4.111
Experiencing Architecture Studio
Instructor: Bill Hubbard, Jr.
Phone: 617-258-0254
Email: billhub@mit.edu
Units: 3-3-6
Level: U
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor
You might have a memory of walking through a building, feeling inspired by what you saw, and wondering, “How did an architect go about creating this?” Subject 4.111 was created precisely to give you a chance to experience the kind of thinking architects use when they create environments that inspire.
In 4.111 you will produce two interrelated design projects. In the first project, we will lead you through a structured series of exercises to produce a small building on an imaginary site. In the second project, we will turn you loose to use what you have learned to design a building—and its surrounding landscape—on a real site in Boston.
You will be doing your work in true studio environment: you will have your own work-desk among other designers; you will decide what your design hopes to accomplish; and as you design, an assigned teaching assistant will critique you, one-on-one, about how well your developing design is actually accomplishing your hopes for it.
Subject 4.111 is open to all MIT students (and all students from Wellesley, Harvard College, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Mass College of Art); there are no academic prerequisites, nor do you need any previous experience in design. Historically, our studios have been populated by students from all four academic classes, and even a few grad students. Join us if you want to experience a mode of thinking wholly new to you.
