January 14 Introduction
January 23 Theory
Readings:
Alan Johnson, Paul;
Introduction
Chapter 1; Theoretical Positions
A The Reach And Limits Of Theory
The Theory Of Architecture - Concepts, Themes And Practices; pp. 1-50
[Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York]
Reference:
Barthes, Roland;
"Writers, Intellectuals, Teachers"
The Rustle Of Language; pp. 309-331
Barthes, Roland;
"To The Seminar"
The Rustle Of Language; pp. 332-342
Suggested Reading:
Agrest, I. Diana;
"The Misfortune Of Theory"
Architecture From Without, Theoretical Framings for a Critical Practice
January 30 Ancient Greece
Readings:
Kolb, David;
Postmodern Sophistications,
Philosophy, Architecture and Tradition
Chapters 1-4; pp. 11-35
[University of Chicago Press, 1990]
Reference:
Plato's Republic;
Five Great Dialogues:
Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Symposium, Republic
[Classic Club, 1942]
February 4 Analysis
Readings:
Eisenman, Peter;
"Aspects Of Modernism: Maison Dom-Ino And The Self-Referential Sign"
Oppositions 1979 Winter-Spring, n.15-16, pp. 118-128
Barthes, Roland;
"The Reality Effect"
The Rustle of Language, pp. 141-148
Foucault, Michel;
Preface and Chapter 1,
"Las Meninas"
The Order of Things, pp. xv-xxiv; 3-16
Reference:
Russell, Bertrand;
The Art of Philosophizing And Other Essays
[Littlefield Adams, 1968]
Arnheim, Rudolf
"Analysis of a Symbol of Interacton"
Toward a Psychology of Art p 222-244
February 11 Semiotics
Readings:
Agrest, Gandelsonas
"Semiotics and Architecture: Ideological Consumption or Theoretical Works"
Theorizing Architecture; An Anthology Of Architectural Theory [Nesbitt, Editor]
[Princeton Architectural Press]
G. Broadvbent
"A Plain Man's Guide to the Theory of Signs in Architecture"
Theorizing Architecture; An Anthology Of Architectural Theory [Nesbitt, Editor]
[Princeton Architectural Press]
Jenks, Charles;
"The Architectural Sign"
Signs, Symbols And Architecture,pp. 71-118
[London and New York: John Wiley And Sons, 1980]
Barthes, Roland;
"Mythology Today"
The Rustle of Language, pp. 65-68
Barthes, Roland;
"Myth Today"
Mythologies, pp. 109-165
Reference:
Peirce, Charles S.;
The Essential Peirce : Selected Philosophical Writings
[Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1992]
Eco, U.
A Theory of Semiotics
[Bloomington : Indiana University Press]
February 18 Structuralism
Barthes, Roland;
"The Death of the Author"
The Rustle of Language, pp. 49-55
Bernard Tschumi
"Architecture and Limits I, II
Theorizing A New Agenda For Architecture
[Princeton Architectural Press]
Barry, Peter;
Beginning Theory, An Introduction To Literary And Critical Theory
[Manchester University Press, 1995] Selections
Reference:
Barry, Peter;
Beginning Theory, An Introduction To Literary And Critical Theory
[Manchester University Press, 1995] Selections
February 25 Deconstruction
Bernard Tschumi
"Notes Towards a Theory of Architectural Disjunction:
Theorizing Architecture; An Anthology Of Architectural Theory [Nesbitt, Editor]
[Princeton Architectural Press]
Bernard Tschumi
"Architecture and Limits, III
Theorizing Architecture; An Anthology Of Architectural Theory [Nesbitt, Editor]
[Princeton Architectural Press]
Barry, Peter;
Beginning Theory, An Introduction To Literary And Critical Theory
[Manchester University Press, 1995] Selections
Peter Eisenman
"Architecture and the Problem of the Rhetorical Figure"
Theorizing Architecture; An Anthology Of Architectural Theory [Nesbitt, Editor]
[Princeton Architectural Press]
Glusberg, J;
"Deconstruction, A Student's Guide,"
In Journal of Architectural Theory and Criticism, pp 31-81
[Academy Editions, 1991]
Reference:
Ellis, John M
Against Deconstruction
[Princeton Architectural Press, 1989]
March 4 Aesthetics I
Readings:
Alan Johnson, Paul;
Architecture Expression, Chapter 10, Part A: Esthetics in Architecture
The Theory Of Architecture - Concepts, Themes And Practices
[Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York]
Bernard Tschumi
"The Pleasure of Architecture"
Theorizing Architecture; An Anthology Of Architectural Theory [Nesbitt, Editor]
[Princeton Architectural Press]
The Editors;
"Questions For Colin Rowe, How Do You Define Architecture?"
