2013 Fall Syllabus - USC School of Architecture
2013 Fall Syllabus - USC School of Architecture
2013 Fall Syllabus - USC School of Architecture
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On completion the students should be able to:• Demonstrate a broad knowledge <strong>of</strong> designed landscapes from pre-history through the20th Century - focusing on how and why selected cultures made places, used them andinvested them with meaning.• Understand the formative environmental, cultural, scientific, social, political andtechnological factors that have shaped significant works <strong>of</strong> landscape design and, in turnrecognize their influence upon other forms <strong>of</strong> expression.• Critically evaluate landscape designs to comprehend motivating underlying worldviews<strong>of</strong> their cultural contexts, particularly related to concepts <strong>of</strong> community and therelationship between humankind and nature.• Apply the principles learned from studying and evaluating historic landscape designinitiatives and practices in order to better understand the trajectories <strong>of</strong> contemporaryissues and problems and to formulate appropriate conceptual and literal responses.• improve reading and writing skills, and oral presentation skills• realize the benefits <strong>of</strong> synchronous reading and applications <strong>of</strong> theory to practice indesign projectsThis course meets once a week therefore in order to cover the expanse <strong>of</strong> material; the lectureswill be presented in two parts with a short break between the two. Students must attend bothlectures each class meeting. There will be required class field trips.We recommend that students take notes with pen or pencil on paper. Questions and classdiscussion are encouraged.August 29• Introduction and overview: Here! Humanizing the Natural World• Paradigm for evaluating landscape designs: Utilitas, Firmitas, Venustas• Readings: Jellicoe Chapter 1Rogers Chapter 1September 5• The Ancients: Ordering with Earth, Sky and Water• Readings: Jellicoe Chapters 2, 6, 9, 10Rogers Chapter 1September 12• Genius Loci The landscapes <strong>of</strong> Ancient Greece• Empire and Villa: The landscapes <strong>of</strong> Ancient Rome• Readings: Jellicoe Chapter 11, 12Rogers Chapter 2September 19• Earthly Paradise• Readings: Jellicoe Chapters 3, 4, 5, 13Rogers Chapter 3September 26• Readings: The Long Springtime: Landscapes <strong>of</strong> China• Readings: Jellicoe Chapter 7, 19Rogers Chapter 8October 32
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