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\n\t‘...I shall call an apparatus literally anything that has in some way the capacity to capture, orient, determine, intercept, model, control, or secure the gestures, behaviors, opinions, or discourses of living beings.’
\n\n\t[Giorgio Agamben, What is an Apparatus? (2009), p.14]
\n\n\tCourse Description:
\n\n\tWhat is ‘theory’ in architecture? Using Banerjee’s distinction between the field, practice and profession (Banerjee 2011), historically theory in the field of architecture, which is concerned with knowledge creation, critical reflection, history and criticism, is distinct from theory for the practice and the profession of architecture, which is chiefly concerned with technical expertise, service delivery and the preservation of public safety/well-being.
\n\n\tBut in the contemporary moment in architecture, the field, practice and profession are no longer so clearly distinguished. New practices such as SHoP Architects work between the boundaries of practice, profession and field (Hyde 2012)--delivering new services through the creation of new professional relations and consequentially, generating new knowledge. Similarly, architecture schools today are turning into centers of intensive research--producing new knowledge that is anticipating new professional practices. In the same way, sociotechnical codes and professional institutions--the regulatory field (Imrie & Street 2011)--constrain but also create new avenues for knowledge production and design practices in architecture (Moore & Wilson 2014).
\n\n\tWhile these fluxes between the field, practice and profession exist within the contemporary moment for architecture, there are few venues in architecture to critically study, inspect and discuss these fluxes. The design studio is well-suited for the development of design skills, while seminars on professional practices are well-suited to inform on the various dimensions of professional expertise. Neither however, is suited for the critical study of various interconnections and constraints created and mutually imposed by the field, practice and profession in architecture.
\n\n\tOne anticipated venue, however, is this course in contemporary theory. In this course, theory is a way for describing these fluxes between field, practice and profession. Theory is therefore performative; and it can attain the status of an apparatus: an entity that can allow us to finally capture, orient, determine, intercept, model, control and (hopefully) secure the contemporary gestures, behaviors, opinions, or discourses of designers, architects and planners.
\n\n\tCourse Format:
\n\n\tWeekly 45min-1hr lecture for the entire class to be followed by 1.5hr of in-depth discussions on weekly topical issues.
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\n\n\tLocation:
\n\n\tLR421
\n\n\tAims of the Course:
\n\n\tThe threefold aim of this course is:
\n\n\t(i) to provide a survey to the contemporary landscape of issues and problems relevant to architecture.
\n\n\t(ii) through this survey, to activate your initial theoretical response for future work in the dissertation and thesis phase of your education by way of critical questioning, explanation, clarification and formulation of new approaches or visions.
\n\n\t(iii) to encourage critical thinking, constructive debates and intellectual comfort with uncertainty and open questions in the discipline of architecture.
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\n\n\tUpdated: 8 January, 2015
\n\n\tWeek 1, Monday 12 January: Introduction
\n\n\tIntroductory short lecture: ‘What is theory?’ and introduction to the course.
\n\n\tLecture by Jeffrey Chan
\n\n\tNo Group Presentations.
\n\n\t(1) Speaks, M. (2005). After Theory. Architectural Record, June 2005, pp.72-75.
\n\n\t(2) Hight, C. (2009). Meeting the New Boss: After the Death of Theory. Architectural Design, Vol.79, No.1, pp.40-45.
\n\n\tOptional:
\n\n\t(1) Baird, G. (2009). Thoughts on the Current State of Criticism in Architecture. Journal of Architectural Education, Vol.62, No.3, pp.5.
