. Introduces new concepts from current research and practice for analysis by the seminar participants. Requirements include presentation to the seminar of a theoretical project undertaken by each student. J. Beinart
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4.243J Media Technology and City Design and Development ( ) (Same subject as 11.310J ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 Explores the potential of media technology and the Internet to enhance communication and transform city design and community development in inner-city neighborhoods. Introduces a variety of methods for describing or representing a place and its residents, for simulating actions and changes, for presenting visions of the future, and for engaging multiple actors in the process of envisioning change and guiding action. Working with local clients, students learn tools like digital storytelling to build media rich representations of urban environments. A. Spirn, C. McDowell
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4.244J Urban Design Seminar ( ) (Same subject as 11.333J ) Prereq: None Units: 2-0-7 Core lectures and student research focus on defining the future forms and function of the city and directions in urban design. Examines case studies of cutting edge urban design themes and projects, and explores how such efforts may be evaluated. Invited urban design practitioners critique student work on individual topics. Required for Urban Design certificate students. D. Frenchman
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4.245J Cities of Tomorrow ( ) (Same subject as 11.335J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-6 Research seminar on the future of urban design, to focus on developing a realistic projection of the organization, function, and form of cities, based on an analysis of contemporary trends. Review of historical efforts in the tradition of predicting urban change. Analysis of contemporary urban design projects and proposals. Supplemented by readings and speakers in parallel fields likely to have impact on urban form, including information processing, communications, entertainment. D. Frenchman
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4.247J Urban Design Policy and Action ( ) (Same subject as 11.337J ) Prereq: 11.301J Units: 2-0-7 Examines the relationship between public policy and urban design through readings, discussions, presentations, and papers. Analyzes the ways in which policies shape cities, and investigates how governments implement urban design. Provides a critical understanding of both the complex system of governance within which urban design occurs and the effective tools available for creative intervention. A. Inam
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4.248, 4.249 Special Problems in City Form ( , ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units arranged 4.248: Consult instructor 4.249: Consult instructor Supplementary work on individual or group basis. Registration subject to prior arrangement for subject matter and supervision by staff. J. Beinart, M. Dennis, A. D'Hooghe
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4.250J Introduction to Urban Design and Development ( ) (Same subject as 11.001J ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 URL: http://architecture.mit.edu/subjects/fa08/4250.html Examines the evolving structure of cities and the way that cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas can be designed and developed. Boston and other American cities studied to see how physical, social, political and economic forces interact to shape and reshape cities over time. S. Silberberg-Robinson
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4.252J Introduction to Urban Design and Development ( ) (Same subject as 11.301J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-9 URL: http://architecture.mit.edu/subjects/fa08/4252.html Lecture: TR10.30-12 ( W31-301 ) 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 lectures supplemented by discussion sessions focusing on student work and field trips. Guest speakers present cases involving current projects illustrating the scope and methods of urban design practice. D. Frenchman
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4.253J Urban Design Politics ( ) (Same subject as 11.302J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 3-0-6 Examines ways urban design contributes to distribution of political power and resources in cities. Investigates the nature of relations between built form and political purposes through close study of a wide variety of situations where public sector design commissions and planning processes have been clearly motivated by political pressures. Lectures and discussions focus on specific case studies of twentieth-century government-sponsored designs carried out under diverse regimes in the US, Europe, and elsewhere. L. Vale
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4.254J Real Estate Development Studio: Complex Urban Projects ( ) (Same subject as 11.303J ) Prereq: Permission of instructor Units: 6-0-9 Focuses on the process of synthesizing projects for the real estate development industry, including the integration of finance and marketing with physical programming and design. Interdisciplinary student teams analyze how to maximize value in large-scale, mixed use projects and then prepare professional development proposals. Reviews contemporary practice in residential and commercial development, as well as innovative new real estate products, to provide a foundation for project work. Projects are interspersed with lectures, field trips, and short sketch exercises. Integrates skills and knowledge in the MSRED program; also open to other students interested in real estate development. D. Frenchman, P. Roth
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