MARCH-6500-1: HT: History/Theory Elective (“Architecture or Revolution”? Intersections of Design and Politics)
Fall 2025
- Subject: Graduate Architecture
- Type: Seminar
- Delivery Mode: In-Person
- Level: Graduate
- Course Dates: September 02, 2025 — December 15, 2025
- Meetings: Wed 12:15-02:45PM, Main Bldg - 103
- Instructor: Ecem Saricayir
- Units: 3.0
- Enrolled: 7/11 Closed
Description:
History/Theory Electives explore advanced topics in architectural discourse ranging from race and globalism, to cultures of care and resource extraction. The content of the elective options varies from semester to semester.Section Description:Regarding the social unrest of his time, the famous modernist architect Le Corbusier once stated that it’s either “architecture or revolution.” But what about architecture in a revolution and as revolution? How has architecture been put in service of radical politics? And how have architects translated their ideologies into design? In this course, we will look at the intersections of architecture and radical politics by reading short fiction, utopias (or dystopias), as well as pamphlets and manifestos by leftist European architects and Soviet avant-gardists and texts about architectures of fascism and capitalism.
Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites:
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