\n\n\t____________________________________________________________________________
\n\n\tWeek 2, Monday 19 January: Global Capital, Spaces of Neoliberalism and Iconic Architecture
\n\n\tLecture by Jeffrey Chan
\n\n\tDiscussion of Week 1+2 Readings
\n\n\tGroup presentations of Week 2 Readings
\n\n\t(1) Harvey, D. (2010). The Enigma of Capitalism and the Crises of Capitalism. UK: Profile Books. {Excerpts: Chapter 4: Capital Goes to Market, and Chapter 6: The Geography of It All}
\n\n\t(2) Jones, P. (2011). The Sociology of Architecture: Constructing Identities. UK: Liverpool University Press. {Excerpts: Chapter 6: Iconic Architecture and Regeneration: The Form is the Function}
\n\n\t(3) Harvey, D. (2014). The Crisis of Planetary Urbanization. Post, November 18, 2014. http://post.at.moma.org/content_items/520-the-crisis-of-planetary-urbanization
\n\n\t(4) Dunham-Jones, E. (2014). Irrational Exuberance: Rem Koolhaas and the 1990s. In P. Deamer (ed.), Architecture and Capitalism: 1845 to the Present. NY, NY: Routledge, pp. 150-169.
\n\n\tOptional:
\n\n\t(1) Lefebvre, H. (2009). Space: Social Product and Use Value. In N. Brenner & S. EIden (eds), State, Space, World: Selected Essays. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, pp.185-195.
\n\n\t(2) Sklair, L. (2006). Iconic Architecture and Capitalist Globalization. City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action, vol.10, no.1, pp.21-47.
\n\n\t____________________________________________________________________________
\n\n\tWeek 3, Monday 26 January: Three Rhetorics in Contemporary Architecture: the Smart, the Resilient, and the Apocalyptic City
\n\n\tLecture by Jeffrey Chan
\n\n\tGroup Presentations of Week 3 Readings
\n\n\t(1) Bruckner, P. (2013). The Fanaticism of the Apocalypse: Save the Earth, Punish Human Beings. Maiden, MA: Polity. {Excerpts: pp.1-20, and pp.24-48}
\n\n\t(2) Evans, B. & Reid, J. (2014). Resilient Life: The Art of Living Dangerously. Maiden, MA: Polity. {Excerpts: pp.1-22; pp.29-37, and pp.68-90}
\n\n\t(3) Koolhaas, R. (2014). My thoughts on the Smart City. https://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/kroes/en/content/my-thoughts-smart-city-rem-koolhaas
\n\n\t(4) Sennett, R. (2012). No one likes a city that’s too smart. The Guardian, Tuesday, 4 December 2012. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/04/smart-city-rio-songdo-masdar
\n\n\t*note: (3) & (4) should be read together.
\n\n\tOptional:
\n\n\t(1) Fezer, J. (2010). Design for a Post-Neoliberal City. http://www.e-flux.com/journal/design-for-a-post-neoliberal-city/
\n\n\t____________________________________________________________________________
\n\n\tWeek 4, Monday 2 February: Spirituality and Sustainable Development
\n\n\tLecture by Tomohisa Miyauchi
\n\n\tGroup presentations of Week 4 Readings
\n\n\t(1) Guattari, F. (1989). The Three Ecologies. NY: Continuum, pp.19-45.
\n\n\t(2) Piketty, T. (2013). Capital in the Twenty-First Century: US: Harvard University Press, pp.237-270.
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\n\n\t(3) Skidelsky, R. Skidelsky E. (2013). 'Elementsof the Good Life' (Ch. 6). How Much is Enough. NY: Other Press, pp.145-179
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\n\n\t(4) Ulluwishewa, R (2014). Spirituality and Sustainable Development. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.145-165
\n\n\t
\n\n\t(5) McDonough, William (2002). ‘Why Being “Less Bad” Is No Good.’ (Ch. 2). Cradle to Cradle: remaking the way we make things. pp.45-67
\n\n\t____________________________________________________________________________
\n\n\tWeek 5, Monday 9 February: Architecture and Late Capitalism
\n\n\tLecture by Bobby Wong
\n\n\tGroup presentations of Week 5 Readings
\n\n\t(1) Jameson, F. (1985). Architecture and the Critique of Ideology. In J. Ockman (ed.), Architecture, Criticism, Ideology. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Architectural Press, pp.51-87.
