All participants in the program are required to be full time students, taking 12 credit hours. Six credit hours must be letter grade. The other six hours should be taken on a pass/fail basis in accordance with Institute regulations; these courses may be taken for letter grade by permission only.
This course is conducted with lectures, seminars, site visits, and discussions at Georgia Tech and in each of the three locations, as well as the short trip to Copenhagen. It will be organized around a reader, which all students will carry and read during the travel period. Requirements are as follows: First is an illustrated essay of 2000 words, ready for web-based publication, on a topic of modern/contemporary urbanism that examines all three locations in a manner that only direct personal experience could provide. The essay will be supported by bibliographic references in sidebars. Second is a journal and sketch book, recording analyses of project visits.
This course is an examination of significant examples of contemporary architecture, landscape architecture and urbanism in Europe within the 4 cities and regions to be visited. The course will also include visits, including lectures, to architecture/landscape/planning offices and guided visits to construction sites accompanied by project designers, where possible. The course will be supported by a reader, assembled from current journals and internet resources, with background materials on the buildings to be visited and essays by the architects. Each student will document a minimum of six contemporary buildings or places that have not been widely published in the U.S. Each student will also keep a journal/sketchbook recording visits to all buildings and projects.
This course involves lectures and seminars, site visits, guided tours and documentation of the significant examples of modern architecture in Europe. The focus will be on the four cities/regions to be visited. Although most of the projects date from the period between the wars, others will be included dating from the emergence of modernism from the 1890’s forward and the continuation of modernism in the period immediately after WWII. The course will be supported by a reader, assembled from journals and books. Each student will keep a detailed journal/sketchbook recording visits to all buildings and projects.
This is an individual research project, based on a proposal presented to the faculty in advance of the trip. The proposal will specify the work to be completed, its form and media, and bibliographic supports. Many different subjects are possible for this in-depth study. Some recent projects: Smart Facades in Contemporary European Architecture, Public Space in Terrain Vagues, Contemporary Urban Housing in Europe: Type and Model, Street Spaces: Dimensions of Sections and Intersections.