ARC5744ArchitecturalHistoryfrom1840toPresentandARC5744LabWednesdays:Labsatassignedtime:50minutes–PCA341Thursdays:Lectureanddiscussion:9:00–10:40–PCA135ProfessorGrayRead, Email:readg@fiu.eduWebsite:http://faculty.fiu.edu/~readg/Office:PCA376(OfficeHours:Tuesdays9:00-12:00)MyBlog:http://architecture-performance.blogspot.comSecondaryInstructor:AshaKutty:akutty@fiu.eduGA:DeborahWintringer:dwint014@fiu.eduDescription:Courseintroducesstudentstothemajorideasandfiguresthatshapedthemultiplestrainsofarchitecturaldesignfrom1840tothepresentaswellasexamplesofcontemporaneousvernacularandindigenousdesign.Courseconsidersthreemainthemespresentinmuchofdesignresearchandinnovation:architectureassocialactionthatengagesoftenconflictingeconomicandculturalpatternsofuse,architectureasphysicalmodificationthataddressesthenaturalworldaswellaspeople’sdifferingabilities,andarchitectureastechnologicalinnovation.Studentswillreadanddiscussinfluentialtextsofthelate19thandearly20thcenturies,thenconsiderhowthoseideasweremanifestinarchitecturaldesign.

Objectives:Studentswillbecomefamiliarwiththemajorfigures,buildings,andideasinthemultiplestrainsofrecentarchitecturalhistoryacrosstheglobe.Studentswillbecomeawareofmultiplehistoricallegaciesgroundedinpolitical,economic,ecologicalandtechnologicalconditions.Studentswillconsiderhowdiversesocialandculturalnormsinfluenceddesigndecisions,particularlywhentheymustbenegotiatedinmulticulturalsituations.Theywilldevelopcriticalthinkingandwritingskillthroughdiscussionsandquizzesthatfocusonideasandusespecificanalyticalexamplestosupporttheses.AccreditationPerformanceCriteria:A.7HistoryandGlobalCulture:Understandingoftheparallelanddivergenthistoriesofarchitectureandtheculturalnormsofavarietyofindigenous,vernacular,local,andregionalsettingsintermsoftheirpolitical,economic,social,ecological,andtechnologicalfactors.A.8CulturalDiversityandSocialEquity:Understandingofthediverseneeds,values,behavioralnorms,physicalabilities,andsocialandspatialpatternsthatcharacterizedifferentculturesandindividualsandtheresponsibilityofthearchitecttoensureequityofaccesstosites,buildings,andstructures.StructureofCourse:Lectureanddiscussion.In-classexercisesincludesmallgroupdiscussionsofquestionsbasedonreadingsandlectures,writtenquizzesandexams.Text:Readerofselectedarticles.Allreadingsareavailableonthecoursewebsite,linkedtoon-linesyllabus.Requiredreadingsmustbecompletedforeachclassonthedayitislistedinthesyllabus,thequalityofdiscussiondependsonyourparticipation.Evaluation:Discussionquestions:Eachreadingassignmentwillhaveasetofdiscussionquestions.StudentswillsubmitpreliminaryanswerstodiscussionquestionstoTurnitinbeforeclassandwillreceivesummarycredit.Inclass,studentswilldiscussoneofthequestionsindepthwithinasmallgroup,thenwriteawell-consideredindividualansweratleastoneparagraphlong.Answersaregradedonascaleof0-10.Studentsmaymakeupaquizifprofessorisnotifiedbeforethequizdate.Exams:In-classexamsincludeidentifyingbuildings.Take-homeexamsaskforshortessaysinanswertoquestions.Writingcounts.Quizzesandtake-homeexamsarehandedintoturnitin.com.Commentsandgradesonexamessaysareaccessibleonturnitin.Plagiarism:Plagiarismisnottolerated,pleasereadexplanationonmywebsite-linkhereGradingScheme:Discussionquestions:EachquestiononthereadingsubmittedtoTurnitinis10points.In-classquizzesare10points.

