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M.S. Advanced Architectural Design

Overview
The Master of Science degree in Advanced Architectural Design is a three-semester, post-professional program that provides outstanding young professionals—who already hold a Bachelor of Architecture or Master of Architecture—the opportunity to conceptualize design as a critical practice that shapes the world’s technological, relational, and environmental evolutions. The program is viewed as a framework for exploring both academic and professional concerns through a set of inquiries and premises: architecture and its design practices are critical in addressing contemporary challenges; architectural specificity is the result of transdisciplinary cooperation; architecture’s future agency lies in the discipline’s capacity to mobilize realities across different scales and time frames. These ideas are explored through innovations in representational tools and the embrace of new probationary artifacts, inviting students to shift away from the specialized mastery of specific scales towards methods of “transscalarity.” By aligning new models of response to new architectural modes of practice, the Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design program strives to empower graduating students in the face of unknown future scenarios.

The Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design program starts in the summer semester. Considered the core of the program, the summer semester consists of the Advanced Design Studio—offering up to eleven design studios each year—and two required courses that establish the critical and historical coordinates for the program: Transscalarities, that explores how the capacity for architecture to impact societies and ecosystems result in the way design operates ecologically across scales of space and time; and Arguments, which explores contemporary theory in a unique combination of coordinated seminar sessions taught by current Architecture PHDs and guest lectures. All invited speakers are collectively engaging with transdisciplinary ways of addressing climate via situated, material, and social-economic and political means in the making of societies.

In the fall and spring semesters, Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design students are joined with the third-year Master of Architecture students for the Advanced Studios. Like the Master of Architecture curriculum, Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design students must take a minimum of four elective courses in the History and Theory, Visual Studies, and Technology distributions.

The M.S.AAD is a designated STEM program eligible under the CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs) Code 04.0902: Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology. Learn more about STEM designation.
Advanced Design Studio
The Advanced Studios bring together students in the Master of Architecture and Master of Sciences in Advanced Architectural Design programs. These studios, which take place during the fall and spring semesters at the School, have always explored the future of architecture in a diversity of ways. Each studio creates its own world—with its own intersection of social, cultural, formal, material, economic, and environmental concerns—and students have almost 20 worlds to choose from. After selecting a studio, students conduct experiments and develop projects through concepts and massings, programs and forms, drawings and models, materials and atmospheres, metrics and narratives.

