Theory of City Form

Video Lectures

Lec 1: Introduction

Lec 2: Normative Theory I: The City as Supernatural

Lec 3: Normative Theory II: The City as Machine

Lec 4: Normative Theory III: The City as Organism

Lec 5: Descriptive and Functional Theory

Lec 6: Dimensions, Patterns, Agreements, Structure, and Syntax

Lec 7: The Early Cities of Capitalism

Lec 8: Transformations I: London

Lec 9: Transformations II: Paris

Lec 10: Transformations III: Vienna and Barcelona

Lec 11: Transformations IV: Chicago

Lec 12: Transformations V: Panopticism, St. Petersburg and Berlin

Lec 13: Utopianism as Social Reform and Built Form

Lec 14: 20th Century Realizations: Russia and Great Britain

Lec 15: City Form and Process

Lec 16: Spatial & Social Structure I: Theory

Lec 17: Spatial & Social Structure II: Bipolarity

Lec 18: Spatial & Social Structure III: Colony & Post-colony

Lec 19: Form Models I: Modern and Post-modern Urbanism

Lec 20: Form Models II: Open-endedness and Prophecy

Lec 21: Form Models III and IV: Rationality and Memory

Lec 22: Cases I: Public and Private Domains

Lec 23: Cases II: Suburbs and Periphery

Lec 24: Cases III: Post-urbanism and Resource Conservation

Lec 25: Cases IV: Hyper and Mega-urbanism

Lec 26: Conclusion: Towards a Theory of City Form