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Apr 19, 2024
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ARCH 575 - Contemporary Asian Architecture & Urbanism
Prerequisites: Senior Standing in the B.S./M.Arch or Urban Studies CORE concentration and minor
Architecture Elective
Twentieth-Century architecture in Asia, from the Middle-east to Indonesia has gone through several stages; from modernism and nationalism, and in the latter half, to issues of regionalism, historicism, “Islamic architecture” and a synthesis of all these. In the 21st century globalization is reflected in new buildings and cities, and notions of cultural and environmental sustainability have come to the forefront. The seminar examines the influences and frameworks - both societal and personal - that form the architectures, architects and their work, and the milieu within which urban places are conceived. The seminar assists in the difficult task of interpreting and understanding current and emerging urban development and building design in rapidly changing societies. Given that the 21st century might well be the century of India and China this discourse is of great relevance to architecture worldwide.
3 credits
Fall
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