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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.
MSAAD offers an early action deadline of December 15, 2026, with a first round of decisions to be released before the end of January, 2027. This initiative is specifically designed to support incoming students with additional time to prepare for the Summer semester. The regular application deadline is January 15, 2027.
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 2026 Courses
| Course | Semester | Title | Student Work | Instructor | Syllabus | Requirements & Sequence | Location & Time | Session & Points | Call No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH4005‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Advanced Studio V
|
Marc Tsurumaki, Lydia Kallipoliti |
AAD + M.Arch III Only |
600 + 700 Avery, 113 Avery
M, TH 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM, W 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
|
Full Semester
9 Points
|
10407 | ||
| ARCH4105‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Architecture Studio V
|
Lydia Kallipoliti |
AAD + M.Arch III Only |
600 + 700 Avery, 113 Avery
M, TH 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM, W 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
|
Full Semester
0 Points
|
10408 | ||
| ARCH4105‑2 | Fall 2026 |
Architecture Studio V
|
Amale Andraos |
AAD + M.Arch III Only |
600 + 700 Avery, 113 Avery
M, TH 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM, W 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
|
Full Semester
0 Points
|
10409 | ||
| ARCH4105‑3 | Fall 2026 |
Architecture Studio V
|
Leslie Gill, Khoi Nguyen |
AAD + M.Arch III Only |
600 + 700 Avery, 113 Avery
M, TH 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM, W 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
|
Full Semester
0 Points
|
10410 | ||
| ARCH4105‑4 | Fall 2026 |
Architecture Studio V
|
Ziad Jamaleddine |
AAD + M.Arch III Only |
600 + 700 Avery, 113 Avery
M, TH 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM, W 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
|
Full Semester
0 Points
|
10411 | ||
| ARCH4105‑5 | Fall 2026 |
Architecture Studio V
|
Michael Bell |
AAD + M.Arch III Only |
600 + 700 Avery, 113 Avery
M, TH 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM, W 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
|
Full Semester
0 Points
|
10412 | ||
| ARCH4105‑6 | Fall 2026 |
Architecture Studio V
|
Philippe Rahm |
AAD + M.Arch III Only |
600 + 700 Avery, 113 Avery
M, TH 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM, W 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
|
Full Semester
0 Points
|
10413 | ||
| ARCH4105‑7 | Fall 2026 |
Architecture Studio V
|
Hilary Sample |
AAD + M.Arch III Only |
600 + 700 Avery, 113 Avery
M, TH 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM, W 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
|
Full Semester
0 Points
|
10414 | ||
| ARCH4105‑8 | Fall 2026 |
Architecture Studio V
|
Mario Gooden |
AAD + M.Arch III Only |
600 + 700 Avery, 113 Avery
M, TH 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM, W 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
|
Full Semester
0 Points
|
10415 | ||
| ARCH4105‑9 | Fall 2026 |
Architecture Studio V
|
David Benjamin |
AAD + M.Arch III Only |
600 + 700 Avery, 113 Avery
M, TH 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM, W 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
|
Full Semester
0 Points
|
10416 | ||
| ARCH4105‑11 | Fall 2026 |
Architecture Studio V
|
Sumayya Vally |
AAD + M.Arch III Only |
600 + 700 Avery, 113 Avery
M, TH 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM, W 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
|
Full Semester
0 Points
|
10418 | ||
| ARCH4105‑12 | Fall 2026 |
Architecture Studio V
|
Maksym Rokmaniko |
AAD + M.Arch III Only |
600 + 700 Avery, 113 Avery
M, TH 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM, W 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
|
Full Semester
0 Points
|
10419 | ||
| ARCH4105‑13 | Fall 2026 |
Architecture Studio V
|
Jing Liu |
AAD + M.Arch III Only |
600 + 700 Avery, 113 Avery
M, TH 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM, W 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
|
Full Semester
0 Points
|
10420 | ||
| ARCH4105‑14 | Fall 2026 |
Architecture Studio V
|
Jorge Otero-Pailos, Mark Rakatansky |
AAD + M.Arch III Only |
600 + 700 Avery, 113 Avery
M, TH 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM, W 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
|
Full Semester
0 Points
|
10421 | ||
| ARCH6875‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Unsettling South Asia Modern
|
Ateya Khorakiwala |
ALL GSAPP |
200 Buell North
W 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10579 | ||
| ARCH6877‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Feasting + Fasting
|
Ateya Khorakiwala |
ALL GSAPP |
409 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10580 | ||
| ARCH6784‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Conservation of Brick, Terra Cotta + Stone
|
Norman Weiss, John Walsh |
ALL GSAPP |
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
M 10 Am - 1 PM
|
Session B
1.5 Points
|
10616 | ||
| ARCH6900‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Research I
|
Danielle Smoller |
Independent Study |
N/A
By Appointment
|
Full Semester
2-3 Points
|
10511 | ||
| ARCH4050‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Arch Elective Internship
|
Karen Cover |
M.Arch II, III + CCCP II Only |
N/A
N/A
|
Full Semester
1.5 Points
|
10512 | ||
