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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2011
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ARCH 698 001 (CRN: 25884)
URBAN FORMS OF PLURALITY
Long Title: URBAN FORMS OF PLURALITY
Department: Architecture
Instructor: Bhatia, Neeraj
Meeting: 7:00PM - 9:45PM W (10-JAN-2011 - 22-APR-2011)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Section Max Enrollment: 10
Section Enrolled: 9
Enrollment data as of: 26-JUN-2024 12:29AM
Description: This seminar examines the urban forms of pluralism and indeterminacy that emerged during late Modernism with the breakdown of CIAM and was positioned through the projects of the 'megastructure,' 'omnibuilding' and 'pod' in the postwar period. Exploring the link between this 'almost project' that was interrupted during the 1970s and 80s., the seminar explores recent analogous trajectories within systems of infrastructure, landscape and ecology in providing a platform for the continued project of plurality. Unpacked through an examination of theoretical texts and projects by Hannah Arendt, Buckminster Fuller, Cedric Price, Yona Friedman, Archigram, Archizoom, Superstudio, OMA, Stan Allen, Keller Easterling and Konstantinos Doxiadis amongst others, it positions a new role and relevancy for the architect who is confronted with an increasingly indeterminate globe and contingent city.