Nov 18, 2024  
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ARCH 6680 - History, Theory, Criticism 3


Works of architecture, including buildings, landscapes, and cities embody knowledge, ideas, and imagination that express the ways of living and values of the cultures in which they occur. This course focuses on design at the scale of cities and territories, examining the role of social equity & inclusion and ecological knowledge and responsibility as forces in the development of the built environment. This course will examine the ways that socio-economic, cultural, political, ecological, and technological factors impact urban form. Students will learn to communicate the role and responsibility of architects in ensuring equity and access to sites, buildings, and structures within urban and rural contexts. The course will also assess the dynamic between the built and natural environments, paths to mitigating climate change, professional and ecological responsibility, adaptation, resilience principles and advocacy activities at the scale of cities, territories and landscapes. Information literacy and the proper use of citations in scholarly writing are central to the course. The course builds upon the historical and theoretical discourse established in the HTC sequence and challenges students to position themselves critically within contemporary design practice.

Each class meeting will run as a combination lecture and recitation format.

This course is required of allarchitecture graduate students in the M. Arch. Program.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ARCH 5110  

When Offered: Spring term annually.

Credit Hours: 4



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