| ARCH4312‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Storytelling Through Design
|
Hilary Sample |
ALL GSAPP + SoA |
409 Avery
TH 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10568 | ||
| ARCH4352‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Events in Modern Architecture 1850-Present: Exhibitions
|
Mary McLeod |
ALL GSAPP |
409 Avery
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10574 | ||
| ARCH4427‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Architecture Apropos Art
|
Dimitra Tsachrelia |
ALL GSAPP |
412 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10583 | ||
| ARCH4441‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Interlaced Existence: Death, Life, Liminality
|
Karla Rothstein |
ALL GSAPP |
200 Buell North
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
15503 | ||
| ARCH4442‑1 | Fall 2026 |
If Buildings Had DNA
|
Christoph Kumpusch |
ALL GSAPP |
115 Avery
TU 1 PM - 3 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10584 | ||
| ARCH4469‑1 | Fall 2026 |
The History of Architecture Theory
|
Mark Wigley |
ALL GSAPP |
114 Avery
W 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10575 | ||
| ARCH4597‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Extreme Design
|
Mark Wigley |
ALL GSAPP |
412 Avery
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10577 | ||
| ARCH4625‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Tensile/Compression Surfaces in Architecture: Tactile Methods for Architects
|
Robert Marino |
ALL GSAPP |
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10600 | ||
| ARCH4845‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Generative Design I
|
Danil Nagy |
ALL GSAPP |
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
TU 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10590 | ||
| ARCH4892‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Data Visualization for Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities
|
Jia Zhang |
ALL GSAPP |
409 Avery
F 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10591 | ||
| ARCH4987‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Architectural Photography: From the Models to the Built World
|
Michael Vahrenwald |
115 Avery
TU 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
19779 | |||
| ARCH6682‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Subject_Object
|
Suchi Reddy |
ALL GSAPP |
300 Buell North
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10601 | ||
| ARCH6756‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Make
|
Ada Tolla, Giuseppe Lignano |
ALL GSAPP |
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
F 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10587 | ||
| ARCH6768‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Conservation of Architectural Metals
|
Richard Pieper |
ALL GSAPP |
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
M 10 AM - 1 PM
|
Session A
1.5 Points
|
10615 | ||
| ARCH6801‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Structural Daring & The Sublime In Pre-Modern Architecture
|
Rory O'Neill |
ALL GSAPP |
412 Avery
F 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
12268 | ||
| ARCH6815‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Public Space: Rhetorics + Practices
|
David Smiley |
ALL GSAPP |
412 Avery
TU 1 PM - 3 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
15505 | ||
| ARCH6830‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Difference and Design
|
Justin Moore |
ALL GSAPP + Tuskegee TSACS |
409 Avery
TU 9 AM -11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10604 | ||
| ARCH6832‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Toward Resilient Cities and Landscapes
|
Kate Orff |
ALL GSAPP |
115 Avery
TU 3 PM - 5 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
15506 | ||
| ARCH6862‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Cairo Cartographies: Mapping Architecture, Urbanism, and the Evolution of an Arab City
|
Yasser Elsheshtawy |
ALL GSAPP |
409 Avery
M 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
17232 | ||
| ARCH6921‑1 | Fall 2026 |
AI for Existing Buildings
|
Kivanc Kose |
ALL GSAPP |
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
W 6 PM - 8 PM
|
Session B
1.5 Points
|
10715 | ||
| ARCH6934‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Traditional Building Technology
|
Tim Michiels |
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
TH 9 AM - 11:30 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10716 | |||
| ARCH6937‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Visualization Techniques for Arch Preservation
|
André Jauregui |
ALL GSAPP |
Preservation Technology Lab (655 Schermerhorn)
W 6 PM - 8 PM
|
Session A
1.4 Points
|
10717 | ||
| ARCH6938‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Rendering Systems
|
Seth Thompson |
ALL GSAPP |
300 Buell South
TU 7 PM - 9 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10595 | ||
| ARCH6939‑1 | Fall 2026 |
GIS for Design Practices
|
Mario Giampieri |
ALL GSAPP |
408 Avery
F 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10594 | ||
| ARCH6941‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Architectural Acoustics and Field Recordings
|
Ethan Bourdeau |
ALL GSAPP |
504 Avery
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
17231 | ||
| ARCH6956‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Spatial AI
|
William Martin |
ALL GSAPP |
115 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10593 | ||
| ARCH6966‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Le Corbusier Beyond Europe
|
Mary McLeod |
ALL GSAPP |
412 Avery
