These notes for selected discussion sections are courtesy of the course teaching assistants Mohamad A. Chakaki, Igor Demchenko, and Michael Kubo.
| REC # | Topics |
|---|---|
| R1 | Discussion: first societies (PDF) |
| R2 | Discussion: The MIT Chapel (PDF) |
| R3 | Discussion section: buildings and representations in time (PDF) |
| R4 | Discussion: the pyramids (PDF) |
| R8 |
Discussion: the profession of the architect in classical antiquity In lieu of notes, students referred to an excerpt of Vitruvius' De architectura (aka The Ten Books on Architecture), from Book 1 "First Principles and the Layout of Cities."
Source: Vitruvius Ten Books on Architecture, trans. Ingrid D. Rowland. Cambridge University Press, 1999. (Note for OCW users, an alternate translation by Morris Hicky Morgan (1914) is available online.) |
| R9 | Discussion: the plan of St. Gall (PDF) |