Date |
Topic |
Activity |
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Introduction |
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1-17 |
Architecture and Social Life |
Introduction to course
Overview lecture |
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Team organization |
Assignment |
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Theory and Method |
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1-24 |
Claiming Space - Territory and Personal Space- Workplaces |
Discussion, Lecture |
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Domain Analysis |
Demonstration |
|
Team Project Backgrounds |
Team presentations |
1-31 |
“Finding Forrester” |
Film and Online discussion over the next week |
2-7 |
Information Flows - Privacy - Healthcare Facilities |
Discussion, Lecture |
|
Visual Access/Exposure Analysis |
Demonstration |
|
Domain Analysis |
Individual presentations of analysis and essay points |
2-14 |
Organizing Space - Spatial Syntax - Civic Buildings |
Discussion, Lecture |
|
Spatial Syntax Analysis |
Demonstration |
|
Visual Access/Exposure Analysis |
Individual presentations |
2-21 |
Meanings - Symbolic Interaction - Science Laboratories |
Discussion, Lecture |
|
Cognitive Mapping Analysis |
Demonstration |
|
Spatial Syntax Analysis |
Individual presentations |
2-28 |
Architecture as Signification -Semiotics - The New Traditionalism |
Discussion, Lecture |
|
Semiotics Analysis |
Demonstration |
|
Cognitive Mapping Analysis |
Individual presentations |
|
Contemporary Issues |
|
3-7 |
“Minority Report” |
Film and discussion
Final Background Report due |
3-14 |
Spring Break |
No Class |
3-21 |
The Iron Cage |
Discussion, Lecture |
|
Semiotics Analysis |
Individual presentations |
3-28 |
Fortress Architecture |
Discussion, Lecture |
4-4 |
Gendered Spaces |
Discussion, Lecture |
4-11 |
“The Fountainhead” |
Film and Discussion |
4-18 |
Themed Environments |
Discussion, Lecture |
4-25 |
Progress Review |
Individual meetings |
TBA |
Final Project Due |
Final Presentations |
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