Weekly Schedule
SECTION 1
Weeks 1-4: Epistemology and Methods
Weeks 1-4: Epistemology and Methods
WEEK
1: INTRODUCTION
Readings:
Jan 21 2014:
Lecture 1, Who are we?
Assignment 1a, handed out.
Jan 23 2014:
Lecture 2, How and Who: People centered design.
Assignment 1a, discussed in discussion section.
WEEK 2: SEMESTER PROJECT
Readings:
Jan 28 2014:
Lecture 3, Where, When, Why?
David Boucher and Bess Earls.
Assignment 1a, due in discussion section.
Jan 30 2014:
Lecture 4, Methods, Questions and Wicked Problems.
Assignment 1b, handed out.
WEEK 3: COLLECTING DATA
Readings:
Feb 04 2014:
Lecture 5, Seeing and Observing.
Assignment 1b, discussed in section.
Feb 06 2014:
Lecture 6, Talking and Oral History.
Assignment 1b, due in discussion section.
WEEK 4: INTERPRETING DATA
Readings:
Feb 11 2014:
Lecture 7, Evaluating Data.
Putting together Assignment 1.
Feb 13 2014:
Lecture 8, Presenting your findings.
Final Assignment 1 due, Review in section.
Readings:
- Kevin Lynch and Gary Hack, “The User,” Site Planning, 3rd Ed., (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1984), 67-106
- Simon
Unwin, “Architecture as Identification of Place,” Analysing
Architecture, (New York: Routledge, 1997)
- Chapters 1, Jan Gehl and Birgitte Svarre, How to Study Public Life, (Washington DC: Island Press, 2013)
Jan 21 2014:
Lecture 1, Who are we?
Assignment 1a, handed out.
Jan 23 2014:
Lecture 2, How and Who: People centered design.
Assignment 1a, discussed in discussion section.
WEEK 2: SEMESTER PROJECT
Readings:
- Arijit Sen, “Evaluating Lived Landscapes and Quotidian Architecture of Muslim Devon,” In Homogenization of Representations, The Aga Khan Award for Architecture Knowledge Construction Workshop II, Modjtaba Sadria Editor, (London: I.B.Tauris, 2011), 175-195.
- Tom
Ritchey, “Wicked Problems: Modelling Social Messes with
Morphological Analysis,” Acta Morphologica Generalis 2: 1
(2013), 1-8
- Chapters 2, Jan Gehl and Birgitte Svarre, How to Study Public Life, (Washington DC: Island Press, 2013.
Jan 28 2014:
Lecture 3, Where, When, Why?
David Boucher and Bess Earls.
Assignment 1a, due in discussion section.
Jan 30 2014:
Lecture 4, Methods, Questions and Wicked Problems.
Assignment 1b, handed out.
WEEK 3: COLLECTING DATA
Readings:
- Chapters 3, Jan Gehl and Birgitte Svarre, How to Study Public Life, (Washington DC: Island Press, 2013)
- Ronald
J Grele, “Listen to Their Voices,” In Envelopes of Sound: The
Art of Oral History, (New York: Praeger, 1991), 212-241.
- James Rojas, “Enacted Environment,” In Everyday America: Cultural Landscape Studies after J. B. Jackson, Chris Wilson and Paul Groth (editors), Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003, pp. 275-292.
Feb 04 2014:
Lecture 5, Seeing and Observing.
Assignment 1b, discussed in section.
Feb 06 2014:
Lecture 6, Talking and Oral History.
Assignment 1b, due in discussion section.
WEEK 4: INTERPRETING DATA
Readings:
- Pierce Lewis. 1979. "Axioms for Reading the Landscape" in The Interpretation of Ordinary Landscapes. Donald Meinig (Editor), Toronto: Oxford University Press.
- James
Corner, “The Agency of Mapping: Speculation, Critique and
Invention.” In Mappings, Denis Cosgrove, Ed., (London:
Reaktion, 1999), 213-52.
- Chapters 4, Jan Gehl and Birgitte Svarre, How to Study Public Life, (Washington DC: Island Press, 2013).
Feb 11 2014:
Lecture 7, Evaluating Data.
Putting together Assignment 1.
Feb 13 2014:
Lecture 8, Presenting your findings.
Final Assignment 1 due, Review in section.
SECTION 2
Weeks 5-9: Structure
Weeks 5-9: Structure
WEEK 5: FORMAL STRUCTURE
Readings:
Feb 18 2014:
Lecture 9, Physical and Formal Structure.
Assignment 2a, handed out.
Feb 20 2014:
Lecture 10, The Study of Types, possibilities and shortcomings.
Assignment 2a, discussed in section.
WEEK 6: NUMBERS DATA
Readings:
Feb 25 2014:
Lecture 11, Quantitative and demographic data.
Assignment 2a, due in section.
Feb 27 2014:
Lecture 12, Quantitative data.
Assignment 2b, handed out.
WEEK 7: CULTURE AND SOCIAL DATA
Readings:
Mar 04 2014:
Lecture 13, Cognitive and Cultural.
Assignment 2b, discussed.
Mar 06 2014:
Lecture 14, Cognitive and Cultural.