\n\n\tOptional:
\n\n\t(1) Jameson, F. (1991). Demographies of the Anonymous. Anyone, May 1991.
\n\n\t____________________________________________________________________________
\n\n\tWeek 6, Monday 16 February: Readings on Deleuze
\n\n\tLecture by Bobby Wong
\n\n\tGroup presentations of Week 6 Readings
\n\n\t(1) Rajchman, J. (2000). The Deleuze Connections. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (Excerpt: Chapter 1).
\n\n\tOptional:
\n\n\t(1) Rajchman, J. (2000). The Deleuze Connections. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (Excerpt: Chapter 2).
\n\n\t____________________________________________________________________________
\n\n\tRECESS: 23 February 2015 - 1 March 2015
\n\n\t____________________________________________________________________________
\n\n\tWeek 7, Monday 2 March: Humanitarian Architecture
\n\n\tLecture by Tomohisa Miyauchi
\n\n\tGroup presentations of Week 7 Readings
\n\n\t(1) Charlesworth E. (2014). Humanitarian Architecture: 15 Stories of Architects Working After Disaster. NY: Routledge, pp.1-15, 20-26, 32-36, 42-44, 54-62.
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\n\n\t(2) Aquilino, M. (2011). Beyond Shelter: Architecture and Human Dignity. NY: Metropolis, pp.13-22, 28-39, 57-63, 287-292.
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\n\n\t(3) Smithsonian Institute (2007). Design for the Other 90%. NY: Cooper-Hewitt; pp.5-17, 66-74, 93-95, 107-109.
\n\n\t
\n\n\t(4) Smithsonian Institute (2011). Design for the Other 90%: Cities. NY: Cooper-Hewitt; pp.13-40.
\n\n\t
\n\n\t(5) Architecture for Humanity (2006). Design Like You Give a Damn. NY: Metropolis; pp.11-55.
\n\n\t____________________________________________________________________________
\n\n\tWeek 8, Monday 9 March: Architectural Ethics and Spatial Justice
\n\n\tLecture by Jeffrey Chan
\n\n\tGroup presentations of Week 8 Readings
\n\n\t(1) McNeill, D. (2009). The Global Architect: Firms, Fame and Urban Form. New York, NY: Routledge. {Chapter 7: The Ethics of Architectural Practice}
\n\n\t(2) Till, J. (2009). Architecture Depends. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. {Chapter 10: Imperfect Ethics}
\n\n\tOptional:
\n\n\t(1) Cuthbert, A.R. (2006). The Form of Cities: Political Economy and Urban Design. UK: Blackwell. (Excerpt: Chapter 4: Politics)
\n\n\t(2) Wainwright, O. (2014). Wave of protest over Zaha Hadid’s Baku prizewinner. The Guardian, June 30, 2014. http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jun/30/zaha-hadid-architecture
\n\n\t(3) Sperry, R. (2014). Architects and torture: What color is your waterboard? CNN, December 23, 2014. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/12/23/opinion/sperry-architects-torture/
\n\n\t____________________________________________________________________________
\n\n\tWeek 9, Monday 16 March: Biopolitics and the Commons
\n\n\tLecture by Bobby Wong
\n\n\tGroup presentations of Week 9 Readings
\n\n\t(1) (1) Negri, A. (2008). The Porcelain Workshop: for a new grammar of politics. Los Angeles, CA: Semiotext(e). {Excerpts: Chapter 1, p.13-28}
\n\n\t____________________________________________________________________________
\n\n\tWeek 10, Monday 23 March: Design Thinking and Maker's Movement
\n\n\tLecture by Tomohisa Miyauchi
\n\n\tGroup presentations of Week 10 Readings
\n\n\t(1) Brown, T. (2009). Change by Design. NY: HarperCollins Publishers, pp.14-38, 228-242.
