ARCH 3815 - History of the Present - Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism

Fall or spring. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: ARCH 1801–ARCH 1802 or permission of instructor.

C. Otto.

Theory and practice in architecture and urbanism are investigated from later Modernism to contemporary positions. Built work, theoretical texts and graphics, and the nature of design practice in locations worldwide (such as the United States and the Pacific Rim) raise issues of globalization and the specificity of place and cultural identity. By engaging the immediate past using methods of cultural and design history, the course problematizes the relationship (and relevance) of history to architectural practice and experience.