Class Id: 7936
Days: Th
Start Time: 01:30 PM
End Time: 04:20 PM
Building: ARCHB
Room: N106
Course Id: 3508
Departments and Numbers: ARC 401
Area: SA
Title: Theories of Housing and Urbanism
Description: The seminar will explore theories of urbanism and housing by reading canonical writers who have created distinctive and influential ideas about urbanism and housing from the nineteenth century to the present. The writers are architects, planners, and social scientists. The theories are interdisciplinary. One or two major work will be discussed each week. We will critically evaluate their relevance and significance for architecture now. Topics include: modernism, functionalism and social change; technological futurism; social critiques of urban design, the New Urbanism; the networked city; and sustainable urbanism.
Prerequisites:
Professors: Andrew Laing, Robert Gutman
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