GLOBAL DESIGN PRACTICE WEEK 1: OVERVIEW AND ASSESSMENTS

SCHEDULE

Wednesday 1/18 Course introduction + class survey; Lecture 1

LECTURE 1: DEFINING PRACTICE

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READINGS

“Architectural Practice Now,” Harvard Design Magazine Vol. 32 (Spring/Summer 2010): 28-43. PDF

James Corner, “Recovering Landscape as a Critical Cultural Practice,” Recovering Landscape, ed. James Corner (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1999), 1-26. PDF

Jay Wickersham, “Learning from Burnham: The Origins of Modern Architectural Practice,” Harvard Design Magazine Vol. 32 (Spring/Summer 2010): 18-27. PDF

Stan Allen, “Introduction: Practice vs. Project,” Practice: Architecture Technique + Representation (Abingdon: Routledge, 2009), xi-xxiii. PDF

READING RESPONSE

• Based on the readings and your own interests, how do you define “design practice” today?

Due Wednesday 1/25, 9am, uploaded to Box