Architecture 110AC (American Cultures)

Social and Cultural Processes in Architecture and Urban Design

Instructors Lusi Morhayim and Hans Sagan
Fall
Course syllabus Estimated
Discussion Reading
Week Forum Date Section Topic Forum Topic Leader Readings Time Assignments
1 1 Aug. 29 No Section INTRODUCTION Lusi and Hans
2 2 Sep. 3 No Section BASIC CONCEPTS: SOCIETY, SPACE, Hans Sagan #1: "Proxemics in a Cross-Cultural Context" (Hall, 1969) 20 min.
CULTURE, theory #17: "Inside Spatial Relations" (Pader, 1988) 45 min.
#39: "Levels of Analysis in Environmental Design" (Cranz, 2010) 30 min.
3 Sep. 5 ETHNOGRAPHY AND INTERVIEWS, theory, Hans Sagan #5: "The Anthropology of Space" (Hall, 1976) 20 min.
method and application #27: "Architect la Mode" (Singmaster, 1995) 10 min.
(bspace): "Introduction" (Hamilton & Watkins, 2009) 20 min.
3 4 Sept. 10 Introductions, DESIGN AS A SOCIAL ACT, documentary and Ayda Melika Ethnography and Space , Chs. 1-4 90 min. Ethnography Part I assigned
Ethnography Project discussion #10: "What Would a Non-Sexist City Look Like?" (Hayden, 1980) 45 min.
#21: "Women and Downtown Open Spaces" (Mozingo, 1989) 30 min.
5 Sep. 12 GENDER, RACE AND ETHNICITY, theory Lusi and Hans (bspace) Architecture and Social Change" (Rondanini, 1981) 20 min.
#26: "The Enacted Environment of East Los Angeles" (Rojas, 1993) 15 min.
4 6 Sept. 17 Gender and Housing USING PSCYHOLOGY TO CREATE WINNING Ian Mittroff #4: "Understanding Behaviour in Conflict" (Thomas & Kilman, 1974) 30 min. Ethnography Part I due in
Survey; Ethnography DESIGN TEAMS, theory, method (Wikipedia): "Myers-Briggs Type Indicator" 20 min. section; Ethnography Part II
Part II (bspace): "Ch. 11: Introduction to Content Analysis" (Berg, 2007) 1hr. assigned
7 Sept. 19 THE CHAIR, theory Galen Cranz Cranz, The Chair, Ch 1, 2, and 3 3 hr.
Ethnography & Space , Ch. 5 20 min.
5 8 Sept. 24 Architectural Taste;
Ethnography Part III
SOCIAL LIFE OF SMALL URBAN SPACES, film; Lusi / Hans (bspace): "From Place to Non-Place: A Case Study of Social Media and 45 min. Ethnography Part II due in
Ethnography Part III theory, method, application Contemporary Food Trucks" (Wessel, 2012) section; Ethnography Part III
#9: "The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces" (Whyte, 1980) 15 min. assigned
#7: "Environmental Messages" (Becker, 1977) 30 min.
9 Sept. 26 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, application Mike Pyatok Ethnography and Space , Ch. 6 20 min.
Cranz, The Chair, Ch 4, 5, and 6 3 hr.
#34: "A New Way of Thinking About Taste" (Cranz, 2004) 45 min.
6 10 Oct. 1 Concepts from Readings PRUITT IGOE Igoe Myth, film and discussion Antony Kim #2: "Natural Surveillance" and "Image and Milieu" (Newman, 1973) 45 min.
#14: "Territoriality" (Brown, 1987) 25 min.
#30: "Environmental Logic and Minority Communities" (Diaz, 2001) 30 min.
11 Oct. 3 POE METHODS & INTRODUCTION TO Lusi Morhayim Ethnography and Space , Ch. 7 30 min.
THE SITE, methods #15: "Observation: The World Under Glass" (Bechtel & Zeisel, 1987) 90 min.
#32: "Post-Occupancy Evaluation" (Zimring, 2002) 30 min.
7 12 Oct. 8 POE Team Formation; LIVABLITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN Lusi Morhayim visit http://myfootprint.org/en/ and calculate your footprint 30 min. Ethnography Part III due in
Ethnography Part IV URBAN SPACE, theory, method #31: "Reinterpreting Sustainable: The Role of Technology" (Guy & Farmer,
2001)
30 min. section; Ethnography Part IV
#28: "The Psychology of Sustainability" (Jones, 1996) 30 min. and POE resarch design
(bspace): Zeisel chapter for your POE method 30 min. proposal assigned
13 Oct. 10 PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES, theory,
application
TBA #30: "Environmental Logic and Minority Communities" (Diaz, 2001) 30 min.
(bspace): "Home from Nowhere" (Kunstler, 1996) 40 min.
#41: "Healthy Cities" (Lawrence, 2010) 30 min.
8 14 Oct. 15 POE Research Design; URBAN PARKS, theory, method, application Galen Cranz #35: "Defining the Sustainable Park" (Cranz & Boland, 2004) 30 min. POE resarch design proposal
assign sitting logs Ethnography and Space Ch. 8 30 min. draft due in section
#37: "Interview with Jaime Lerner" (2006) 30 min.
15 Oct. 17 LIVABLE STREETS AND ACTIVISM, application TBA #25: "The Park and the People" (Rosenzweig & Blackmar, 1992) 45 min.