Assignment 2b due, Assignment 2 handed out.
WEEK 8: SENSORY
Readings:
Mar 11 2014:
Lecture 15, Wayfinding and sequence.
Assignment 2, discussed.
Mar 13 2014:
Lecture 16, Experiential and Somatic.
Assignment 2, due.
WEEK 9: SPRING RECESS
Readings:
- N. John Habraken, The Control of Complexity, Places 4: 2 (1987), 3-15.
- Thomas Hubka, “Just Folks Designing: Vernacular Designers and the Generation of Form,” Journal of Architectural Education 32 (February, 1979), 27-29.
- Roger Trancik, “Three Theories of Urban Spatial Design.” In Finding Lost Space: Theories of Urban Design, (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1986), 97-124.
- Julia W. Robinson, “The Question of Type,” In Ordering Space: Types in Architecture and Design, Karen A. Franck and Lynda H. Schneekloth Eds., (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994), 179-194.
Feb 18 2014:
Lecture 9, Physical and Formal Structure.
Assignment 2a, handed out.
Feb 20 2014:
Lecture 10, The Study of Types, possibilities and shortcomings.
Assignment 2a, discussed in section.
WEEK 6: NUMBERS DATA
Readings:
- Emily Talen, Design for Diversity: Exploring Socially Mixed Neighborhoods, (Architectural Press, 2008)
- Chapters 7, Jan Gehl and Birgitte Svarre, How to Study Public Life, (Washington DC: Island Press, 2013)
- James Borchert, “Visual Landscapes of a Streetcar Suburb.” In Understanding Ordinary Landscapes. Paul Groth and Todd W. Bressi, Eds., (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997), 25-43.
Feb 25 2014:
Lecture 11, Quantitative and demographic data.
Assignment 2a, due in section.
Feb 27 2014:
Lecture 12, Quantitative data.
Assignment 2b, handed out.
WEEK 7: CULTURE AND SOCIAL DATA
Readings:
- Quentin Stevens, “The Social Dimension of Urban Space,” Ludic City: Exploring the Potential of Public Spaces, (New York: Routledge, 2007), 54-66.
- Irwin Altman and Martin M. Chemers (editors), “Privacy,” and “Personal Space,” Culture and Environment, (Monterrey, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 1984): 75-119.
- Howard Davis, “Shared Architectural Knowledge,” In The Culture of Building, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006),131-158.
Mar 04 2014:
Lecture 13, Cognitive and Cultural.
Assignment 2b, discussed.
Mar 06 2014:
Lecture 14, Cognitive and Cultural.
Assignment 2b due, Assignment 2 handed out.
WEEK 8: SENSORY
Readings:
- Karen A. Franck and R. Bianca Lepori, “Inside, outside, and inside out,” In Architecture Inside Out, (New York: Wiley-Academy, 2000), 10-29.
- Juhani Pallasmaa, "Hapticity and Time: Notes on a Fragile Architecture", The Architectural Review (May, 2000), 78-84.
- Kent C. Bloomer, Charles W. Moore, Robert J. Yudell, “Body Movement,” In Body, Memory, and Architecture, (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977), 57-76.
Mar 11 2014:
Lecture 15, Wayfinding and sequence.
Assignment 2, discussed.
Mar 13 2014:
Lecture 16, Experiential and Somatic.
Assignment 2, due.
WEEK 9: SPRING RECESS
SECTION 3
Weeks 10-12: Infrastructure
Weeks 10-12: Infrastructure
WEEK 10: IDENTITY
Readings:
Mar 25 2014:
Lecture 17, Identity–race, ethnicity, culture and habitus.
Assignment 3a, handed out.
Mar 27 2014:
Lecture 18, Identity–gender.
Assignment 3a, discussed.
WEEK 11: POWER AND EMPOWERMENT
Readings:
Lecture 19, Concepts of Power and Resistance.
Assignment 3a due, Assignment 3b handed out.
Apr 03 2014:
Lecture 20, Control.
Assignment 3b, discussed.
WEEK 12: ACCESS AND EQUITY
Readings:
Lecture 21, Disability, Universal Design and Social Sustainability.
Assignment 3b due, Assignment 3 handed out.
Apr 10 2014:
Lecture 22, Aging, Universal Design and Social Sustainability.
Assignment 3, discussed.
Readings:
- Craig E. Barton, Sites of Memory: Perspectives on Architecture and Race, (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2001), 1-12.
- Amos Rapoport, “On the Cultural Responsiveness of Architecture,” Journal of Architectural Education 41: 1 (Autumn, 1987), 10-15.
- Mona Domosh, Joni Seager, “Home,” In Putting Women in Place: Feminist Geographers Make Sense of the World, (New York: Guilford Press, 2001), 1-34.
Mar 25 2014:
Lecture 17, Identity–race, ethnicity, culture and habitus.
Assignment 3a, handed out.
Mar 27 2014:
Lecture 18, Identity–gender.
Assignment 3a, discussed.