EachIn-classbuildingidentificationexamisworth10pointsEachTake-homeessayisworth20points.Gradesaredeterminedonapercentagebasis:90-100%=A80-90%=B70-80%=C60-70%=D Policies:Computers:Computersmustbeclosedinclassandcellphonesoffunlessotherwiseinstructed.Pleasetakenotesinclassbyhandinanotebookdedicatedtotheclass.Absences:Universitypolicystatesifyouhavethreeabsences,youfailthecourse.Youmaybeexcusedforreligiousholidays,ifyouletmeknowaheadoftime.PolicyonAcademicIntegrityFloridaInternationalUniversityisacommunitydedicatedtogeneratingandimpartingknowledgethroughexcellentteachingandresearch,therigorousandrespectfulexchangeofideas,andcommunityservice.Allstudentsshouldrespecttherightofotherstohaveanequitableopportunitytolearnandhonestlytodemonstratethequalityoftheirlearning.Therefore,allstudentsareexpectedtoadheretoastandardofacademicconduct,whichdemonstratesrespectforthemselves,theirfellowstudents,andtheeducationalmissionoftheUniversity.AllstudentsaredeemedbytheUniversitytounderstandthatiftheyarefoundresponsibleforacademicmisconduct,theywillbesubjecttotheAcademicMisconductproceduresandsanctions,asoutlinedintheStudentHandbook.Policiesonacademicmisconduct,sexualharassment,andreligiousholidays,andinformationonservicesforstudentswithdisabilitiesPleaserefertoUniversitypoliciesintheFIUStudentHandbook.Tips:Keepup.DothereadingcarefullyandfullysothatyouunderstandwhattheauthorsaysANDwhathisorherstatementmeansinthecontextoftheideaspresentedintheclass.Takenotes.Takenotesonboththereadinganddiscussioninyourcourse.Sketcheshelp.Cometolectures;Youarerequiredtoattendallschoollectures.ScheduleandReadingsWeek1:ColonialismacrosstheGlobe

Wednesday,August23Lab:Introduction:theArtofDebate,TheWhiteCityThursday,August24:ColonialismandClassicism:EcoledesBeauxArtsReading:Readthis1914poembyCarlSandburg:“Chicago”

Week2:TurnoftheCentury,FuturismWednesday,August30Lab:EcoledesBeauxArts

Buildings:Eiffeltower,Paris,GustavEiffel,1889KatsuraPalace,Kyoto,17th-19thcenturiesParisOpera,CharlesGarnier,1861-75StPancrasStation,London,GeorgeGilbertScott,1868VictoriaMemorial,Kolkata,India,WilliamEmerson,1921SunYatSenMausoleum,Nanking,China,LuYanzhi,1926

Thursday,August31:Futurists,ArtNouveauandCrafts

Reading:FuturistManifesto,Marinetti(1909)WilliamCurtis,“ResponsestoMechanization:TheDeutscherWerkbundandFuturism”inCurtis,ModernArchitectureSince1900

HurricaneIrmahappenedhere:Reviseddatesinblue

Week3:BetweentheWars:BirthofModernism/Vernacular

Wednesday,September20Lab:TurnoftheCenturyCraftBuildings:Drawings,AntonioSant’Elia,ParcGuëll,AntonioGaudi,1900-14ParisMetroStations,HectorGuimard,1899-14SouthBeachArtDecoPirieScottBuilding,LouisSullivan,1899PostOfficeBank,OttoWagner,1904

Thursday,September21:VernacularArchitecture:LecturebyAshaKutty

Readingonvernacuar:ThePristineMyth http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/03/1491/302445/ ORJenniferNardone,“RoomfullofBlues:JukejointsandtheCulturalLandscapeoftheMississippiDelta”HistoricalOverview:GabrielArboleda,“WhatisVernacularArchitecture?”http://www.vernaculararchitecture.com/Discussion:Whystudyordinarybuildings?

