| A Trans‐Scalar‐Practice: 10‐03 to 10+07 (From Objects to Earth through Time and Space) |
Required Readings
  Rasmussen, S. E. "Scale and Proportion." Chapter 5 in Experiencing Architecture. MIT Press, 1964, pp. 104–26. ISBN: 9780262680028. [Preview with Google Books]
———. "Rhythm in Architecture." Chapter 6 in Experiencing Architecture. MIT Press, 1964, pp. 127–58. ISBN: 9780262680028. [Preview with Google Books]
Take a Look At
Morrison, P. & P., C. & R. Eames. Selection from Powers of Ten: a Book about the Relative Size of Thingsin the Universe and the Effect of Adding another Zero. W. H. Freeman & Company/Scientific American Books, 1982.
Corner, J. "The Medium of Drawing: Projection, Notation and Representation." In Theory in Landscape Architecture: A Reader. Edited by S. Swaffield. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002, pp. 149–65. ISBN: 9780812218213. [Preview with Google Books]
Moneo, R. " On Typology." (PDF 10.3MB) Oppositions 13 (1978): 22–45.
Films and Links
Eames, Charles, and Ray Eames. "Powers of Ten." Eames Office, 1977.
Design Q & A. Directed by Charles, and Ray Eames. Color. 5 min. 1972. The Films of Charles and Ray Eames. Vol. 4. Chatsworth, CA: Image Entertainment, 2005. DVD.
Blow-Up. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Color. 11 min. DVD. 1966. Warner Home Video, 2004.
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| 10+00 the Human Scale: Bauhaus/Eames |
Required Readings
Kieran, S., and J. Timberlake. "Argument." In Refabricating Architecture: How Manufacturing Methodologies are Poised to Transform Building Construction. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003, pp. x–xiii. ISBN: 9780071433211.
Take a Look At
Wingler, Hans M. "Origin and History of the Bauhaus." In The Bauhaus: Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Chicago. MIT Press, 1978, pp. 1–11. ISBN: 9780262730471.
Gropius, W. The New Architecture and the Bauhaus. MIT Press, 1965. ISBN: 9780262570060. [Preview with Google Books]
Neuhart, J., M. Neuhart, and R. Eames. Eames Design: The Work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames. Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag fur Architektur und technische Wissenschaften, 1989. ISBN: 9783433022962.
Films and Links
Bauhaus: The Face of the 20th Century. Directed by Frank Whitford. Black and White/ color, 55 min. DVD. 1994. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004.
The Films of Charles and Ray Eames. Directed by Charles and Ray Eames. 1972. Image Entertainment, 2005.
Eames: the Architect and the Painter. Directed by Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey. Color, 85 min, DVD. 2011. First Run Features, 2011.
Objectified. Directed by Gary Hustwit. Color, 75 min. DVD. 2009. Plexifilm, 2010.
BauhausArchiveMuseum of Design
Eames Office
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| 10+00 the Post-Human: Fuller/Archigram/Cedric Price |
Required Readings
Cook, P. "An Archigram Legacy (1986)." In Peter Cook: Six Conversations. Academy ed. St Martins Press, 1993, pp. 123–25.ISBN: 9781854901569.
Take a Look At
Foster, S. N. "Richard Buckminster Fuller." In Buckminster Fuller. Anthology of the New Millennium. Edited by Thomas T. K. Zung. St. Martin's Press, 2001, pp. 1–8. ISBN: 9780312266394.
Crompton, D. A. Guide to Archigram 1961-1974. Academy ed. Ernst & Sohn, 1974. ISBN: 9781854903761.
Cook, P. The City Seen as a Garden of Ideas. Monacelli Press, 2004. ISBN: 9781580931083.
Wigley, M. Constant's New Babylon: the Hyper-Architecture of Desire. 010 Uitgeverij, 1999. ISBN: 9789064503436.