W 4 PM - 6 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10581 | ||
| ARCH6980‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Global Housing Seminar
|
Galia Solomonoff |
ALL GSAPP |
408 Avery
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14226 | ||
| ARCH6982‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Planetary Media
|
Amelyn Ng |
ALL GSAPP |
408 Avery
TU 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10592 | ||
| ARCH6986‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Digital Fabrication at Scale
|
Joseph Brennan |
ALL GSAPP |
408 Avery
M 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10596 | ||
| ARCH6990‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Exposed: Advanced Structural Design
|
Hermona Tamrat |
ALL GSAPP |
505 Avery
W 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10777 | ||
| ARCH6991‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Biogenic Sections
|
Marc Tsurumaki |
ALL GSAPP |
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10606 | ||
| PLAN4022‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Fundamentals of Urban Digital Design
|
Sybil Wa |
UP Computer Lab (202 Fayerweather)
TH 3 PM - 5 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10719 | |||
| PLAN4320‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Urban Design For Planners
|
Jonathan Martin |
Ware Lounge (600 Avery)
W 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
11901 | |||
| PLAN4881‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Practicum: Planning the Cultural Space
|
Douglas Woodward, Peter Flamm |
ALL GSAPP |
204 Fayerweather
TU 3 PM - 5 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
11902 | ||
| PLAN6009‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Environmental Data Analysis
|
Peter Marcotullio, Kaz Sakamoto |
ALL GSAPP |
412 Avery
M 3 PM - 5 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10724 | ||
| PLAN6088‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Introduction to International Planning
|
Ebru Gencer |
204 Fayerweather
M 1 PM - 3 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10725 | |||
| PLAN6121‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Practicum: Residential Planning in Global Cities
|
Kate Dunham |
203 Fayerweather
F 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Session A
1.5 Points
|
10727 | |||
| PLAN6328‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Site Planning & Support Systems
|
Graham Trelstad |
204 Fayerweather
M 5 PM - 7 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10728 | |||
| PLAN6434‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Introduction to Transportation Planning
|
Rachel Weinberger |
204 Fayerweather
TH 1 PM - 3 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10729 | |||
| PLAN6612‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Planning for Justice in a Low Carbon Future
|
Javier Lopez |
408 Avery
M 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10730 | |||
| PLAN6619‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Intro to Urban Data and Informatics
|
Timothy Yoshimura |
ALL GSAPP |
UP Computer Lab (202 Fayerweather)
F 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10731 | ||
| PLAN6621‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Law, Politics, and Planning Practice
|
Howard Slatkin |
ALL GSAPP |
203 Fayerweather
W 5 PM - 7 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
11916 | ||
| PLAN6642‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Metropolitan Planning
|
Thomas Wright |
ALL GSAPP |
204 Fayerweather
W 5 PM - 7 PM
|
Session A
1.5 Points
|
11903 | ||
| PLAN6646‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Affordable Housing in High Demand Cities
|
Kristin Miller, Evan Easterbrooks-Dick |
ALL GSAPP |
203 Fayerweather
TH 5 PM - 7 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10732 | ||
| PLAN6921‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Practicum: Urban Analytics for Social Good
|
Boyeong Hong |
UP Computer Lab (202 Fayerweather)
M 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10735 | |||
| PLAN6923‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Data Infrastructure and Management in the Context of AI
|
Suprima Bhele | Syllabus |
UP Computer Lab (202 Fayerweather)
TU 6 PM - 8 PM
|
Session B
1.5 Points
|
11917 | ||
| PLAN6928‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Global Best Practices in Public Transportation
|
Syllabus |
200 Buell North
TU 6 PM - 8 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10737 | |||
| PLAN6942‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Community Development Finance Practicum
|
Kevin McQueen |
412 Avery
M 5 PM - 7 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10738 | |||
| PLAN6946‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Housing the Unhoused: A Practicum
|
Jessica Katz |
ALL GSAPP |
204 Fayerweather
W 5 PM - 7 PM
|
Session B
1.5 Points
|
11904 | ||
| ARCH4518‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Exhibition Histories, Curating Theories
|
Mark Wasiuta |
ALL GSAPP |
300 Buell South
TH 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
14824 | ||
| ARCH6987‑1 | Fall 2026 |
Simulations, Models, Twins
|
Adam Vosburgh |
ALL GSAPP |
300 Buell South
TH 9 AM - 11 AM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
17234 | ||
| PLAN6272‑1 | Fall 2026 |
New York Rising: How Real Estate Shapes a City
|
Kate Ascher |
ALL GSAPP |
114 Avery
F 11 AM - 1 PM
|
Full Semester
3 Points
|
10567 |
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.
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