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ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN  [MSD-AAD]

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    • ARCH733: New Materials and Methods
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    ARCH 710: Contemporary Theory 1993- Present

    An overview of the approaches and attitudes adopted by architects, theorists and inter-disciplinary writers from 1993-today that have helped shape the current discourse of architecture. This course introduces and contextualize key projects, and polemics over the last 25 years. Central themes in this course include the impact of digital technologies and methods of design, production and materiality. These are explored through texts, movements, projects and buildings that help form an overview that has shaped the contemporary condition that we live in.

    Painting for Vitra Fire Station – Zaha Hadid
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    Sendai Mediatheque – Toyo Ito 2001
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    BMW Central Building – ZHA 2005
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    Beirut Terraces – Herzog & de Meuron 2009
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    Luis Vuitton Foundation – Frank Ghery 2014
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    Swiss Re Tower – Foster and Partners 2003
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    Meyerson Hall
    210 South 34th Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19104

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    Program Director: Ali Rahim

    Professor of Architecture

    Ali Rahim is (Full) Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design, where he directs the Advanced Architectural Design Program. He is also Director of CAP in SoHo, New York City. Mr. Rahim has served as the Studio Zaha Hadid Visiting Professor at the University of Applied Arts (die Angewandte) in Vienna, as the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professor at Yale University, and as a Visiting Architecture Professor at Harvard University.

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    Program Faculty:

    Ali Rahim

    Andrew Saunders

    Brian Deluna 

    Caleb White

    Daniela Fabricius

    Esther Choi

    Florencia Pita

    Hina Jamelle

    Hyojin Kwon

    Laia Mogus-Soldevila

    Masoud Akbarzadeh

    Matias Del Campo

    Nate Hume

    Na Wei

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