Course Schedule
| Th - Sept 9 | Introduction / Impressions of the City | |
| Tu - Sept 14 |
Formal analysis (part 1)
O'Gorman, whole book |
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| Th - Sept 16 |
Origins of the Skyscraper (part 1)
Condit (bulkpack) |
Informal Assignment 1 |
| Tu - Sept 21 |
Origins of the Skyscraper (part 2)
Landau & Condit (bulkpack) |
Informal Assignment 2 |
| Th - Sept 23 |
Formal analysis (part 2) (excursion)
Flower, "Writer-based prose" (bulkpack) |
Informal Assignment 3 |
| Fr - Sept 24 | Add Ends | |
| Tu - Sept 28 |
Urban Evolution
Frampton (bulkpack) Mohl (bulkpack) |
Vocabulary Quiz |
| Th - Sept 30 |
Frank Furness
Thomas (bulkpack) |
Argument paper (ver.1) |
| Mo - Oct 4 | Conferences | |
| Tu - Oct 5 | Peer review of papers | Informal Assignment 4 |
| Th - Oct 7 | *NY High Rises (excursion) | Argument paper (ver.2) |
| Tu - Oct 12 |
H.H. Richardson
Van Rensselaer (bulkpack) O'Gorman (bulkpack) |
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| Th - Oct 14 |
Louis Sullivan
Condit (bulkpack) Sullivan (bulkpack) |
Informal Assignment 5 |
| Fr - Oct 15 | Drop Period Ends | |
| Oct 16 - Oct 18 | Fall Break | |
| Tu - Oct 19 | *NY High Rises (excursion) | |
| Th - Oct 21 | Research trip to the library | Formal analysis (ver.1) |
| Oct 22 - Oct 24 | Family Weekend | |
| Mo - Oct 25 | Conferences | |
| Tu - Oct 26 | Peer review | |
| Th - Oct 28 | Formal analysis (ver.1) | |
| Tu - Nov 2 |
Suburban growth, railway transportation (excursion)
Jackson "Home, Sweet Home: The House and the Yard", and "The Main Line: Elite Suburbs and Commuter Railroads." Chaps. 3 & 5 |
Informal Assignment 6 |
| Th - Nov 4 |
Frank Lloyd Wright
O'Gorman (bulkpack) Wright (bulkpack) |
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| Tu - Nov 9 |
Housing and the Underclass
Riis (bulkpack) Immigrant Testimonies (bulkpack) Boyer (bulkpack) |
Informal Assignment 7 |
| Th - Nov 11 |
City as Liberating Space
Butler (bulkpack) Stansell (bulkpack) |
Informal Assignment 8 |
| Tu - Nov 16 |
Historic Preservation
Mitchell Schwarzer, "Myths of Permancence and Transience in the Discourse on Historic Preservation in the United States," Journal of Architectural Education vol.48, no.1 (September 1994):2-11. Kay Weeks, "Are We Losing Authenticity to Recover Appearances?" CRM vol17, no 5 (1994):26-32. Desk pamphlets on Reserve in Furness |
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| Th - Nov 18 |
Parks & Fresh Air
Rosenzweig & Blackmar (bulkpack) Olmsted (bulkpack) Jacobs, "The Uses of Neighborhood Parks." Chap. 5. |
Research paper (ver.1) |
| Tu - Nov 23 | Peer review | |
| Wed - Nov 23 | Conferences | |
| Tu - Nov 30 | Philadelphia Walking Excursion | Research paper (ver.2) |
| Th - Dec 2 |
The Walking City
Jacobs, "Introduction", "The Uses of City Neighborhoods." Chaps. 1 & 6 Jackson, "Transportation Revolution and the Erosion of the Walking City." Chap. 2 |
Informal Assignment 9 |
| Tu - Dec 7 | Presentations | |
| Th - Dec 9 |
Presentations
Party |