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\n\n\t(2) Pink, D.H. (2012). To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others. NY: Riverhead Books, pp.25-42, 154-181.
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\n\n\t(3) Anderson, C. (2012). Makers: The New Industrial Revolution. NY: Crown Business, pp.17-32, 99-118, 143-164.
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\n\n\t(4) Bauman Lyons Architects (1995). How to be a Happy Architect, Black Dog Publishing. London; pp.76-95.
\n\n\t____________________________________________________________________________
\n\n\tWeek 11, Monday 30 March: Architecture of Fear and The Militarization of Everyday Spaces
\n\n\tLecture by Jeffrey Chan
\n\n\tGroup presentations of Week 11 Readings
\n\n\t(1) Bauman, Z. (2007). Liquid Times: Living in an Age of Uncertainty. UK: Polity. {Chapter 4: Out of Touch Together}
\n\n\t(2) Sorkin, M. (2008). Introduction: The Fear Factor. In M. Sorkin (ed), Indefensible Space: The Architecture of the National Insecurity State. NY: Routledge, pp.vii-xvii.
\n\n\t(3) Weizman, E. (2012). Hollow Land: Israel’s Architecture of Occupation. London, UK: Verso. {Chapter 4: Settlements: Optical Urbanism}
\n\n\t(4) Harris, S. (2014). The Social Laboratory. Foreign Policy, 207, Jul/Aug 2014, pp.64-71. http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/07/29/the-social-laboratory/
\n\n\tOptional:
\n\n\t(1) Coaffee, J. (2009). Terrorism, Risk and the Global City: Towards Urban Resilience. USA: Ashgate. {Chapter 1: Introduction: Terrorism, Risk and the Global City, pp.3-12}
\n\n\t____________________________________________________________________________
\n\n\tWeek 12, Monday 6 April: Architecture Today
\n\n\tLecture by Tomohisa Miyauchi
\n\n\t(Final) Group presentations of Week 12 Readings
\n\n\t(1) Moore. Steven A. (2007). Architectural Regionalism, "Technology, Place, and Nonmodern Regionalism". Princeton Architectural Press (2007) pp.432-442.
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\n\n\t(2) Bay Joo Hwa Philip (2001). Tropical Architecture, Critical Regionalism in the Age of Globalization (Ch.12), “Three Tropical Design Paradigms”. pp.229-265.
\n\n\t
\n\n\t(3) MacKay-Lyons, B. (2014). Local Architecture: Building Place, Craft, and Community. NY: Princeton; pp.23-47.
\n\n\t____________________________________________________________________________
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\n\n\tWeek 13, Monday 13 April: Conclusion and Summary
\n\n\tJoint discussion and summary by Jeffrey Chan, A/P Bobby Wong and Tomohisa Miyauchi
\n\n\t____________________________________________________________________________
\n\n\tREADING WEEK 18 APRIL 2015 - 24 APRIL 2015: NO CLASS
\n\n\t____________________________________________________________________________
\n\n\tFINAL PAPER DUE 27 APRIL 2015, MONDAY, BY 5PM in the Department’s Office. A box will be placed there for your papers.
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\n\n\tReading Response 10%
\n\n\tFinal Research Paper 60%
\n\n\tTOTAL 100%
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\n\n\tAssignments:
\n\n\t- Group In-class presentation and discussion (30%)
\n\n\tStudents are to form groups of no more than 5 members. Each group will present once during the course. **Note: For students presenting in the weeks tutored by Tomohisa Miyauchi, please form groups of 2 students each for each reading assigned.
\n\n\tEach group is to choose one of the weekly topics and perform a group research on this particular topic. Each group must at least rely on one of the key readings used for that week. You are especially encouraged to seek further research on the topic and to organize, and to raise new questions and puzzles for this particular topic relevant to architecture for our common discussion.