#16: "Ethnicity and Urban Recreation" (Hutchinson, 1987) 30 min.
9 16 Oct. 22 POE Research Design POE AND STRATEGY IN PRACTICE, Emily Golembewski #40: "How Post-Occupancy Evaluation Research Effected Design and Policy 20 min. POE research design proposal
Proposal; tally sitting San Francisco Public Library" (Cranz, 2010) due in section; POE research
logs (bspace): "Ch 7: Evidence and Data in the Design of the Workplace"
(Hamilton &
25 min. assigned
2013
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Architecture 110AC (American Cultures)
Social and Cultural Processes in Architecture and Urban Design
Instructors Lusi Morhayim and Hans Sagan
Fall
Course syllabus Estimated
Discussion Reading
Week Forum Date Section Topic Forum Topic Leader Readings Time Assignments
2013
Watkins, 2009)
17 Oct. 24 CAMPUS AND HEALTH, theory, method Caitlin DeClercq (bspace): "Introduction to Healthy Places" (Frumkin, Wendel, Abrams, and 30 min.
2011)
(bspace): "Too Much Sitting: A Novel and Important Predictor of Chronic 15 min.
Risk?" (Owen, Bauman, and Brown, 2009)
SKIM (bspace): "A Quantitiative Review of Physical Activity, Health, and 15 min.
Outcomes Associated With Classroom-Based Physical Activity Interventions
10 18 Oct. 29 People's Park Design I; HOSPITAL DESIGN, application Barbara Denton (bspace): "Ch 5: Evidence-Based Medicine and Healthcare Design" (Hamilton 45 min. Ethnography Part IV due in
Ethnography Part V Watkins, 2009) section; Ethnography Part V
(bspace): "The Role of the Physical Environment in the Hospital of the 21st 45 min. assigned
(Ulrich & Zimring, 2004)
19 Oct. 31 HEALING GARDENS, theory, application Clare Cooper
Marcus
#33: "Environmental Correlates to Behavioral Health Outcomes"(Zeisel et al,
2003)
45 min.
#42: "Landscape Design: Patient-Specific Healing Gardens" (Marcus, 2010) 25 min.
11 20 Nov. 5 People's Park Design II PEOPLE'S PARK DESIGN FORUM, application Lusi / Hans (bspace): "From Free Speech to People's Park" (Mitchell, 2003) 30 min. POE raw data due in section;
(Wikipedia): "People's Park" 15 min. POE full draft report
#12: "The Homeless in Urban Parks" (Mozingo, 1984) 30 min. assigned
21 Nov. 7 COMMUNITY DESIGN CENTERS and Ayda Melika #18: "Vernacular Architecture as an Expression of its Social Context" (Pavlides
&
30 min.
PARTICIPATORY DESIGN, documentaries and Hesser, 1988)
discussion #13: "Models of Design in Studio Teaching" (Ledewitz, 1985) 30 min.
(bspace): "A Refrain With a View [Participation with a View]" (Hester, 1999) 25 min.
12 22 Nov. 12 High School Design: HIGH SCHOOL DESIGN FORUM, application Lusi / Hans #29: "The Hidden Program of the High School" (Childress, 2000) 60 min. Ethnography Part V due in
Listening to Clients; (bspace): "Ch 14: Healthy Schools" (Frumkin & Fox, Making Healthy Places ,
2011)
30 min. section; Ethnography Part VI
23 Nov. 14 Ethnography Part VI CO-HOUSING, application Katie McCamant #36: "Cohousing An Old Idea" (Durrett, 2005) 30 min. assigned
#20: "Overview of Collective and Shared Housing" (Franck, 1989) 45 min.
13 24 Nov. 19 Ethnography Poster LIGHTING AND HUMAN HEALTH, theory,
method
Antony Kim (bspace): "The Myth of the Eight Hour Sleep" (Hegarty, 2012) 15 min. Ethnography Part VI due in
Presentations (bspace): "A Study into the Effects of Types of Light on Children" (Hathaway) 45 min. section; POE full draft report
25 Nov. 21 CONTAINER HOUSING, application Walter Scott Perry (bspace): "Africans Find Refuge in Cast-off 'Big-Boxes'" (Wines, 2004) 15 min. due in section
Ethnography and Space Ch. 9 30 min.
14 26 Nov. 26 Campus Cognitive
Mapping;
COGNITIVE MAPPING FORUM, method,
application
Lusi / Hans #11: "Perception and Awareness" (Steele, 1981) 30 min. POE final report due in
section; Ethnography Part VII #6: "Signs of Life: Symbols in the American City" (Venturi & Rauch, 1976) 15 min. Ethnography Part VII
#22: "Designing to Orient the User" (Weisman, 1989) 15 min. assigned
(bspace): "Ch 3: The City Image and its Elements" (Lynch, 1960) 30 min.
Nov. 28 NO CLASS: Thanksgiving
15 27 Dec. 3 POE Team Reporting; ETHNOGRAPHY POSTER PRESENTATIONS
28 Dec. 5 Section Evaluations
16 Dec. 10 No Section FINAL ETHNOGRAPHY REPORT DUE Ethnography Part VII due in
Wurster 472 by 11 am
POE TEAMREPORT, FINAL REVIEW AND EVALUATIONS
PRESENTATIONS AND FINDINGS
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