?The Architecture of Imagination? will combine study with drawing and modeling exercises The Harvard Graduate School of Design has announced a free online course called ?The Architecture of Imagination? that covers, according to the website, ?the fundamental principles of architecture?as an academic subject or a professional career?from a study of history?s important buildings.?
Over the course of ten modules, the course will teach students how to ?read? architecture not only as a ?cultural expression? but also as a ?technical achievement? by examining exemplary buildings, and through drawing and modeling exercises.
The first set of modules explores what the architectural imagination is. In the second set, the course will focus on technology?s role, and the third on the practice?s relationship to social and historical contexts. The course begins on February 28 on the platform edX and is self-paced. The course was authored by K. Michael Hays, a professor of architectural theory and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Erika Naginski, a professor of architectural history and the Director of Graduate Studies; and Antoine Picon, a professor of the history of architecture and technology and the Technology Director of Research at Harvard University. Learn more here.

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