Seminar: Course Schedule

READINGS, SCREENINGS, AND INTERVENTIONS BY ARCHITECTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED WEEKLY

Week 1 WHY L.A., Introduction to Megalopolis

March 5

Week 2 Paris, Capital of the 19th Century

March 12 Research Methods: What is history and how does it work?

Week 3 Paris as an Image of the Modern Metropolis

March 19 Research Methods: Analyzing and Interpreting Archival Materials

Week 4 Paris, the center and the edge

March 26

Week 5 WORKSHOPS--NO MEETING

April 2

Week 6 Los Angeles, Capital of the 20th Century

April 9

Week 7 Los Angeles, The Image of the City in Fiction, Media, & Advertising

April 16

Week 8 Los Angeles: Megalopolis as Urban Center: Downtown

April 23 Research Methods: the optic of microstudies—deterioration and revitalization

Week 9 Los Angeles, Megalopolis as Polycentric Urban Fabric: Infrastructure and Sprawl

April 30 Research Methods: the optic of macrostudies—simulation and replication

Week 10 PRELIMINARY PROJECT REVIEW

May 7

Week 11 Paris/Los Angeles, Ethnicity, Urban life, and Youth Culture

May 14

Week 12 Paris/Los Angeles, No Place for the Environment

May 21

Week 13 The Longue Durée: The WORLD City

May 28 Research Methods: analytic for the Global City of the 21st century

Week 14 BREAK BEFORE Final Studio Projects

June 4

Week 15 FINAL STUDIO PROJECTS

June 13/14