Week4:BetweentheWars:BirthofModernism/Vernacular

Wednesday,September27Lab:VernacularArchitectureofMiamiBuildings:MiamiBeachgardenapartmentsKendallranchhouseCondotowerMidriseurbanism–Miami21CalleOchoStripmallSidewalkCafé

Thursday,September28:BirthofModernismlecture

Reading:“ArchitectureorRevolution”,LeCorbusier.(1929)OR“OrnamentandCrime”AdolfLoosWilliamCurtis,“TheIdealCommunity:AlternativestotheIndustrialCity”inCurtis,ModernArchitectureSince1900

Week5:CorporateModernism

Wednesday,October4:BetweentheWarsUtopiaBuildings:VoisinPlan,LeCorbusier,1929VillaSavoye,Garches,Roche,Paris,LeCorbusier,1926-9BarcelonaPavilion,MiesvanderRohe,1929MonumenttotheThirdInternationaltower,VladimirTatlin,1920UsonianHouse,FrankLloydWright,1936EigenHaard,MichaelDeKlerk,1917-1920

Thursday,October5:HighModernismandGlobalism

Reading:JoanOckman,“MirrorImages:Technology,Consumption,andtheRepresentationofGenderinAmericanArchitecturesinceWorldWarII”

Week6:CriticalRegionalism

Wednesday,October11Lab:TheBigModernistsBuildings:SeagramBuilding,NewYork,LudwigMiesvanderRohe,1958LeverHouse,NYC,GordonBunshaftandNataliedeBlois,1951

PalaceoftheAssembly,Chandigarh,India,LeCorbusier,1963NationalCongress,Brasilia,OscarNiemeyer,1965LevittownHouse,Pruitt-IgoeHousingProject,St.Louis,MinoruYamasaki,1972,

Thursday,October12:CriticalRegionalistResponsetositeandculture–AshaKutty

Watch:ClipfromMyArchitectonLouisKahn’sworkinIndiaReading:KennethFrampton,‘TowardsaCriticalRegionalism’inHalFoster(ed.),Anti-Aesthetic:EssaysonPostmodernCulture.(1983)RemKoolhaas,‘TheGenericCity’,inSMLXL

Week7:Wednesday,October18Lab:ReviewThursday,October19:Exam

Week8:Postmodernism

Wednesday,October25Lab:CriticalRegionalistvernacularBuildings:IndianInstituteofManagement,Ahmedabad,LouisKahn1974CiudadUniversitariasdeCaracas,CarlosRaulVillanueva1944-70

SaoPaoloMuseumofArt,LinaBoBardi,1957-68SaynatsaloTownCenter,AlvarAalto,1951NakajinCapsuleTowerShimbashi,Tokyo,Japan,KishoKurokawa,1972NewGournaVillage,Luxor,Egypt,HassanFathy,1947

Thursday,October26:Postmodernism:ThemeaningofMeaning

Reading:DeniseScott-Brown,“LearningfromPop”(1971)HistoricalOverview:DavidRifkind,“Post-modernism:CritiqueandReaction”inACriticalHistoryofContemporaryArchitecture1960–2010,DavidRifkindandElieHaddadeds.

Discussion:Canarchitecturebecomparedtolanguage?Week9:Deconstructionism

Wednesday,November1Lab:PostmodernistsandthecityBuildings:PompidouCenter,Paris,RogersandPiano,1968Seaside,Florida,Duany&Plater-Zyberk,1979SanCataldoCemetery,Modena,Italy,AldoRossi-1971AnnexNationalGallery,London,VenturiRauch&Scott-Brown,1991NationalGalleryWestWing,WashingtonDC,IMPei,1978ChurchoftheLight,Osaka,Japan,TadaoAndo,1989

Thursday,November2:Deconstruction–Responsetositeandsituation.Architecturaltheory

Reading:Tschumi,“Event–TheTurningPoint”(1996)HistoricalOverview:ElieHaddad,“Deconstruction:TheProjectofRadicalSelf-Criticism”inACriticalHistoryofContemporaryArchitecture1960–2010,DavidRifkindandElieHaddadeds.Discussion:Whatistheroleoftheoryindesign?