Fall 2024 Courses

Course Semester Title Student Work Instructor Syllabus Requirements & Sequence Location & Time Session & Points Call No.
A4005‑1 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
Mario Gooden, Lydia Kallipoliti
113 AVERY
M + TH 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM, W 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
FULL SEMESTER
9 Points
10369
A4050‑1 Fall 2024
Arch Elective Internship
Karen Cover ELECTIVE OPEN TO MARCH II & III, CCCPII
FULL SEMESTER
1.5 Points
10565
A4105‑1 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
Joseph Henry
600 + 700 AVERY
FULL SEMESTER
10370
A4105‑2 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
Phu Hoang
600 + 700 AVERY
FULL SEMESTER
10371
A4105‑3 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
A.L. Hu
600 + 700 AVERY
FULL SEMESTER
10372
A4105‑4 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
Ziad Jamaleddine
600 + 700 AVERY
FULL SEMESTER
10373
A4105‑5 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
Michael Bell
600 + 700 AVERY
FULL SEMESTER
10375
A4105‑6 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
Mio Tsuneyama, Fuminori ​Nousaku, Sonam Sherpa
600 + 700 AVERY
FULL SEMESTER
10377
A4105‑7 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
Philippe Rahm, Mariami Maghlakelidze
600 + 700 AVERY
FULL SEMESTER
10378
A4105‑8 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
Mario Gooden, Raven Chacon
600 + 700 AVERY
FULL SEMESTER
10379
A4105‑9 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
David Benjamin
600 + 700 AVERY
FULL SEMESTER
10380
A4105‑10 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
Cyrus Peñarroyo
600 + 700 AVERY
FULL SEMESTER
10381
A4105‑11 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
Emanuel Admassu
600 + 700 AVERY
FULL SEMESTER
10382
A4105‑12 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
Michael Wang
600 + 700 AVERY
FULL SEMESTER
10383
A4105‑13 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
Wonne Ickx
600 + 700 AVERY
FULL SEMESTER
10384
A4105‑14 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
Bryony Roberts
600 + 700 AVERY
FULL SEMESTER
10385
A4105‑15 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
Lindy Roy
600 + 700 AVERY
FULL SEMESTER
10386
A4105‑17 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
Jorge Otero-Pailos, Mark Rakatansky
600 + 700 AVERY
FULL SEMESTER
10388
A4105‑18 Fall 2024
Advanced Studio V
Leslie Gill, Khoi Nguyen
600 + 700 AVERY
10389
A4352‑1 Fall 2024
Events in Modern Architecture 1850 - Present : Exhibitions
Mary McLeod
408 AVERY
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
18000
A4859‑1 Fall 2024
THE OUTSIDE IN PROJECT II
Laurie Hawkinson, Galia Solomonoff
WARE LOUNGE -600 AVERY
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
3 Points
18104
A4874‑1 Fall 2024
Construction Ecologies in the Anthropocene
Tommy Schaperkotter
300 BUELL SOUTH
W 9 AM - 11 AM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10588
A6682‑1 Fall 2024
Subject_Object
Suchi Reddy
300 BUELL SOUTH
F 9 AM - 11 AM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
18061
A6779‑1 Fall 2024
Philosophies of the City
Reinhold Martin
408 AVERY
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10554
A6801‑1 Fall 2024
Structural Daring + The Sublime
Rory O'Neill
412 AVERY
W 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10561
A6875‑1 Fall 2024
Unsettling South Asia Modern
Ateya Khorakiwala
200 BUELL NORTH
W 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
11342
A6877‑1 Fall 2024
Feasting + Fasting
Ateya Khorakiwala
409 AVERY
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10563
A4388‑1 Fall 2024
(Re) Inventing Living: Modern Experiments in Latin AM Housing
Luis E. Carranza
114 AVERY
M 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10555
A4597‑1 Fall 2024
Extreme Design
Mark Wigley
412 AVERY
TU 11 AM- 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10557
A4625‑1 Fall 2024
Tensile/Compression Surfaces in Architecture: Tactile Methods for Architects
Robert Marino
409 AVERY
TU 2 PM - 4 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10587
A4778‑1 Fall 2024
Metatool
Dan Taeyoung
115 AVERY
W 7PM-9PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10575
A4894‑1 Fall 2024
Spatial UX
Violet Whitney
115 AVERY
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10577
A6455‑1 Fall 2024
Military Urbanism in the Early Modern Era
Victoria Sanger
200 BUELL
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10559
A6678‑1 Fall 2024
The Long History of Arch Technology
Lucia Allais
300 BUELL SOUTH
TU 11 AM- 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10560
A6768‑1 Fall 2024
Conservation of Architectural Metals
Richard Pieper
Preservation Technology Lab
M 10 AM- 1 PM
SES A
1.5 Points
10607
A6784‑1 Fall 2024
Conservation of Brick + Terra Cotta & Stone
Norman Weiss, Daniel Allen
Preservation Technology Lab
M 10 AM- 1 PM
SES B
1.5 Points
10608
A6900‑1 Fall 2024
Research I
Danielle Smoller
FULL SEMESTER
2 or 3 Points
10568
A6934‑1 Fall 2024
Traditional Building Technology
Tim Michiels
Preservation Technology Lab
TH 9:00 - 11:30 AM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10611
A6938‑1 Fall 2024
Rendering Systems
Seth Thompson
300 BUELL NORTH
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10580
A6939‑1 Fall 2024
GIS for Design Practices
Dare Brawley, Mario Giampieri
300 BUELL SOUTH
F 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10581
A6941‑1 Fall 2024
Architectural Acoustical Ecology
Arch schaperkotter thomasgomezospina fa23 drawing copy
Ethan Bourdeau
203 FAYERWEATHER
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10590
A6942‑1 Fall 2024
Daylight, Metabolism
Elliot Glassman
115 AVERY
TU 7 PM - 9 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10591
A6968 Fall 2024
Seeing with Algorithms
Catherine Griffiths
115 AVERY
W 9 AM - 11 AM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
18609
A4164‑1 Fall 2024
Design Intelligence
Danil Nagy
WARE LOUNGE - 600 AVERY
TU 9 AM - 11 AM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10583
A4427‑1 Fall 2024
Architecture Apropos Art
Steven Holl, Dimitra Tsachrelia
412 AVERY
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10566
A4441‑1 Fall 2024
Interlaced Existence: Death, Life, Liminality
Karla Rothstein
200 BUELL
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10567
A4469‑1 Fall 2024
The History of Architecture Theory
Mark Wigley
114 AVERY
W 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10556
A4715‑1 Fall 2024
Re-Thinking BIM
Joseph Brennan
WARE LOUNGE (600 AVERY)
TH 7 PM - 9 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10574
A4987‑1 Fall 2024
Architectural Photography: From the Models to the Built World
Michael Vahrenwald
115 AVERY
F 9 AM - 11 AM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10571
A4988‑1 Fall 2024
Coding for Spatial Practices I
Celeste Layne
WARE LOUNGE (600 AVERY)
TU 7 PM - 9 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10578
A6756‑1 Fall 2024
Make
Ada Tolla, Giuseppe Lignano
WARE LOUNGE (600 AVERY)
F 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10572
A6917‑1 Fall 2024
Seed Bombs, Technologies in Ecological Design
Emily Bauer
504 Avery
TU & THU 11:00AM-1:00PM Sept 3 - Oct 15 : (exceptions THU 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Sept 5 + Sept 12)
SES A
3 Points
10589
A6886‑1 Fall 2024
Building the Engine: Industry + the African Urban Agenda
Fatou Dieye
505 Avery
TU 9 AM - 1 PM ( First class: F 1:30pm)
SES A
3 Points
14032
Pla4577‑1 Fall 2024
Geographic Information Systems
Jonathan Stiles
UP COMPUTER LAB + 204 FAYERWEATHER
TU 10 AM - 1 PM
3 Points
10873
Pla4577‑2 Fall 2024
Geographic Information Systems
Jonathan Stiles
UP COMPUTER LAB + 204 FAYERWEATHER
TH 5 PM - 8 PM
3 Points
10874
A4892‑1 Fall 2024
Data Visualization for Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities
Jia Zhang
409 AVERY
F 9 AM - 11 AM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10576
A4047‑1 Fall 2024
Immeasurable Sites
Emanuel Admassu
408 AVERY
W 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10596
A6830‑1 Fall 2024
Difference and Design
Justin Moore
412 AVERY / ONLINE
TU 3 PM - 5 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
14028
A6927‑1 Fall 2024
Science + Technology Studies
Albena Yaneva
412 AVERY
M 11 AM - 1PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10533
A6929‑1 Fall 2024
The Reimagining of Lower Manhattan Post-Sandy
Michael Kimmelman
408 AVERY
W 9 AM - 11 AM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10534
Pla4444‑1 Fall 2024
The Future City: Transforming Urban Infrastructure
Kate Ascher
113 AVERY
TU 1 PM - 3 PM
3 Points
14136
A6814‑1 Fall 2024
New Towns After Smart Cities
David Smiley
412 AVERY
TU 1 PM - 3 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
14029
Pla6272‑1 Fall 2024
New York Rising: How Real Estate Shapes a City
Kate Ascher
114 AVERY
F 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10530
ARCHA6966‑1 Fall 2024
Le Corbusier Beyond Europe
Mary McLeod
409 Avery
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
18002
ARCHA6967‑1 Fall 2024
Cities of Knowledge: Orientalizing Manhattan
Ziad Jamaleddine
934 SCHERMERHORN
TU 2:10 PM - 4 PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
18102

