GLOBAL DESIGN PRACTICE WEEK 4: PRACTICE AS FOR-PROFIT SERVICE
John Hancock Tower, Chicago IL (Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill)
SCHEDULE
Monday 2/6 Lecture 4 Wednesday 2/8 Office Visit: Krueck Sexton Partners
LECTURE 4: CAPITALISM, DESIGN, AND PRACTICE
Slides Download
READINGS AND VIDEOS
Aleksandr Bierig, “The High Line and Other Myths,” Log 18 (Winter 2010): 129-134. PDF
Ashley Shafer and Amanda Reeser, “After-Thoughts,” Praxis 5 (2003): 4-5. PDF
Craig Dykers, IIT Dean’s Lecture Series (Spring 2016), 1h 40m. Link
Patrik Schumacher, “Only Capitalism Can Solve the Housing Crisis,” Adam Smith Institute, 25 April 2018. Link
READING RESPONSE
Open (respond to any or all of the readings as you like)
Due Monday 2/13, 9am, uploaded to Box
CASE STUDIES
Skidmore Owings and Merrill (Global)
Perkins + Will (Global)
Snøhetta (Global)
Field Operations (US)
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (US)
SWA (US)
Kieran Timberlake (US)
Thomas Phifer and Partners (US)
Turenscape (China)
Balkrishna Doshi (India)
Atelier KOÉ (Senegal)
Openbox Architects (Thailand)