Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Architecture

Meeting: 7:00PM - 9:30PM W (22-AUG-2011 - 2-DEC-2011) 

Part of Term: Full Term

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Method of Instruction: Face to Face

Credit Hours: 3

 

Section Max Enrollment: 10

Section Enrolled: 7

Enrollment data as of: 20-MAY-2024 12:16AM

 

 

 

Description: This seminar seeks to use Taiwan as a model to explore the implications of architectural engagement with a post-industrial operating across several scales, from the local to the global. The shift in Taiwan's industrial base has spurred massive investment in new infrastructure and a series of extra-large public architectural projects by global practices such as UN Studio, Toyo Ito, Richard Rogers, OMA and RUR. Added to this economic re-alignment are Taiwan's ambiguous, "unredeemed" international status and its island geography, which uniquely suit of restudying the role of architecture to simultaneously crate a global identity and serve an splintered local constituency. The insistence on the architectural project situated in an increasingly precarious context will form sphere and better definitions of architecture's relationship to post-industrial infrastructure. The seminar is structured around weekly discussions of reading material paired with case studies of Taiwan's infrastructural development and recent large-scale architectural interventions. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ARCH 673 if student has credit for ARCH 377. Repeatable for Credit.