ANY Magazine, © 1994
Barthes, Roland; "The New Citroën"
Mythologies
Palz, Veronica;
"Panic Fashion"
Reference:
Scruton, Roger; The Aesthetics of Architecture
[Princeton Architectrual Press]
Harries, Karsten
"Presentation And Re-Presentation In Architecture"
March 11 No Classes 3-10 To 3-14 - Spring Break
March 18 Aesthetics II
Readings:
Alan Johnson, Paul;
Architecture Expression, Chapter 10, Part B: Conventions of Communication
The Theory Of Architecture - Concepts, Themes And Practices
[Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York]
Peter Eisenman
"Vision's Unfolding: Architecture in the Age of Electronic Media"
Theorizing Architecture; An Anthology Of Architectural Theory [Nesbitt, Editor]
[Princeton Architectural Press]
March 25 Ethics
Readings:
Alan Johnson, Paul;
Ethics In Architecture, Chapter 5
Overview and Parts A + B
The Theory Of Architecture - Concepts, Themes And Practices
Political and Ethical Agendas; Chapter 8
Theorizing Architecture; An Anthology Of Architectural Theory [Nesbitt, Editor]
[Princeton Architectural Press]
Reference:
Krukowski, Lucian;
"Art And Ethics In Kant, Hegel And Schopenauer"
VIA No 10, © 1990, University of Pennsylvania
Aristotle; The Ethics Of Aristotle: The Nicomachean Ethics Translated
by J.A.K. Jackson. London: Penguin Books, 1955
April 1 Metaphysics
Readings:
Alan Johnson, Paul;
Governing Concetps In Architecture, Chapter 8
Overview andParts A + B
The Theory Of Architecture - Concepts, Themes And Practices
[Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York]
A Colquhoun
Three Kinds of Historicism
Theorizing Architecture; An Anthology Of Architectural Theory [Nesbitt, Editor], [part ch 4]
[Princeton Architectural Press]
Peter Eisenman
The End of the Classical: The end of the Beginning the End of the End
Theorizing Architecture; An Anthology Of Architectural Theory [Nesbitt, Editor], [part ch 4]
[Princeton Architectural Press]
April 8 Representation
Agrest, Diana;
"Framework For A Discourse On Representation"
Archtiecture From Without; pp156-170
Agrest, Diana;
"Notes On Film and Architecture"
Archtiecture From Without; pp128-137
Vidler, Anthony
"The Explosion Of Space: Architecture And The Filmic Imaginary"
Assemblage, 21
Schumacher, Thomas
"Deep Space - Shallow Space"
The Architectural Review
April 15 Proportion
Readings:
Alan Johnson, Paul;
Relationships In Architecture, Chapter 9; part
Overview and 'Measuring Architecture'
The Theory Of Architecture - Concepts, Themes And Practices
[Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York]
Hambridge, Jay;
Preface to and including lesson #10
The Elements Of Dynamic Symmetry
[Dover Publications]
Arnheim, Rudolf;
"A Review Of Proportions"
Toward A Psychology Of Art, Collected Essays pp. 102-119
[University of California, Berkeley; © 1966]
Reference:
Doxiadis, K.A.
"The Discovery Of The Ancient Greek System Of Architectural Spacing"
"Investigation"
"Documentation"
"Conclusion: Development Of The Twelve And Ten Part System
Of Architectural Spacing"
Architectural Space in Ancient Greece pp. 3-24
[Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1972]
Le Corbusier
The Modulor
[Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass; © 1954]
April 22 Modernity
Readings:<
Vattimo, Gianni;
Translator's Introduction and
"The Structure of Artistic Revolutions"
The End of Modernity
Peter Eisenman
"Post Functionalism"
Theorizing Architecture; An Anthology Of Architectural Theory [Nesbitt, Editor]
[Princeton Architectural Press]
Greenberg, Clement
"The Notion of Postmodern"
Reference:
Kuhn, Thomas S;
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
April 29 The Sublime
Readings:
Contemporary Definitions of the Sublime; Chapter 10
Theorizing Architecture; An Anthology Of Architectural Theory [Nesbitt, Editor]
[Princeton Architectural Press]