Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 4.144 (Spring 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Architectural Design, Level II: New Orleans Studio 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Architecture 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Jan Wampler 
• Course Introduction:
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  4.144 Architectural Design, Level II: New Orleans Studio
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a sample of the assignments from the class, as well as the publication from the studio, presented in the projects section.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  The project for this studio is to design a demonstration project for a site near the French Quarter in New Orleans. The objectives of the project are the following:

  1. To design more intense housing, community, educational and commercial facilities in four to six story buildings.
  2. To explore the "space between" buildings as a way of designing and shaping objects.
  3. To design at three scales - dwelling, cluster and overall.
  4. To design dwellings where the owners may be able to help build and gain a skill for employment.
  5. To provide/design facilities that can help the residents to gain education and skills.