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| Course: ARC202 First Term: 2011 Spring
Final Term: Current
Final Term: 2023 Summer
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| 1. Describe how the Industrial Revolution, changing social structures, and rise of formal architectural education affected architectural design in the modern era. (I-III)
2. Discuss the factors driving the shift/transition from 18th century revival styles to 20th century modernism. (III-IV) 3. Identify key figures and theoretical underpinnings influencing architectural styles of the modern periods. (I-IV) 4. Discuss personal design ethic and polemics associated with the modern periods. (II-IV) 5. Compare/contrast/identify the predominant stylistic characteristics of the modern periods. (II-IV) 6. Identify key monuments of the modern periods. (II-IV) 7. Define key terminology appropriate to the various architectural styles of the modern periods. (II-IV) | |||
| MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements. | |||
| MCCCD Official Course Outline | |||
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I. What is Architecture?
A. Art versus Buildings B. Definitions/Considerations C. Historical versus modern styles - the invention of history II. Mid-late 18th Century A. Societal/political/etc. factors 1. Industrial Revolution - unease and the search for solace 2. Revolution - America and France 3. Modern building types - modern social needs 4. Repositioning of Church 5. Revival Styles - review of historical styles B. Building types: selected monuments C. Construction methods/materials D. Stylistic characteristics; motifs E. Symbolic/programmatic/artistic intentions F. Periods 1. The French theorists/visionaries 2. Neoclassicism/Anglo-Palladism 3. Gothic Revival and accretionism 4. The Picturesque 5. Empire and neoclassic interiors 6. America - homes away from home III. 19th Century - Revival Styles and Technology A. Societal/religious/etc. factors shaping the included periods B. Architectural theory/schools 1. Ecole des Beaux-Arts 2. Ecole de Polytechnique C. The big debate: In what style shall we build? 1. Historical/revival styles 2. Attached symbolism D. Rise of Germany and the United States E. Building types; selected monuments F. Construction methods/materials G. Stylistic characteristics; motifs H. Symbolic/programmatic/artistic intentions I. Terminology J. Periods 1. International Neoclassicism - Europe and United States 2. Victorian Gothic 3. Romanesque Revival/Victorian 4. Architecture of Technology -- cast iron/glass 5. Vernacular styles - domestic revival, Medieval and Italianate IV. 20th/21st Centuries - Modernism A. Societal/religious/etc. factors shaping the included periods 1. Factors shaping high-rise architecture 2. Chicago World`s Fair (1893) 3. The machine 4. 1932 MOMA exhibition B. Building types; selected monuments C. Construction methods/materials D. Stylistic characteristics; motifs E. Symbolic/programmatic/artistic intentions F. Terminology G. Periods 1. Early modernism - The Chicago School (late 19th C.) 2. Art Nouveau (1880`s ff.) 3. Expressionism - creature, cave, and crystal 4. European Modernism 5. High Modernism - The Bauhaus and International Style 6. Late Modernism A. The Form Givers: Corbu, Mies, and Wright B. Corporate architecture 7. Post- Modernism/Second Modernism 8. Deconstructionism 9. Personal interpretations/design ethic | |||
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date:
6/22/2010 | |||