\n\n\tPresentations are evaluated based on, (i) cogency and clarity of presentation (total of 10/30); (ii) comprehensive mastery of the topic, especially integrating new research beyond class materials (total of 10/30); (iii) capacity to raise original questions and/or new puzzles for our common discussion, and ability to answer questions raised by the instructor and the audience (total of 10/30).
\n\n\tA common grade will be given to the entire group for the presentation. You may use the whiteboard, or the projector, or any means you deem interesting or engaging for all of us. An excellent presentation will not only explicate what is important and core to the topic, but further go on to raise and develop new theoretical insights on the topic.
\n\n\tEach student in these individuals groups must however submit his or her own reading response based on at least one of the readings for that particular topic. This reading response must be submitted before your presentation that day. (Please see below)
\n\n\t- Reading Response (10%)
\n\n\tThe reading response is a critical reflection--your own synthesized interpretation, position and insight--on the topic. Because of this, though the reading response can share some of your group’s insights on the topic, it should be primarily your own reading of the topic.
\n\n\tReading responses are evaluated based on, (i) cogency and clarity of argumentations and writing; (ii) clarity of one’s own position in relation to the critiqued position; (iii) ability to raise new questions and theoretical issues on the topic. A summary of the reading will be graded with the minimum passing grade (5/10).
\n\n\tEach reading response should be no more than 500 words, or the maximum of 2 pages.
\n\n\t- Final research paper (60%)
\n\n\tEach student is expected to submit a final research paper consisting of 15 pages (no more than 3500 words inclusive of bibliography) discussing a subject related to this course with special emphasis on definitiveness of subject, depth of analysis and the application of theoretical discussions covered in class. Importantly, the student is expected to correctly cite key research materials used in this paper.
\n\n\tRecommended strategies for this final research paper include:
\n\n\t(1) Using your own studio project as the main vehicle to elicit and then explicate a set of theoretical issues discussed in the course.
\n\n\t(2) Relying on several empirical cases as the main vehicle to elicit and then explicate a set of theoretical issues discussed in the course.
\n\n\t(3) Locate a concept or concepts that interest you in the course, and proceed by analyzing this concept in relation to empirical examples or case precedents in architecture and urban design.
\n\n\tThese are only suggestions; you are free to decide on the direction of this final research paper. The critical points to bear in mind when writing this paper are: (a) clear research questions and topic; (b) coherent and critical arguments; (c) proper citations.
\n\n\tThe final research paper is due, by 5pm, 27 April, 2015, Monday. Late papers will not be accepted.
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\n\n\t- Class participation
\n\n\tEach student is expected to participate actively in the on-going discussions in the class. Perfect attendance is a necessary but not sufficient criterion for active participation; the student will have to think about the on-going dialogues in the class, and make his or her own voice heard in a clear and concise manner at all times. Furthermore, the student is expected to argue on behalf of his or her classmate by either building on the other’s ideas, or clarifying them, or arguing against them in a constructive manner for the purpose of fostering mutual learning.
\n\n\t- Other Factors for Evaluations
\n\n\t(1) Students must come to each class having read the readings assigned each week with intelligent questions that can help everyone to go deeper into thinking about the topics at hand. Unprepared ignorance will not be tolerated in the class.
\n\n\t(2) There are sometimes optional readings for certain weeks. By ‘optional’, such readings have been offered to students who enjoy challenges and therefore demand a broader intellectual horizon to the topics at hand.
\n\n\t(3) Late assignments will not be accepted except for reasons of (1) validated medical leave (2) valid emergencies.
\n\n\t(4) Unexplained and persistent absenteeism from class will not be tolerated.
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\n\n\t*Final Note (dated: 8 Jan, 2015):
\n\n\tBecause of the visit by the RIBA accreditation body, all graded assignments must be returned to the respective tutor. You may request for these assignments to be returned to you again after the visit, which will occur sometime from July to August 2015.
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