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LEC #TOPICSDiscussion
1Introduction
2Megacities
3Blobs, Curves and the FormlessBuildings to Study: Frank Gehry - Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles; Greg Lynn - Artists' Space Installation, New York
4Theory Outtake 1
5Bodies
6CTRL [Space]
7Environmentalism
8Architecture and DeconstructionBuildings to Study: Bernard Tschumi - Parc de la Villette; Projects featured in the MOMA show of 1988
9The New York FiveBuildings to Study: Peter Eisenman - House II, VI, X; Charles Gwathmey; John Hejduk; Michael Graves - Benacerraf House addition
10First Interim ExamQuestions will be based on readings. Length of total required responses: 1500 words. Students will have a choice between more standard, explicatory questions relating to the readings already done, or more interpretive essay questions. The former will have higher weight.
11Architecture and Post-ModernismBuildings to Study: James Stirling - Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart; Robert Venturi - National Gallery Extension, London
12Kenneth Frampton and Critical RegionalismBuildings to Study: Alvar Aalto - Saynatsalo Town Hall; Tadao Ando - Koshino House, Osaka; Jörn Utzon - Bagsvaerd Church
13Modernisms ElsewhereBuildings to Study: Jo Noero - Soweto Career Center, House Nxumalo; Charles Correa - Belapur Township
14VernacularismBuilding to Study: Hassan Fathy - New Gourna Township
15Critiques of ModernismBuildings to Study: Atelier Lucien Kroll - Medical Faculty Building, University of Louvain; Ralph Erskine - Byker Wall, Newcastle; Candilis, Josic and Woods - Berlin Freie University
16Theory Outtake 2
17Phenomenology and Place
18Minimalism and Monumentality - Louis KahnBuildings to Study: Louis Kahn - Salk Institute, Kimbell Museum, Dhaka National Assembly Building, Philips Exeter Building
19Second Interim ExamQuestions will be based on readings. Length of total required responses: 1500 words. Students will have a choice between more standard, explicatory questions relating to the readings already done, or more interpretive essay questions. The former will have higher weight.
20Voyages into the Surface - Robert Venturi and Denise Scott-BrownBuildings to Study: Venturi and Denise Scott Brown - Vanna Venturi House, Guild Hall
21Aldo Rossi and the Archetypes of MemoryBuilding to Study: Aldo Rossi - San Cataldo Cemetery, Modena
22Manfredo Tafuri and the Venice SchoolBuilding to Study: Carlo Aymonino and Aldo Rossi, Gallaratese quarter, Milan, 1967-73.
23Theory Outtake 3
24Superstudio - Italy between First and Third WorldsBuildings to Study: Compare Archigram and Superstudio Projects
251968
26Traces on the CityBuildings to Study: Situationist projects; Projects by Constant
27Technofantasy / MegastructureBuildings to Study: Cedric Price - The Fun Palace; Archigram projects
28Late CIAM and the Architecture of the Welfare StateBuildings to Study: James Stirling - Engineering Building, Leicester University, History Faculty Building, Cambridge University; Alison and Peter Smithson - Sheffield University Extension
29Final Paper (4500 words) DuePaper should be a research paper on a topic decided upon by consultation between the student, the instructor and the teaching assistant.

 








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