AH 322 - CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

DEPARTMENT OF ART HISTORY

Professor Deborah Fausch
email: fausch@uic.edu

 

SYLLABUS

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INTRO:



 

REVIEW OF MODERNISM & POSTMODERNISM

Week 1:
Week 2:

Review of Modernism
Developments of Modernism, Postmodernism

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PART I:

 

 

POST-INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND ECONOMIES
Week 3:
Week 4:		 Global Economics vs. Regional Self-Determination
Sustainability vs. Technology
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PART II:

 

 

THE FORM OF THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT

Week 5:
Week 6:
Week 7:

 The New (Sub)Urbanism vs. Megalopolis
Space vs. Place
Function vs. Type
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PART III:

 

 

COMMUNICATION AND THE PUBLIC REALM
Week 8:
Week 9:		 Public Place vs. the Media
Function vs. Sign
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PART IV:

 

 

THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY
Week 10:
Week 11:		 Difference vs. "Man"
Corporeal vs. Virtual
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PART V:

 

 

GENERATION OF FORM
Week 12:
Week 13:
Week 14:
 Autonomy vs. Engagement
Discourse vs. Tectonics
Form Minimalism vs. Form Organicism

 

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