WEEK 11: POWER AND EMPOWERMENT
Readings:
- Dolores Hayden, “Contested Terrain,” GIA Newsletter 8: 2 (Fall 1997), http://www.giarts.org/article/contested-terrain, (Accessed January 5, 2014)
- Kim Dovey, “Power,” In Framing Places: Mediating Power in the Built Form, (New York: Routledge, 1999): 11-18.
- Irwin Altman and Martin M. Chemers (editors), “Territorial Behavior,” Culture and Environment, (Monterrey, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 1984), 120-152
Lecture 19, Concepts of Power and Resistance.
Assignment 3a due, Assignment 3b handed out.
Apr 03 2014:
Lecture 20, Control.
Assignment 3b, discussed.
WEEK 12: ACCESS AND EQUITY
Readings:
- Lynda H. Schneekloth and Karen A. Franck, “Type: Prison of Promise?” In Ordering Space: Types in Architecture and Design, Karen A. Franck and Lynda H. Schneekloth (Editors), (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994), 15-40.
- Elaine Ostroff, “Universal Design: An Evolving Paradigm,” Universal Design Handbook, Wolfgang Preiser, Korydon H. Smith Eds., (New York: McGraw Hill Professional, 2010).
- Susan S. Szenasy, “Towards Social, Economic, and Environmental Sustainability,” Universal Design Handbook, Wolfgang Preiser, Korydon H. Smith Eds., (New York: McGraw Hill Professional, 2010).
Lecture 21, Disability, Universal Design and Social Sustainability.
Assignment 3b due, Assignment 3 handed out.
Apr 10 2014:
Lecture 22, Aging, Universal Design and Social Sustainability.
Assignment 3, discussed.
SECTION 4
Weeks 13-16: Ontology and Ethics
Weeks 13-16: Ontology and Ethics
WEEK 13: INVISIBLE FORCES
Readings:
Lecture 23, Evaluation.
Assignment 3 due, Assignment 4a handed out.
Apr 17 2014:
Lecture 24, Value.
Assignment 4a, discussed.
WEEK 14: CITIZEN ARCHITECTS
Readings:
Lecture 25, AIA and Citizen Architecture.
Assignment 4 a due, Assignment 4b handed out.
Apr 24 2014:
Lecture 26, Community Based Practice.
Assignment 4b, discussed.
WEEK 15: CONCLUSIONS
Readings:
Lecture 27, Resilience and Capacity.
Assignment 4b Due, Final Assignment handed out.
May 01 2015:
Lecture 28, Socio-Spatial Schemata and Building Programs.
Final Assignment discussed.
WEEK 16: REVIEWS
May 06 2015:
Final Review
Final review of all assignments.
May 08 2015:
Final Exam
Readings:
- Silverstein, M. and Jacobson M. (1978). Restructuring the hidden program: Toward an Architecture of Social Change. In Facility Programming, W. Preiser, Ed., (Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross).
- Marsha Ritzdorf, “Zoning as a Tool for Regulating Family Type in American Communities,” In Ordering Space: Types in Architecture and Design, Karen A. Franck and Lynda H. Schneekloth, Eds., (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994),117-126.
- Dolores Hayden, “Architecture, Roof, Fire, and Center,” In Redesigning the American Dream: Gender, Housing, and Family Life, (New York: W. W. Norten, 2002), 141-189.
Lecture 23, Evaluation.
Assignment 3 due, Assignment 4a handed out.
Apr 17 2014:
Lecture 24, Value.
Assignment 4a, discussed.
WEEK 14: CITIZEN ARCHITECTS
Readings:
- Margaret Crawford, “Can architects be socially responsible?” In Out of Site: A Social Criticism of Architecture, D. Ghirardo, Ed., (Seattle: Bay Press, 1991), 27-45.
- John Cary, “Architecture as a Social Act,” In The Power of Pro Bono: 40 Stories about Design for the Public Good by Architects and their Clients, John Cary and Majora Carter, Eds., (New York: Metropolis Books, 2010), 16-33.
- Kate Stohr, Cameron Sinclair, Design Like You Give a Damn: Building Change from the Ground Up, (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2012).
Lecture 25, AIA and Citizen Architecture.
Assignment 4 a due, Assignment 4b handed out.
Apr 24 2014:
Lecture 26, Community Based Practice.
Assignment 4b, discussed.
WEEK 15: CONCLUSIONS
Readings:
- Terence Lee, “A Theory of Socio-spatial Schemata,” In S. Kaplan and R. Kaplan (eds.) Humanscape: Environments for People, (Ann Arbor: Ulrich's Books, 1982), 58-69.
- Michael Mehaffy and Nikos A. Salingaros, “Toward Resilient Architectures 1: Biology Lessons,” The Metropolis Blog, Point of View, Mar 22, 2013, http://www.metropolismag.com/Point-of-View/March-2013/Toward-Resilient-Architectures-1-Biology-Lessons/ (Accessed, January 6, 2014).
Lecture 27, Resilience and Capacity.
Assignment 4b Due, Final Assignment handed out.
May 01 2015:
Lecture 28, Socio-Spatial Schemata and Building Programs.
Final Assignment discussed.
WEEK 16: REVIEWS
May 06 2015:
Final Review
Final review of all assignments.
May 08 2015:
Final Exam