Precedents in Critical Practice

Presentations

The following table details the architectural topics and works that were presented in class by the students. Additional resources including links to projects and additional texts are also included. Students should use the terms and concepts found in the recommended “presentation texts” to frame the corresponding architectural works in their presentations.

SES #	PRESENTATION TEXTS	POSSIBLE ARCHITECTURAL TOPICS
Introduction
1	--	Introduction
2	--	Mapping of contemporary discourse
City ⇒ Global Economy
3	Jameson, Fredric. “Postmodernism and Consumer Society.” In The Cultural Turn: Selected Writings on the Postmodern (1983-1998). Verso, 1998, pp. 1–20. ISBN: 9781859841822. [Preview with Google Books]	Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, Steven Izenour: Learning from Las Vegas Venturi, Robert, Denise Scott-Brown, and Steven Izenour. “Theories of Ugly and Ordinary and Related Contrary Theories.” In Learning from Las Vegas. MIT Press, 1972, pp. 128–63. ISBN: 9780262220156. _______________________________________ Peter Eisenman: Cannaregio Project; and Early Houses
4	Koolhaas, Rem. “Globalization.” In S, M, L, XL. The Monacelli Press, 1995, pp. 363–9. ISBN: 9781885254016. ———. “What Ever Happened to Urbanism.” In S, M, L, XL. The Monacelli Press, 1995, pp. 960–71. ISBN: 9781885254016.	FOA (Foreign Office Architects): Yokohama International Port Terminal _______________________________________ Shrinking Cities Competition, or Ordos 100, or Foster
Urban Plan ⇒ Map of Operations
5	De Certeau, Michel. “Spatial Practices: Walking in the City.” In The Practice of Everyday Life. The University of California Press, 1984, pp. 91–110. ISBN: 9780520047501. Tschumi, Bernard. “Spaces and Events.” In Architecture and Disjunction. MIT Press, 1994, pp. 139–49. ISBN: 9780262200943.	Bernard Tschumi: The Manhattan Transcripts Tschumi, Bernard. The Manhattan Transcripts. 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons, 1994. ISBN: 9781854903815. _______________________________________ Atelier Bow-Wow: Made in Tokyo Kuroda, Junzo, and Momoyo Kaijima. Made in Tokyo: Guide Book. Kajima Institute Publishing, 2001. ISBN: 9784306044210.
6	Corner, James, eds. “Eidetic Operations and New Landscapes.” In Recovering Landscape: Essays in Contemporary Landscape Architecture. Princeton Architectural Press, 1999, pp. 153–68. ISBN: 9781568981796. [Preview with Google Books]	Downsview Park finalists Czerniak, Julia. Downsview Park Toronto. Prestell Publishing, 2002. ISBN: 9783791325361.
Program ⇒ Performance (Relations, Effects, Atmospheres)
7	Rowe, Colin. “Program versus Paradigm: Otherwise Casual Notes on the Pragmatic, the Typical and the Possible.” In As I Was Saying: Recollections and Miscellaneous Essays: Texas, Pre-Texas, Cambridge. MIT Press, 1995, pp. 36–42. ISBN: 9780262181723. Koolhaas, Rem. “Programmatic Lava.” In S, M, L, XL. The Monacelli Press, 1995, pp. 1210–37. ISBN: 9781885254016.	OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture): Seattle Central Library; and Très Grande Bibliothèque Kubo, Michael. Office for Metropolitan Architecture: Seattle Public Library. Actar, 2005. ISBN: 9788495951632. _______________________________________ Atelier FCJZ _______________________________________ WORKac (Work Architecture Company) BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group)
8	Kwinter, Sanford. “Concepts: The Architecture of Hope.” Harvard Design Magazine 19, Fall 2003/Winter 2004, 1–4. Van Berkel, Ben, and Caroline Bos. “The New Concept of the Architect.” In MOVE. Goose Press, 1999, pp. 27–33. ISBN: 9789076517018.	MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program finalists - SUR by Xefirotarch (2005) - Canopy by nARCHITECTS (2004) - Dunescape by SHoP (2000) _______________________________________ R&Sie(n) Architects
Drawing ⇒ Scripting
9	Evans, Robin. “In Front of Lines that Leave Nothing Behind: Chamber Works.” In Architecture Theory Since 1968. Edited by K. Michael Hays. MIT Press, 1998, pp. 480–90. ISBN: 9780262082617.	Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Early work; drawings; and Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Boston _______________________________________ Steven Holl: Early drawings; and Simmons Hall
10	Lynn, Greg. “Geometry in Time.” In Anyhow. Edited by Cynthia Davidson. MIT Press, 1998, pp. 165–73. ISBN: 9780262540957. Allen, Stan. “The Digital Complex.” In Log 5. Anyone Corporation, 2005, pp. 93–9. ISBN: 9780974652146.	dECOi Architects or Contemporary Architecture Practice (Ali Rahim and Hina Jamelle) _______________________________________ MVRDV: FARMAX Maas, Winy, Jacob van Rijs, and Richard Koek, eds. Farmax. Uitgeverij 010 Publishers, 1998. ISBN: 9789064502668.
Image ⇒ Surface
11	Venturi, Robert, Denise Scott-Brown, and Steven Izenour. “Theories of Ugly and Ordinary and Related Contrary Theories.” In Learning from Las Vegas. MIT Press, 1972, pp. 128–63. ISBN: 9780262220156.	Zaha Hadid: Vitra Fire Station; and BMW Central Building / BMW Showroom LO-TEK _______________________________________ Jürgen Mayer H. Pier Vittorio Aureli: A Vision for Brussels Aurelli, Pier Vittorio. Brussels: A Manifesto Towards the Capital of Europe. Edited by Veronique Patteeuw, Joachim Deklerck, and Martino Tattara. NAi Publishers, 2007. ISBN: 9789056625528.
12	Hays, K. Michael. “Critical Architecture Between Culture and Form.” Perspecta 21 (1984):14–29.	Herzog & de Meuron: American works _______________________________________ Office dA: Visit at least one project in Boston
Utopia ⇒ Projection
13	Tafuri, Manfredo. “L’Architecture dans le Boudoir; Architecture of Criticism and the Criticism of Language.” In Architecture Theory Since 1968. Edited by in K. Michael Hays. MIT Press, 1998, pp. 148–67. ISBN: 9780262082617.	No student presentations
14	Koolhaas, Rem. “Europeans: Biuer! Dali and Le Corbusier Conquer New York.” In Delirious New York. The Monacelli Press, 1997, pp. 235–49. ISBN: 9781885254009.	No student presentations