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Courses | Architecture and Society | Lecture Slides

The information displayed here corresponds with the Fall 2021 Architecture & Society course. Please ask your TA if you have any questions.

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

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