Films and Links
Arts at MIT. "Moving Beyond Materiality: MIT Visiting Artist Tomás Sarraceno." November 28, 2012. YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoZXt7ilkDo.
The Archigram Archival Project
MIT Media Labs we are visiting:
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| 10+01 the Domestic Scale: Villas |
Required Readings
Le Corbusier. "Regulating Lines." In Towards a New Architecture. Dover Publications, 1985, pp. 65–83. ISBN: 9780486250236.
———. "Mass Production Houses." In Towards a New Architecture. Dover Publications, 1985, pp. 225–65. ISBN: 9780486250236.
Take a Look At
Gideon, S. "Le Corbusier and the Means of Architectonic Expression." In Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition. 5th ed. Revised and enlarged. Harvard University Press, 1977, pp. 518–86. ISBN: 9780674830400. [Preview with Google Books]
Anker, P. Excerpts in From Bauhaus to Eco-House: A History of Ecological Design. Louisiana State University Press, 2010, pp. 1–35. ISBN: 9780807135518.
Moneo, R. "Peter Eisenman." In Theoretical Anxiety and Design Strategies in the Work of Eight Contemporary Architects. MIT Press, 2004, pp. 146–97. ISBN: 9780262134439.
———. "Rem Koolhaas." In Theoretical Anxiety and Design Strategies in the Work of Eight Contemporary Architects. MIT Press, 2004, pp. 308–59. ISBN: 9780262134439.
Films and Links
Mathematics of Architecture: Building by Numbers. VHS. Produced by the Open University. 1996. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1997.
Mon Oncle. Directed by JaquesTati. Color, 117 min. DVD. 1958. The AV Channel, 2004.
KoolhaasHouselife. Directed by IlaBêka and Louise Lemoine. DVD. 2008. Bêka Films, 2008.
Foundation Le Corbusier
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| 10+02 the Civic Scale: Bigness and Monumentality |
Required Readings
Busquets, J., ed. "Synthetic Gestures: Key Buildings with Urban Synergies." In Cities X Lines: A New Lens for the Urban Project. Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2006, pp. 19–49. ISBN: 9788884472946.
Take a Look At
Koolhaas, R. Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan. The Monacelli Press, 1997. ISBN: 9781885254009. [Preview with Google Books]
Hays, Michael. "'Life in the Metropolis' or 'The Culture of Congestion.'" In Architecture Theory since 1968. MIT Press, 2000, pp. 320–30. ISBN: 9780262581882. [Preview with Google Books]
Koolhaas, R., B. Mau, and H. Werlemann. "Bignessor the Problem of Large." In S, M, L, XL. Monacelli Press, 1998, pp. 494–516. ISBN: 9781885254863.
Rossi, A. "Introduction" and "The Structure of Urban Artifacts." The Architecture of the City. MIT Press, 1984, pp. 13–61. ISBN: 9780262680431.
Rowe, C., and F. Koetter. "Collision City and the Politics of Bricolage." In Collage City. MIT Press, 1979, pp. 86–117. ISBN: 9780262180863.
Films and Links
Playtime. Directed by Jacques Tati. Color, 115 min. DVD. 1967. Criterion, 2006.
Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect. Directed by Markus Heidingsfelder and Min Tesch. Color. DVD. 2008. New Video Group, 2010.
American University of Beirut. "Rem Koolhaas Lecture on OMA's Work." May 31, 2010. YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQdjKR8hYxI.
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| 10+03 the Neighborhood: The Urban Project |
Required Readings
Busquets, J. "Defining the Urbanistic Project: Ten Contemporary Approaches." In Urban Design. Edited by Alex Krieger and William S. Saunders. University of Minnesota Press, 2009, pp. 131–35. ISBN: 9780816656394.
Take a Look At
Solà-Morales, M. Manuel de Solà-Morales: A Matter of Things. NAi Publishers, 2008. ISBN: 9789056625207.
Busquets, J., ed. Cities X Lines: A New Lens for the Urban Project. Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2006. ISBN: 9788884472946.