Transscalarities:
Arenas of Design

Transscalarities queries the ways in which architectural devices of reference, which have shaped the discourse of the field over the last few decades, and are characterized by their transitioning through spatial, material, and temporal scales. This foundational course explores the agencies architectural devices unfold through transscalar conditions—that is to say, the specific forms of politics that architectural devices perform by participating in diverse dimensional and physical settings; and the way they multiply their reach, influence, and sensitivity by entangling, for instance, the microbiological to the mineral, the atmospherical, the ecosystemic, the genetic, and the planetary. Transscalarities identifies the field of architectural design as a rich ecosystem of alternative, diverse, and confronting methodologies, traditions, and positions.
Operating from both relational and material paradigms, this course characterizes architectural devices as both relational and environmental entities in the way they build up interdependencies with each other and with other entities; and in the way they participate in composites where economies, institutions, societies, biology, ecologies, technologies, normativities, media, environments, aesthetics, and cultures are enacted as intersectional. The architectural devices of reference that will be analyzed throughout the course, both in their embedded characteristics and in their trajectories throughout time, mobilize notions and positions that confront those mobilized by other devices.

Arguments

The Arguments series brings together a diverse group of speakers whose work addresses today’s most pressing challenges⁠—environmental, political, and social and beyond, by interrogating the way architectural devices and architectural practices gain collective relevance and by participating in environmental, technological and representational alliances, solidarities, defiances, disputes and controversies. Organized around a series of invitations to relevant scholars, professionals, artists, journalists or activists—half from the field of architecture, half from non-architectural fields—this course has as its main goal an interrogation of the way architecture is part of the realities that shape the evolution of the world’s societies and ecosystems.

Summer 2023 Arguments speakers included architect Rachaporn Choochuey of all(zone) architects; artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan; architect Junya Ishigami; scholar Shannon Mattern; architects Cruz García and Nathalie Frankowski of WAI Think Tank; environmental scholars Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass; artist Chip Lord of Ant Farm; and architects Fuminori Nousaku and Mio Tsuneyama.

Past Speakers:

Emanuel Admassu
Andreas Angelidakis
Samir Bantal
Daniel Barber
Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine
Neeraj Bhatia
Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen
Keller Easterling
Frida Escobedo
Simone Farresin & Lorenzo Pezzani
Marco Ferrari
Rahia Ghosn & El Hadi Jazairy
Maarten Gielen
Jack Halberstam
Charles Heller
Elise Misao Hunchuck
Joan Jonas
Lydia Kallipoliti
Lucy Kimbell
Ani Liu
Noortje Marres
Henrik Moltke
Vo Trong Nghia
Michael Osman
Laura Poitras
Daniel Fernández Pascual & Alon Schwabe
Amie Siegel
C. Riley Snorton
Cecilia Vicuña
Michael Wang
Ines Weizman
Danielle Wood

AAD Arguments
Rachaporn Choochuey
June 1, 2023
Current Faculty
Michelle Farang Shofet
Laura González Fierro
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