Arch550 Architecture Design, Level II: Cuba Studio (Graduate) 2004 MIT

MIT

4.132 / 4.196 (Spring 2004)

Instructor:
Prof. Jan Wampler

Level

Graduate

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The rooftops and skyline of Havana, Cuba. (Image courtesy of Prof. Jan Wampler.)

Course Highlights

This architectural studio, set in Havana, Cuba, contains two image galleries: the student projects section, which details the work of the semester laid out in the assignments, and the image gallery from the trip to Cuba.

» Watch a video introduction featuring the course instructor.
Prof. Jan Wampler (RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)

Course Description

This architectural studio will have one main project for the semester: to explore the issues surrounding the redesign of an area in Havana, Cuba. It is a typical area about the size of a Law of Indies block that presently has a mix of housing, work, and shopping, in buildings that need to be replaced and others that need to be rehabilitated. There is also vacant land, and buildings that are unused. Part of the blocks front on the Malecon, the street next to the water. The other edge fronts onto a typical neighborhood. The intention is to study the culture through an understanding of one area of Havana and then design an "echo" in architectural form. The design will include public space as well as a mix of buildings: some new, some rehabilitated.

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