Associate Professor Takehiko Nagakura offers the following courses at MIT's School of Architecture and Planning.

4.560/4.566 (formerly 4.203/4.206/4.209) : Geometric Modeling fall/spring semester This course introduces the fundamentals of three-dimensional geometric modeling and associated computer-aided design and visualization applications in architecture, urban design and computer graphics production. It provides a theoretical foundation, an introduction to a selection of current hardware and software tools, and an opportunity to explore space and artifacts through a digital representation project.

4.562/4.503 (formerly 4.204) : Architecture in Motion Graphics fall semester This course provides an opportunity to undertake advanced projects in architectural visualization with an emphasis on the use of computer graphics animation and video production media. The class will run in workshop format. Students will be introduced to advanced visualization software and conduct projects to explore spatial expressions in motion picture format. Selected literature and video materials on architecture and film will be reviewed to initiate discussion sessions.

4.564/4.502 (formerly 4.207) : Design Scripting   -Formal Design Knowledge and Programmed Constructs- spring semester The objective of this course is to provide students practical and theoretical foundations to explore computational coding relevant to representation of architectural forms and design knowledge. Students will learn basic concepts in a computer programming language and acquire practical skills to develop their own software tools for architectural design. In parralel, the course will introduce various theories and implementations developed for computation and representation of formal design knowledge. Topics covered in the class include paremetrized objects, procedural representation of form, typology and architectural grammar, shape recognition problem, constraint propagation, inter-application communication and internet-based distribution interface.

4.56x : Advanced Projects in Digital Deisgn Media spring semester This course provides opportunities for a student to develop an independent research project with a topic related to digital design media. The primal audience are students who have already acquired basic technical foundation in advanced graphics software and/or graphics programming languages through the previous classes at MIT. A student in a research degree program in architecture can use this course to start up a pilot research project prior to his or her thesis semester.

4.288 : Computation Thesis Preparation fall semester This course is offered by Professors Terry Knight and Takehiko Nagakura, and is required for and limited to second year SMArchS students in Computation group.

4.290 : Computation Pre-Thesis Preparation spring semester This course is offered by Professors Terry Knight and Takehiko Nagakura, and is required for and limited to first year SMArchS students in Computation group.

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