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Architecture Design, Level II: Cuba Studio

A photo of the rooftops of Havana, Cuba with lots of clotheslines visible.

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

Instructor(s)

MIT Course Number

4.196 / 4.132

As Taught In

Spring 2004

Level

Graduate

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Course Features

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.

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.

Wampler, Jan. 4.196 Architecture Design, Level II: Cuba Studio, Spring 2004. (MIT OpenCourseWare: Massachusetts Institute of Technology), http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/architecture/4-196-architecture-design-level-ii-cuba-studio-spring-2004 (Accessed). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA


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