Content Comparison

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1. HAA 92r Design Speculations Seminar – required
   1. Course prerequisite: Completion of either HAA 96A (“Transformations”) or HAA 96B (“Connections”) studios.
   2. This course requires that students secure a faculty adviser from Harvard History of Art and Architecture (HAA) Faculty using the same process as written thesis students (See “Advising” section above).  
2. HAA 99A Senior Thesis Tutorial – attendance in this seminar is encouraged but not required in parallel with HAA 92r - optional
3. Presentation of design work to HAA and select GSD Faculty as part of HAA Thesis Colloquium in December) – required

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1. Visual Bibliography (visual project references with annotated description)
   1. Assemble a visual bibliography of references for your research project. The references included should be sorted into categories of your own authoring in relation to the research. Each reference should be appropriately cited using the Chicago Manual of Style, and each reference should also include an affiliated image. The bibliography should include a brief (approx. 200-word) annotation, describing the rationale behind the sorted categories.
2. Written Manifesto  (text describing specific research focus and the role of design in its address)
   1. A written design manifesto of a minimum of 2,000 words that concisely articulates the issues, problems, and questions embedded in and engaged by your research project. The manifesto should address:
   2. Discourse: the role and significance of architecture relative to the project topic of interest, and;
   3. Context: the relationship of the project topic to broader surroundings which include but are not limited to the discipline of architecture, cultural contexts, technical developments, and/or typologies.
   4. The final statement should reflect deeply upon the character of the design process for the project, and discuss how the design process reinforced, inflected, or complicated the initial research questions. For most students, this final statement will be an elaboration upon the presentation text prepared for the fall senior thesis colloquium. The final text should capture and discuss the design elements that were further explored in the spring term as means to address initial research questions (i.e. include written descriptions of the drawings and/or physical models produced in relation to the thesis topic).  
3. Visual Method(s) Diagram (description of design methodology for research)
   1. A visual drawing or info-graphic that describes the process of design research undertaken for your topic. This should include the initial criteria developed for evaluating the project, the steps taken in examining the topic, the points in the process where it became necessary to stop and assess outputs and findings, and final adjustments to the methodology as the project neared completion.
4. High resolution drawings, animations, and/or diagrams and photographs of physical models (if applicable) that were produced through research. These should be assembled in single-page layouts of slides to follow preceding elements listed here.

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