choose two design projects from the case study list.
Write a description and critical account of these projects.
Compare and contrast them in terms of design and cultural, social context.
Situate them relative to forms of urbanism(s). Consider the forms we have discussed in class, as well as
others that you think are relevant.
Argue your case in a structed way – introduction, observations, references, conclusion.
All papers should be:
– Approx 2,000 words
– 11 pt, Times New Roman, at 1.5 spacing.
– Approx 4?6 images are encouraged with short captions.
– Endnote sources using conventional Chicago Manual of Style format.
Select a project from the list below:
1. Justus van Effen Complex, Rotterdam, NL – Michiel Brinkman – 1922
2. Barbican Estate, London, UK – Chamberlin, Powell and Bon – 1976
3. Borneo?Sporenburg, Amsterdam, NL ? West 8 – 1996
4. Lafayette Park, Detroit, USA – Ludwig Hilberseimer & Mies van der Rohe – 1959
5. Congresso Nacional, Brasilia, BR – Oscar Neimeyer – 1960
6. Le Monolithe, Lyon, FR – MVRDV, et al. – 2010
7. Monte Carasso, Switzerland ? Luigi Snozzi – 1970
8. Seaside, Seaside, USA – DUany Plater?Zyberk – 1981
9. CiBoGa, Groningen, NL – S333 Architecture – 1996
11. New Gourna Village, Luxor, Egypt – Hassan Fathy – 1952
12. Hillside Terrace, Tokyo, JP ? Fumihiko Maki – 1970s
13. Byker Wall, Newcastle, UK – Ralph Erskine – 1970s
14. Quinta da Malagueira, Evora, PT – Alvaro Siza – 1977
15. Bouça, Porto, PT – Alvaro Siza – 1975
16. Toulouse?Le Mirail, Toulouse, FR – Candilis Josic Woods – 1970s
17. The Lijnbaan, Rotterdam, NL – Van den Broek & Bakema – 1953
18. Peabody Terrace, Cambridge, USA – Sert, Jackson & Gourley – 1964
19. El Ruedo, Madrid, SP – Francisco Saenz de Oiza – 1990
20. Block 10 IBA, Berlin, GR – Aldo Rossi – 1988
21. Shinonome Canal Court, Tokyo, JP – Riken Yamamoto – 2003
22. Linked Hybrid, Beijing, CN – Steven Holl – 2009
23. Superquadra, Brasilia, BR – Lucia Costa, et al. – 1960s
24. One Santa Fe, Los Angeles, US ? Michael Maltzan ? 2015
25. TD Centre, Toronto, CA – Mies van der Rohe – 1967
26. Quartiere Matteotti, Terni, IT ? Giancarlo de Carlo – 1970
27. Residence du Pont du Jour ? Fernand Pouillon, Boulogne?Billancourt – 1961
28. Euralille, Lille, FR – OMA – 1994
29. Watergate Complex, Washington DC – Luigi Moretti – 1962
30. Potsdamer Platz, Berlin – Renz Piano – 2000
These are readings from which there must be 6-7 references from for the position paper.
Reading: Kevin Lynch, The Image of The City, The MIT Press, 1960, pp. 91-117.
Reading: Fumihiko Maki, Investigations in Collective Form, Washington University, 1964, pp. 3-23.
Reading: Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Vintage Books, 1961, pp. 3-25
Reading: Reyner Banham, Megastructure, 1976.
Reading: Reinhold Martin, The Organizational Complex, MIT Press, 2003, pp. 126-55.
Reading: Simon Sadler, “New Babylon versus Plug-in City,” from Exit Utopia, Prestel Verlag, 2005, pp. 57-67.
Reading: Justin McGuirk, Radical Cities, Verso, 2014, pp. 1-35.
Reading: Brent Ryan, Design After Decline, University of Penn Press, 2012, pp. 37-83.
Reading: Rem Koolhaas, “The Generic City,” from S, M, L, XL, Monacelli Press, 1995, pp. 1239-64.
Reading: Alex Wall, Programming the Urban Surface, in Recovering Landscape, ed by James Corner, Princeton Architectural Press, 1999, pp. 233-49.
Reading: Manuel Castells, “Space of Flows,” from The Rise of the Network Society, 1996, pp. 407-59.