在研究學生作品前應先研究下列的先例，而非傳統的閱讀資料。這些先例直接來源於安裝工作和學生的經驗。這些作品在課堂上討論過，促進了對學生文化，意識對無意識，以及存在和空間之間的關係這些問題的討論，其中一些問題會在全班討論，其他則僅與個別學生作品有關。但是大體上這些都有助於實踐課程中較大型的討論，促進建立一個建築專案的目標。
Instead of traditional readings, the class studied the following precedents as a precursor to their work. These precedents came directly from the work of the installations and from the experiences of the students. These works were discussed in class, fostering a discussion on the issues of student culture, the conscious versus the unconscious, and the relationship of being and space. Some were discussed by the whole class, while others related to only one student's work. But all of this in general contributed to the larger debate of the studio, and the aim of creating an architectural project.

先例與研究
Precedents and Research

Joe Dahmen

• Fred Sandback－「無私人化」的空間
  Fred Sandback - spaces of "no interiority"
• 麻省理工學院校園歷史－建築在填埋場上的空間，不固定和暫時
  The History of MIT's Campus - a space built on landfill, floating and impermanent
• 結構形態學－張力，平衡，摩擦
  Structural morphology - tension, balance, friction

Talia Dorsey

• Amar Bose－聲學和聲音技術
  Amar Bose - acoustics and sound technology
• 以聲音創造空間
  Space making through sound
• 音樂理論－結構的複雜性
  Music theory - complexity of structure

Katice Helinski

• Gilles Deleuze－空間造型問題和實質性
  Gilles Deleuze - issues of space-molding and materiality
• Jorge Luis Borges－空間中光的問題
  Jorge Luis Borges - issues of light in space
• Diego Velasquez－萬物乃實物，包括空氣和光
  Diego Velasquez - everything is materiality, even air, even light

James Smith

• 分析立體主義與畢卡索－深度和空間感知問題
  Analytical Cubism and Pablo Picasso - issues of depth and spatial perception
• Marcel Duchamp－藝術中的空間關係
  Marcel Duchamp - relations of space in art
• Francis Bacon－動畫形式的概念
  Francis Bacon - concepts of animated form
• Gilles Deleuze－深度和折迭
  Gilles Deleuze - depth and folding