Introduction to Design and the Built Environment
This course is an introductory lecture in the Common First Year sequence required of all students entering the College of Architecture undergraduate programs. This class is meant to Foster a critical curiosity about the design and built environment; Foster an informed engagement with one's surroundings: from the scale of the house, to the campus, the city, and up to the scale of the metropolitan region; Focus on the changing nature of public and private space in America; Provide a cross-disciplinary introduction to contemporary issues in architecture, building construction, and design culture. This course also provides an introduction to the three COA programs as well as their allied professions.
Practice: Near and Far: Architecture and Design in Cross-Cultural Situations
This course looks at global practice – people working in countries and for cultures not their – by focusing on its transcultural aspects: how knowledge, skills, ideologies, and practices cross geographical, cultural, and professionsol time zones.
Given the complexity of the subject matter, the course does not advocate a single reading or disciplinary perspective. Rather, course activities are organized to elicit the multiple registers, issues, and negotiations, that mark cross-cultural engagement.