Course Catalog - 2014-2015

     

ARCH 452 - PRACTICING UTOPIA

Long Title: PRACTICING UTOPIA: ARCHITECTURE, EUGENICS AND THE MODERN LATIN CITY
Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: This seminar will explore the alliance between aesthetics, science, and ideology at the core of French and Latin American modernism. Focusing on early twentieth-century scientific and cultural dialogues between France and Latin America, this seminar will have as main territories of exploration: Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Havana, and Caracas. Cross-list: HART 463.