- Lecturer
- David Butler Stewart DAVID BUTLER STEWART
- Place
- Thr3-4(H114)
- Credits
- Lecture2 Exercise0 Experiment0
- Code
- 0844
- Syllabus updated
- 2013/4/1
- Lecture notes updated
- 2013/3/21
- Semester
- Spring Semester / Recommended semester:3,5,7
Outline of lecture
This regularly held seminar analyzes both historical and contemporary case studies in building and city planning. Language of instruction is English and weekly Thursday morning attendance is strongly encouraged.
Purpose of lecture
The approach is both theoretical and visual. It should appeal to architectural, social engineering, or urban planning students. (However, interested students from any field are most welcome and there are no special prerequisites.)
Plan of lecture
01: 11th April
Becoming aware of one窶冱 surroundings: Moving Rocks. How a glacier pushed a boulder to a place near you.
02: 18th April
Frederick Law Olmstead: Designing the C-19 and C-20 American Landscape
03: 25th April
-TBA-
04: 2nd May
Back to the Future: Bruges...
05: 16th May
As well as Venice
06: 23rd May
Rome Resplendent: I
07: 30th May
Rome Resplendent: II
08: 6th June
The Rise of the North
09: 13th June
Amsterdam
10: 20th June
Paris
11: 27th June
Features of the C-18 Built Environment
12: 4th July
Features of the C-19 Built Environment
13: 11th July
America Again and the Birth of the Skyscraper
14: 18th July
The C-20 City
15: 25th July
The C-21 City
Textbook and reference
NON
Related and/or prerequisite courses
The course involves a certain amount of reading preparation but is otherwise based on active participation. We hope to discover and theorize ways in which building and 窶忖rban design窶 can make for a more satisfactory life experience in today窶冱 cities worldwide.
Evaluation
Evaluation will be based on attendance, participation in discussion, occasional written exercises, and your own PPT/ equivalent presentations on assigned or chosen topics.
Supplement
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