Smets, M. The Landscape of Contemporary Infrastructure. NAi Publishers, 2010. ISBN: 789056627201.
Films and Links
schwarzpictures.com. "DE DRAGER / A Film About Architect John Habraken." March 9, 2013. Vimeo. http://vimeo.com/61410893.
Manuel de Solá-Morales
Busquets, Joan. "Urban Projects," BAU.
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10+04 the City: The Granite Garden
Guest Lecturer: Anne Whiston Spirn
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Required Readings
Spirn, A. W. "Ecological Urbanism: A Framework for the Design of Resilient Cities." Springer Verlag, 2013.
Take a Look At
Spirn, A. W. The Granite Garden: Urban Nature and Human Design. Basic Books, 1985. ISBN: 9780465026982.
———. The Language of Landscape. Yale University Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780300077452.
———. "The Poetics of City and Nature: Toward a New Aesthetic for Urban Design." (PDF) Landscape Journal 7, no. 2 (1988): 108–26.
———. The Eye is a Door. Wolf Tree Press, 2014.
Jacobs, J. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Vintage Books, 1992. ISBN: 9780679741954.
Mostafavi, M., and G. Doherty. Ecological Urbanism. Lars Muller Publishers, 2010. ISBN: 9783037781890.
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| 10+05 the Metropolis: Megalopolis |
Required Readings
Brenner, N. "Rescaling the Urban Question." In New Geographies, 0. Edited by Neyran Turan. Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2009, pp. 60–71. ISBN: 9781934510131. [Preview with Google Books]
Take a Look At
Banham, R. Megastructure: Urban Futures of the Recent Past. Thames and Hudson, 1976. ISBN: 9780064303712.
Lang, P., and W. Menking. Superstudio: Life Without Objects. Skira, 2003. ISBN: 9788884915696.
Friedman, Y. Excerpts from Yona Friedman/Pro Domo. ACTAR, 2006. ISBN: 9788496540514.
Films and Links
Urbanized. Directed by Gary Hustwit. Color, 85 min. DVD. 2011. Plexifilm, 2012.
Höweler + Yoon Architecture: Winners of the Audi Urban Future Award 2012
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10+06 the Regional Scale: Manufactured Landscapes
Guest Lecturer: Dan Adams
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Required Readings
Berger, A. "Lecture by Alan Berger." In Systemic Design can Change the World. Sun Architecture, 2009, pp. 11–25. ISBN: 9789085068761.
Take a Look At
Pauli, L. Manufactured Landscapes: The Photographs of Edward Burtynsky. Yale University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780300099430.
Berger, A. Drosscape: Wasting Land in Urban America. Princeton Architectural Press, 2006.
Ghosn, R., ed. New Geographies, 2: Landscapes of Energy. Harvard University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9781934510254.
Films and Links
Manufactured Landscapes. Directed by Jennifer Baichwal. Color, 86 min. DVD. 2007. Zeitgeist Films,2007.
Roadmap 2050
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| 10+07 the Earth Scale: Conclusions |
Required Readings
Sarkis, H. "The World According to Architecture." In New Geographies, 4: Scales of the Earth. Edited by E. H. Jazairy. Harvard Graudate School of Design, 2011. ISBN: 9781934510278. [Preview with Google Books]
Take a Look At
Panker, P. "Buckminster Fuller as Captain of Spaceship Earth." In Bauhaus to Eco-House: A History of Ecological Design. Louisiana State University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780807135518.
Sarkis, H. "New Geographies." In New Geographies, 0. Edited by Neyran Turan. Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2009, pp. 98–109. 9781934510131. [Preview with Google Books]
Doxiadis, C. A. "Man's Movement and His Settlements." In Constantinos A. Doxiadis: Texts, Design Drawings, Settlements. Edited by Alexandros-Andreas Kyrtsis. Ikaros, 2006, pp. 90–141. ISBN: 9789608399365.
Films and Links
Whole Earth Catalogue
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