ARC 532 - Landscape Interventions

Units: 3
When Offered: As offered
This seminar critically examines vernacular architecture and the vernacular process on a global scale. The course is organized into two parts. The first set of readings will define vernacular architecture and introduce current historical methodologies for analyzing vernacular sites. The second set of readings introduces a wide variety of examples from the cave homes of central China, to the stilt houses of Dahomey, to the housebarns of Europe and North American, to the wind towers of Iran and the ornamental cottages of Russia.
Prerequisite(s): Master of Architecture student