Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Summer Quarter 2008
• Autumn Quarter 2008

Jeffrey Hou
ARCH 591
Seattle Campus

Architecture in the Landscape

Advanced introduction to the relationships between buildings and places in the landscape with an emphasis on western concepts of nature. A taxonomy of place as nature is developed. Ways in which the architect can design places that landscape taxonomy are explored.

Class description

This course examines the conceptual frameworks and contemporary issues associated with the understanding and design of landscapes. Rather than just a context or setting for architecture, it considers landscape as a set of dynamic and evolving processes and discourses that inform a critical understanding of the everyday environment in which distinctions between architecture and landscape are often blurred. Instead of focusing on the structural distinctions and typological relationships between architecture and landscape, the course seeks to build knowledge that informs a critical transgression between the two disciplines.

Student learning goals

General method of instruction

Recommended preparation

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Class assignments and grading

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Modified:June 21, 2008