Architecture 101 - Introduction to Architectural
Short summary:
exploring the ideas that lie behind the appearances of buildings, that is, architectural theory. In general, theory is the province of ideas that precedes action. In the examples we will be studying ...
Long summary:
Introduction Architecture 101 is dedicated to exploring the ideas that lie behind the appearances of buildings, that is, architectural theory. In general, theory is the province of ideas that precedes action. In the examples we will be studying, architects have combined ideas from different sources and for different purposes to create forms and spaces with complex and subtle meanings. In architecture, theory is not divorced from practice. On the contrary, theory and practice are inseparable. Architects cannot physically construct the buildings they design without a set of ideas to guide them. These may be, for example, traditional conventions, experimental structural concepts, or aesthetic judgment. Likewise, theory relies ultimately on practice to test its hypotheses and assumptions. This is not a history course, nor is it confined to a dominant culture. We will be studying examples of architecture from a wide variety of times and places. Though we are interested in how buildings relate to their specific historical and cultural contexts, our purpose is not simply to categorize styles. Ideas in architecture transcend time and place. By using a comparative method, we will discover how architects in different epochs and diverse places struggled with similar or divergent theoretical concepts. Therefore, the topics of lectures are dedicated to particular points of view that cut across history; they are not chronological. This may be difficult to understand at first because it is not a simplistic linear way of thinking. I will provide you with the essential information about the works we use to illustrate ideas (what, where, when, and by whom). Because of the wide range of architectural sources in the course, it is important that you carefully note the specifics of these examples so you can understand the conceptual relations we draw between them. Schedule 1/22 W Introduction and course overview 1/24 F Design fundamentals Analysis: D. D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York by Frank Lloyd Wright 1/27 M Morphology: Formal Structure 1/29 W Morphology: Formal Structure 1/31 F Morphology: Formal Structure Analysis: Leper Hospital, India; Sanahin Monastery, Armenia 2/03 M Architectural morphology (Quiz at the beginning of class) 2/05 W Architectural morphology: transitional forms 2/07 F Architectural morphology: transformations Analysis: Des Moines Art Center by Saarinen, Pei, and Meier 2/10 M Earth, 2/12 W Land 2/14 F Landscape Analysis: Architectural landscapes 2 2/17 M Forms of archaic architecture (Quiz at the beginning of class) 2/19 W Archaic and vernacular architecture 2/21 F Vernacular and neo-vernacular architecture Analysis: Razvian ...
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