Course Schedule:
READING WRITING
8/28 Introductions Join course group/blog
UNIT 1: URBAN SPACE
8/30 unphotographable.com Write three unphotographable moments;
E.B. White, “Here is New York” post on course blog
9/4 Mumford, “What is a City?”, video Two more unphotographable moments
9/6 Poe, “Man of the Crowd” Blog post: write a short post reacting to our readings so far, describing a moment in your own life as a counterpoint to our readings
9/11 Walt Whitman, “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”
9/13 Walt Whitman, “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”
9/18 No Class
9/20 David Dunlap on NY Street Signs
Paper #1: “My New York: Urban
Textures”
9/25 No Class
9/27 Paul Goldberger, “Wave Effect” Blog post on an architectural building/detail
in NYC that you admire (+ photos)
UNIT 2: WRITING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE
10/2 Writing About Architecture 3 unphotographable moments
10/4 Writing About Architecture Blog post – review a NYC building
10/9 Writing About Architecture Draft of Paper #2
10/11 Writing About Architecture Paper #2: Urban Shapes (write a paper
that connects examples of a single geometric
shape around NYC
10/16 Writing About Architecture Blog post: City sounds
10/18 Writing About Architecture Blog post: response post to reading
10/23 Midterm Exam
UNIT 3: TECHNOLOGY AND THE CITY: RESPONSIVE SPACES
10/25 Dan Hill, “The Street as Platform” Blog: response post to reading
10/30 Dan Hill, “The Street as Platform” Blog: Photo essay – “The Street as
Platform”
11/1 Paul Goldberger, “Digital Dreams” Paper #3: Street as Platform
11/6 Portfolio Review: The Living Blog post on a project by The Living
11/8 Open Reading Find an article on architecture whose ideas
and language you admire and share it with
the class on the course blog
11/13 Penelope Green, “Yours for the Peeping” 2 unphotographable moments on privacy
11/15 Christopher Allen, “Intimacy Gradient Blog post on urban intimacy
and Other Lessons from Architecture”
UNIT 4: FINAL PROJECTS
11/20 Library Session – Linda P. Schwerin Library Draft final project proposal
11/22 No Class
11/27 Final Project Workshop
11/29 Final Project Workshop Final Project: Annotated Bibliography
12/4 Final Project Presentations Final Project Draft Due
12/6 Final Project Presentations Final Project – Blog peer review
12/11 Final Project Presentations Final Project Due
12/13 No Class
12/18 Final Exam, Part I
12/20 Final Exam, Part II
