Spring 2026
Poiesis II experiments by Allen Chen, Alobi Huang, Will Ivansco, Jioh Kim, Adeline Kwan, Estee Teo, Max Whalley and Lukas Yao.
This seminar looks at the history of the architecture of the last two centuries by following the thread of the history of materials. We learn from historical examples to assess the consequences of the choices we make as designers.
Fulfills minor requirements for: Architectural History
This seminar examines existing material supply chains through archival research, and mapping material sourcing and flows to explore alternative approaches to material transparency and circular methods.
This course focuses on the architectural and urban history of Mexico City from the 19th to the 21st century.
Fulfills minor requirements for: Architectural History
From prehistoric times to the 20th century, this course examines a broad spectrum of building forms and urban planning in China, Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia. The course motivates next-generation architects to include an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspective in their own works of design.
Fulfills minor requirements for: Architectural History
This seminar examines the entwined relationship between nature and culture, challenging the false dichotomy that separates them. By tracing how concepts of nature, landscape, and ecology are culturally constructed and aesthetically represented, the course reveals how human imagination has shaped — and been shaped by — the natural world.
This course asks: In what ways do the sociopolitical, ecological, and/or economic histories of a particular place continue to manifest through the built environment and how might this inform your architectural practice?
As a critical nexus of the global climate crisis, South Asia provides urgent and exemplary case studies to examine the ecological, spatial, and material dimensions of contemporary cities.
This course explores conceptual, technical, and practical questions of heritage and technology through theory, concepts, and critical making.
This seminar explores the entangled histories of architecture and agriculture, focusing on land and labor. The course examines how rural space has been imagined, structured, and contested through design.
In this course, students work alongside the "x-change" and in otherwards Imprint director Tuliza Sindi, and the 2026 publication and exhibition graphic designers and copy editor, to gain direct experience with editorial and curatorial practices.
This course is an on-ramp to the Laboratory for Cybernetics (Lab4C), supporting students engaging with wicked challenges based on personal interests and/or current projects for their coursework or thesis.