4.210 | Fall 2012 | Graduate

Precedents in Critical Practice

Readings

Readings are classified as required, recommended, or for perusal. Readings assigned for each session are coupled under their respective themes, and are the basis of in-class discussions.

SES # THEME
1-2 Introduction
3-4 City ⇒ Global Economy
5-6 Urban Plan ⇒ Map of Operations
7-8 Program ⇒ Performance
9-10 Drawing ⇒ Scripting
11-12 Image ⇒ Surface
13-14 Utopia ⇒ Projection

The following are recommended texts from which a number of the course readings are taken:

Buy at MIT Press Hays, K. Michael. Architecture’s Desire: Reading the Late Avant-Garde. MIT Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780262513029.

Sykes, A. Krysta. Constructing a New Agenda: Architectural Theory 1993–2008. Princeton Architectural Press, 2010. ISBN: 9781568988597. [Preview with Google Books]

Buy at MIT Press Moneo, Rafael. Theoretical Anxiety and Design Strategies in the Work of Eight Contemporary Architects. Translated by Gina Cariño. MIT Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780262134439.

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