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Program Requirements
The program consists of three semesters of coursework to be completed in 12 months. Intensive weekly seminars held during the first two terms focus on architectural history and theory. ARCH 623 (Project Preparation), taken during the second semester, culminates in a project. The studio themes engage urban issues critically, raising questions of program, form, and representation. A final document includes the project plus three papers.
Research Project (15 credits)
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ARCH 624 History and Theory Project (15 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Thematic, site-specific experimental design with an emphasis on process, including 1) survey/mapping and 2) preparation of text, drawings and models.
Terms: Summer 2013
Instructors: Perez-Gomez, Alberto (Summer)
(0-15-30)
Required Courses (30 credits)
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ARCH 622 Critical Writing (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Seminar to critically review an architectural topic.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Castro, Ricardo L (Fall)
(2-0-7)
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ARCH 623 Project Preparation (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Guided background preparation for the project.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Perez-Gomez, Alberto; Bhatt, Vikram; Mellin, Robert; Friedman, Abraham; Adams, Annmarie; Sprecher, Aaron; Türeli, Aysenur (Winter)
(2-1-6)
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ARCH 650 Architectural History Seminar 1 (8 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Western Architectural history from Antiquity to the Renaissance. A hermeneutic reading of primary sources, i.e. a section or chapter of an historical treatise, a frontispiece or image, in the framework of recent scholarship on the subject.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Perez-Gomez, Alberto (Fall)
(3-5-16)
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ARCH 651 Architectural History Seminar 2 (8 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Early Modern European theory of architecture, 17th - 19th centuries. A hermeneutic reading of primary sources, i.e. a section or chapter of an historical treatise, a frontispiece or image, in the framework of recent scholarship on the subject.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Perez-Gomez, Alberto (Winter)
(3-5-16)
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ARCH 652 Architectural Theory Seminar 1 (4 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Phenomenology and hermeneutics.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Perez-Gomez, Alberto (Fall)
(4-0-8)
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ARCH 653 Architectural Theory Seminar 2 (4 credits)
Overview
Architecture : The experience of modernity in cultural criticism, philosophy, literature and art.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Bressani, Martin (Winter)
(4-0-8)
Faculty of Engineering—2012-2013 (last updated Dec. 20, 2012) (disclaimer)