Week10:Starchitects

Wednesday,November8Lab:Deconstructingwhatexactly?Buildings:BMWCentralbuilding,ZahaHadid,2005JewishMuseum,Berlin,DanielLibeskind,1999LaVillette,Paris,BernardTschumi,1982-98WexnerCenterfortheArts,OhioStateU.,PeterEisenman,1989UFACinemaCenter,Dresden,CoopHimmelb(l)au,1998SeattlepublicLibrary,OMA,RemKoolhaas,2006

Thursday,November9:StarchitectsFlyinginfortheproject

Reading:WitoldRybczynski,“TheBilbaoEffect”inAtlanticMonthlySeptember,2002,http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/09/the-bilbao-effect/302582/HistoricalOverview:Jean-LouisCohen“Architecture’sOuterBoundaries”inTheFutureofArchitecturesince1889

Discussion:Howcananarchitectflyinandtrulyengagealocalcultureandsite?Doesitmatter?

DeadlinetowithdrawfromcoursewithaDRgradeWeek11:DigitalDesign

Wednesday,November15Lab–Arestarchitectsalwaysright?Buildings:CCTV,Beijing,OMA,2012

HajTerminal,Mecca,SOM,FazlurKahn,1981Tatemuseum,Turbinehallandnewtower,Herzog&deMeuron,2000-2016

MoMA,Bilbao,Spain,FrankGehry,1993-7 TjibaouCulturalCenter,RenzoPiano,1989

BjarkeIngelsGroupArchitects,8HouseinØrestadinCopenhagen,2006

Thursday,November16:DigitalDesignNewMaterialism–ThePromiseofmath.Architectureasprosthetic

Watch:ChrisDowneyonwalkingthroughthecityblind:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiizM232Zak&list=PL228C00CFBDCD7096&index=12&feature=plpp_video Reading:EroPapavassiliou,“Prosthetics&Post-humanBodyFutures”http://www.interactivearchitecture.org/prosthetics-posthuman-body-futures.htmlHistoricalOverview:NeilLeach,“NewMaterialism”inUrbanFlux(2009)https://neilleach.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/new-materialism.pdfExercise:Experiencingtheworlddifferently.

Week12:Sustainability

Wednesday,November22Lab:Doesdigitalworkbetter?Buildings:BMWWelt,CoopHimmelblau,2007HeydarAliyevCenter,BakuAzerbaijanZahaHadid,2013TheBroadMuseum,LosAngeles,DillerScofidio,2015MetropolParasol,J.MayerH.architects,PlazadelaEncarnacion,Seville,Spain,2012AnimateForm,GregLynn,1998(book)H2OExpoPavilion,Netherlands,NOXarchitectsLarsSpuybroek,1997

Thursday,November23:Thanksgiving:Noclass

Week13:Sustainability?

Wednesday,November29Isitsustainable?Buildings:Masdar,UnitedArabEmirates,NormanFosterAssoc,ongoing

FrostScienceMuseum,Miami,GrimshawAssoc,2017HuangbaiyuProjectinChina,Wm.McDonough,2006http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/green_dreams/HighLine,NYC,FieldOperationsJimCorner,2014MenaraMesiniaga,Malasia,KenYeang,1992http://www.solaripedia.com/13/302/3409/menara_mesiniaga_shading_devices.htmlViaVerde,BronxNY,Grimshaw&Datner,2012

Thursday,November30:SustainabilityandLandscapeReading:WatchKenYeangTEDTalkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q2QtrtM1tYHistoricalOverview:HarryMallgrave,“SustainabilityandBeyond”inMallgrave,AnIntroductiontoArchitecturalTheory,1968tothePresent.Discussion:Whatissustainabilityanyway?Whatmakesarchitecturesustainable?

Week14:December6&7:StudioReviews:NoclassWeek15:Review

Wednesday,December13:ReviewWeek–NoClassThursday,December14:Exam

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