Sustainable Design and Technology Research Workshop
MIT OpenCourseWare offers this advanced workshop on sustainability in architecture, spanning scales from tectonic detail to the urban environment. Students examine current research and case studies on sustainable building practices, then develop their own design proposals as a final project. The course materials include readings, case study assignments, and project guidelines, following MIT's studio-based format for advanced architecture students. It treats sustainability as a design problem to be solved through research and iteration rather than a purely theoretical topic, pushing students to test ideas against real technical and urban constraints. Course materials are freely available under a Creative Commons license, with no certificate offered through MIT OpenCourseWare.