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Ken T Oshima
ARCH 498
Seattle Campus
Instructor-initiated and department-approved systematic study and offering of specialized subject matter. Topics vary and are announced in preceding quarter.
Class description
Current global/local infrastructural changes in a new political/economic climate call for a critical examination of the borders and networks that shape the built environment. This seminar, held in conjunction with the three-part Spring UW symposium, explores the design implications in the past, present and future for contemporary critical practice. Border crossings are political, disciplinary, and cultural. Discussion will focus on the Pacific Corridor and the Pacific South- and Northwest as a sustainable network of (1) border crossings allowing for transnational cooperation, (2) environmental infrastructures such as water resources and energy generation and (3) urban landscapes fusing natural and cultural geographies. Featured symposium/seminar speakers are: Teddy Cruz, Estudio Teddy Cruz. San Diego; Michael Dear, USC; Keller Easterling, Yale University; Nicole Huber, Ralph Stern, UW; Mary Ann Ray, Studio Works, LA; and Noriyuki Tajima, Architect, Tele-Design, Tokyo.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Seminar discussions, student presentations
Recommended preparation
Class assignments and grading
