| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: Urban Design Politics: From MIT to "The Capital of the World" | |
| 2 | Three Perspectives on the Politics of Design | 1) Political Science Edelman, Murray. "Architecture, Spaces, and Social Order." In From Art to Politics: How Artistic Creations Shape Political Conceptions. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1995, pp. 73-90. ISBN: 0226184005.2) History Hobsbawm, Eric. "Introduction: Inventing Traditions." In The Invention of Tradition. Edited by Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1983, pp. 1-14. ISBN: 0521246458.3) Philosophy Goodman, Nelson. "How Buildings Mean." In Reconceptions in Philosophy. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett, 1988, pp. 31-48. ISBN: 0872200523. |
| 3 | Three More Perspectives on the Politics of Design | 1) Women's Studies Spain, Daphne. "Space and Status." In Gendered Spaces. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1992, pp. 1-29. ISBN: 0807843571. Boys, Jos. "Women and the Designed Environment: Dealing with Difference." Built Environment 16, no. 4 (1990): 249-256. 2) Political Economy Logan, John R., and Harvey L. Molotch. "The Social Construction of Cities." In Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place. Berkeley, CA: University of Califonia Press, 1987, pp. 1-12. ISBN: 0520055772. Zukin, Sharon. "Market, Place, and Landscape." In Landscapes of Power: From Detroit to Disney World. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1991, pp. 3-23. ISBN: 0520072219.3) Anthropology Peattie, Lisa. "Representation." In Planning: Rethinking Ciudad Guayana. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1987, pp. 111-152. ISBN: 0472080695. |
| 4 | The Political Extremes of Urban Design 1: Mussolini's Rome | Payne, Stanley G. "What do We Mean by Fascism?" In Fascism: Comparison and Definition. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1980. ISBN: 0299080609. Ghirardo, Diane Yvonne. "Italian Architects and Fascist Politics: An Evaluation of the Rationalist's Role in Regime Building." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 39, no. 2 (May 1980): 109-127. Doordan, Dennis P. "The Political Content in Italian Architecture during the Fascist Era." Art Journal 43, no. 2 (Summer 1983): 121-131. |
| 5 | The Political Extremes of Urban Design 2: Berlin, Pre-War to Post-Wall | Helmer, Stephen. Hitler's Berlin: The Speer Plans for Reshaping the Central City. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Research Press, 1985, pp. 27-48. ISBN: 0835716821. Ladd, Brian. "Nazi Berlin." In The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1997, pp. 127-173. ISBN: 0226467619. Ibid. "Divided Berlin." pp. 174-215. Ibid. "Capital of the New Germany." pp. 216-235. Krier, Leon. "Forward Comrades, We Must Go Back." Oppositions 24 (September 1981): 26-37. Ockman, Joan. "The Most Interesting Form of Lie." Oppositions 24 (September 1981): 38-47. Speer, Albert. "Responsibility and Response." Journal of Architectural Education 32, no. 2 (November 1978): 18. Translated by Dennis Domer. Wise, Michael Z. "Master Plan for a Government District," "Choosing a Chancellery," and "Norman Foster's Reichstag: Illuminating Shadows of the Past." In Capital Dilemma: Germany's Search for a New Architecture of Democracy. New York, NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 1998, pp. 57-80 and 121-134. ISBN: 1568981341. |
| 6 | The Political Extremes of Urban Design 3: Capital Cities | Vale, Lawrence J. "Mediated Monuments and National Identity." Journal of Architecture (Winter 1999): 391-408. Vale, Lawrence J. Architecture, Power, and National Identity. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1992, chapters 3-5. Wright, Gwendolyn. The Politics of Design in French Colonial Urbanism. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1991. ISBN: 0226908488. Goodsell, Charles T. The Social Meaning of Civic Space: Studying Political Authority Through Architecture. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1988. ISBN: 0700603476. |
| 7 | The Design Politics of Public Housing 1 | Gropius, Walter. "Sociological Premises for the Minimum Dwelling of Urban Industrial Populations," and "Houses, Walk-ups or Highrise Apartment Blocks?" In The Scope of Total Architecture. New York, NY: Collier Books, 1962. Vale, Lawrence J. "Building Selective Collectives." In From the Puritans to the Projects: Public Housing and Public Neighbors. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000, pp. 162-266. ISBN: 0674002865. Franck, Karen A., and Michael Mostoller. "From Courts to Open Space to Streets: Changes in the Site Design of U.S. Public Housing." Journal or Architectural and Planning Research 12, no. 3 (Autumn 1995): 186-220. Newman, Oscar. "Housing Design and the Control of Behavior," and "Site-Planning Guidelines for Housing." In Community of Interest. Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1981, pp. 48-77 and 193-213. ISBN: 0385111231. |
| 8 | The Design Politics of Public Housing 2 | Smith, Janet L. "HOPE VI and the New Urbanism." Planners Network, Spring 2002. ———. "The Space of Local Control in the Devolution of US Public Housing Policy." Geofrafiska Annaler B 83, no. 4 (2000): 221-233. |
| 9 | The Design Politics of Urban Resilience | Vale, Lawrence J., and Thomas J. Campanella, eds. "Introduction: The Cities Rise Again." In The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN: 0195175832. Kates, Robert W., and David Pijawka, "From Rubble to Monument: The Pace of Reconstruction." In Reconstruction Following Disaster. Edited by J. Eugene Haas, Robert W. Kates, and Martyn Bowden. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1977. ISBN: 026208094X. Explore Resilient City. |
| 10 | Student Presentations 1 | |
| 11 | Student Presentations 2 | |
| 12 | Student Presentations 3 |
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