ARCH 442 - Contemporary Architectural Theory

This course presents a thematically organized survey of contemporary architectural theory that focuses on the relationship between key theoretical texts and critical developments in contemporary architectural theory, practice, and their social and ecological contexts. This course is intended to be a forum for discussion of selected topics in contemporary culture, and to provide students with an advanced knowledge base in contemporary theory broadly, and architectural theory more specifically to ground other forms of advanced architectural research. Themes explored in the course may include ethics in architectural practice, gender and identify in architecture, race and spatial justice, climate, sustainability, and ecological care.