This course examines a range of debates in the formation of global cities and significantly provides a sub-set of socio-spatial approaches to understanding the city. It aims re-understanding and reshaping current architectural debates and methods to positively engage in a globalized urban context.
The course is guided by two overarching themes: globalized urbanism and its ‘practical knowing’ (Thrift, 2000:222). Many of the conventional values in architecture are being challenged by the phenomenon of globalization since 1980s, and the city is crucially the site for this process. This on-going phenomenon has seen an acceleration and intensification of global interdependence resulting in an extraordinary geographical expansion, diffusion and unprecedented networking of informational infrastructure and limitless mobility. With a more spatial perspective, this course will explore a range of theoretical frameworks to study the architectural dimensions of this phenomenon, with particular focus on the urbanism. To do so, it will be concentrated with intra- and inter-disciplinary linkages, intending to have conversations within and amongst related disciplines such as urban sociology, human geography, art, landscape and urban studies.
This course, instead of merely learning from theories and abstract debates, also gives attention to introduce some qualitative approaches and techniques in urban research which might offer opportunities to deploy and assess the effectiveness of particular architectural and urban projects. There then will focus on a range of methodologies including: discourse analysis, socio and material representation, urban ethnographies, observational charting of time/space patterns, and visual (photographic, filmic) methods. The course considers specifically the relationship between the ways we know the city (theoretical framework), and the way we reach the city (techniques and methods).
This course exams a range of deals in the formation of global cities and significantly provides a sub-set of socio-spatial approaches to understanding the city. It aims re-understanding and reshaping current architectural debates and methods to positively engage in a globalized urban context.
The course is guided by two overarching themes: globalized urbanism and its ‘practical knowledge’ (Thrift, 2000:222). Many of the conventional values in architecture are being challenged by the phenomenon of globalization since 1980s, and the city is critically the site for this process. This on-going phenomenon has seen an acceleration and intensity of global interdependence resulting in an extraordinary geographic expansion, Diffusion and unprecedented networking of informational infrastructure and limitless mobility. With a more spatial perspective, this course will explore a range of theoretical frameworks to study the architectural dimensions of this phenomenon, with particular focus on the urbanism. To do so, it will be concentrated with intra- and inter-disciplinary linkages, intending to have conversations within and amongst related disciplines such as urban sociology, human geography, art, landscape and urban studies.
This course, instead of merely learning from theories and abstract debates, also give attention to introduce some quality approaches and techniques in urban research which might offer opportunities to deploy and assess the effectiveness of particular architectural and urban projects. There then will focus on a range of methods including: discover analysis, socio and material representation, urban ethnographics, observational charting of time/space patterns, and visual (photographic, film) methods. The course considers specifically the relationship between the ways we know the city (theoretical framework), and the way we reach the city (techniques and methods).
Waldheim, Charles (2006). The landscape urbanism reader. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
Graham, Stephen (2001). Splintering Urbanism: Networked Infrastructures, Technological Mobilites and the Urban Condition. London; New York: Routledge.
Burdett, Richard and Deyan Sudjic et al. (2010). The endless city, 2nd, London: Phaidon.
Guggenheim, Michael and Ola Söderström (eds.) (2010). Re-shaping cities: how global mobility transforms architecture and urban form. London; New York: Routledge.
Sassen, Saskia. (2007) Deciphering the global: Its scales, spaces, and subjects. New York: Routledge: 1-20.
Jacobs, J.M. (2008). Re-qualifying the city, in Mangin, P. et al (eds) Qualitative Urban Analysis, Studies in Qualitative Methodologies 9. Elsevier.
Highmore, Ben (2002). The Everyday Life Reader. Routledge, London.
Waldheim, Charles (2006). The landscape urbanism reader. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
Graham, Stephen (2001). Splintering Urbanism: Networked Infrastructures, Technical Mobilites and the Urban Condition. London; New York: Routledge.
Burdett, Richard and Deyan Sudjic et al. (2010). The endless city, 2nd, London: Phaidon.
Guggenheim, Michael and Ola Söderström (eds.) (2010). Re-shaping cities: how global mobility transforms architecture and urban form. London; New York: Routledge.
Sassen, Saskia. (2007) Deciphering the global: Its scales, spaces, and subjects. New York: Routledge: 1-20.
Jacobs, J.M. (2008). Re-qualifying the city, in Mangin, P. et al (eds) Qualitative Urban Analysis, Studies in Qualitative Methodologies 9. Elsevier.
Highmore, Ben (2002). The Everyday Life Reader. Routledge, London.
| 評分項目 Grading Method | 配分比例 Grading percentage | 說明 Description |
|---|---|---|
| Individual WorkIndividual Work Individual Work |
50 | A research paper and verbal presentation |
| Team WorkTeam Work Team Work |
40 | Methodological application on design projects |
| Course participation Course participation Course participation |
10 | Level of active participation and attitudes towards learning. |
