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LECTURE SLIDES
PART 1 – INTRODUCTION
The Impact of Architecture/Course Description
Architecture and Society—Overview
Architectural Values/Philosophy/Principles/Prejudices/Theory
PART 2 – FORM IN ARCHITECTURE
Architecture as Sensual/Visual Experience
Architecture as Intellectual/Artistic Experience
Systems and Order
Numbers/Mathematics/Geometry as Inspiration of Form
Nature/Biology/Organisms as Inspiration of Form
Synthesis—Form
PART 3 – PHYSICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ARCHITECTURE
Buildings and Land
Geography/Topography/Ecology
Structure/Materials
Construction/Tectonics
Talk #25 and #26 – Architecture in Response to Climate
Synthesis—Physical Considerations
PART 4 – HUMAN FACTORS IN ARCHITECTURE
Designation and Organization of Use
Architectural Determinism
Humanism at a Personal Scale
Humanism at the Scale of Organizations/Communities/Bureaucracies
Meaning in Public Buildings
Synthesis—Human Factors
PART 5 – COMBINATIONS AND SYNTHESIS
Technology as a Source of Beauty
Perfection and Compromise
A Few Good Buildings