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1 SEMESTER AT SEA COURSE SYLLABUS Voyage: Fall 2013 Discipline: Architecture ARCH : World Cities Lower Division Faculty Name: Phoebe Crisman Pre-requisites: none COURSE DESCRIPTION Cities are enduring and remarkable human artifacts that have been shaped in response to climate, geography, culture, commerce, aesthetics and technology. In the present era, changing modes of communication, energy utilization and transportation require new design responses based on historical precedents and humanistic considerations. This course will examine the rich physical complexity of the cities that we will encounter on our voyage, including numerous UNESCO World Heritage sites. A comparative approach will allow us to understand the similarities and differences between cities as diverse as Antwerp, Casablanca, Accra, Cape and Buenos Aires. Each city will be analyzed as a specific material and spatial manifestation of intertwined past and present forces, including the social, economic, political, religious and environmental conditions of each distinct location. The future of these cities in the age of globalization will be considered. COURSE OBJECTIVES - Gain knowledge of several of the world s major cities using a comparative approach. - Encourage a greater awareness and comprehension of past, present and future modes of human settlement, and especially those that students will encounter on their voyage. - Encourage a sound understanding of urbanism as an expression of human culture and intention. - Develop skills to understand or read physical form and space. - Learn how to represent those perceptions through written and verbal expression. REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS AUTHOR: Kostof, Spiro TITLE: The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meaning Throughout History PUBLISHER: Bulfinch Press ISBN #: DATE/EDITION: 1993, reprint AUTHOR: Norwich, John Julius TITLE: The Great Cities in History [GCH] PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson ISBN #: DATE/EDITION:

2 TOPICAL OUTLINE OF COURSE (B day, 8:00 9:15) B1- August 27: What is a City? Mumford, Lewis. What is a City? (from The Culture of Cities, 1937), The Lewis Mumford Reader, Donald Miller, ed. (1986): Kostof, Spiro. The City as Artifact, The City Shaped (CS): St Petersburg Russia's Window on the West, GCH: Stockholm and Sweden's Baltic Empire, GCH: Moscow Capital Without a Court, GCH: August 29-September 1: St. Petersburg B2- September 2: Understanding Urban Form Lynch, Kevin. The City Image and Its Elements, (1960), The City Reader: Lynch, Kevin. Form Values in Urban History, Good City Form: B3- September 4: International Port Cities: Hamburg, Amsterdam, Antwerp + Venice Lübeck and the Cities of the Hanseatic League, GCH: Amsterdam and the Dutch Republic, GCH: Venice Mistress of the Mediterranean, GCH: September 5-8: Hamburg B4- September 10: Examining Contemporary Global Forces Clark, David. Global Patterns and Perspectives, Urban World/Global City: Soja, Edward. Metropolis in Crisis, Postmetropolis: September 12-14: Antwerp / September 15-16: Le Havre B5- September 17: Georgian Streets, Squares + Terraced Houses: Dublin + London London Renaissance to Restoration, GCH: Dublin and Georgian Elegance, GCH: London from Queen Victoria to Big Bang, GCH: B6- September 19: Grand Boulevards and Regular Grids: Paris + Lisbon Paris Pinnacle of Gothic Architecture, GCH: Lisbon in the Age of Discovery, GCH: Paris in the Time of Napoleon III and Baron Haussmann, GCH: September 20-23: Dublin B7- September 25: Medieval Medinas and Mat Urbanism: Casablanca, Fez, Cairo + Mecca Morris, A.E.J. Islamic Cities of the Middle East, History of Urban Form: Mecca Sacred City of Islam, GCH: Cordoba Brilliant Capital of Moorish Spain, GCH: Cairo Centre of Islamic Civilization, GCH:

3 September 27-28: Lisbon / transit / Sept 30-October 1: Cadiz October 2: No Class/Study Day/Conference October 3-6: Casablanca B8- October 7: City as Palimpsest: Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul Gates, Charles. Late Antique Transformations: Rome, Jerusalem, and Constantinople in the Age of Constantine, Ancient Cities: Constantinople Christian Capital in the East, GCH: Istanbul City of the Sultans, GCH: B9- October 9: Organic Urban Patterns Kostof. The City Shaped: October 10: Study day B10- October 12: Grid as Global Phenomenon Kostof. The City Shaped: DUE: last day to submit Field Report #1 B11- October 14: Capetown, Accra and the Contemporary African City Freund, Bill. The Post-Colonial African City, The African City: A History (2007): Benin West African City of the Ancestors, GCH: October 15-18: Takoradi and Tema October 19: Study day B12- October 21: MIDTERM EXAM October 23: Study day B13- October 24: Postcolonial Urban Hybridity Cunningham, Susan. Exporting Planning: the Colonial and Neo-Colonial Experience, G. Cherry, ed., Shaping an Urban World: Planning in the Twentieth Century: October 26-30: Cape Town October 31: Study day B14- November 1: Past and Future Urbanization in Asia: Beijing + Tokyo Selugga, Malte. Development in China: High Speed, High Rise, High Price, Topos: Beijing and the Forbidden City, GCH: Shanghai China's Super-City, GCH: Kyoto Pleasure Gardens and Vermilion Palaces, GCH: Tokyo City of Constant Change, GCH:

4 B15- November 3: Capitals of a (sub)continent: Delhi + Canberra Kostof. The Political Diagram, The City Shaped: Joardar, Souro. New Delhi: Imperial Capital to Capital of the World s Largest Democracy, Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities: New Delhi Symbol in Stone, GCH: November 4: Study day B16- November 6: Ancient Cities: Greek + Roman Foundations Athens Birthplace of Democracy, GCH: Rome in the Age of Augustus, GCH: DUE: last day to submit Field Report #2 November 8: Study day B17- November 9: Old World Cities to New World Cities Low, Setha. Cultural Meaning of the Plaza: The History of the Spanish-American Gridplan- Plaza Urban Design, R. Rotenberg ed. The Cultural Meaning of Urban Space: Tenochtitlan Aztec City in the Lake, GCH: Mexico City Utopia in the New World, GCH: B18- November 11: A Mélange of European Influences: Buenos Aires Gutierrez, R. Buenos Aires, A Great European City, A. Almandoz, ed., Planning Latin America s Capital Cities: Buenos Aires City of Permanent Promise, GCH: BUENOS AIRES FIELD LAB - November 12 November 12-16: Buenos Aires B19- November 18: Extreme Topography and Informal Settlements: Rio de Janeiro Davis, Mike, Planet of Slums: tba Hays-Mitchell, M and B. Godfrey. Cities of the World: November 20-22: Rio de Janeiro November 23: Study day B20- November 24: How Cities Meet the Sky Kostof. The Urban Skyline, The City Shaped: B21- November 26: Utopian Visions in the New World: Brasilia + Washington, DC Kostof. The Grand Manner, The City Shaped: Washington DC Ideology Made Visible, GCH:

5 November 27: Study day B22- November 29: Preserving the Past: Salvador + Havana del Rio, V., de Alcantara, D.. Revisiting the Pelourinho: Preservation, cultural Heritage and Place Marketing in Salvador, Contemporary Urbanism in Brazil: Beyond Brasília: December 1: Study day December 2-5: Manaus December 6: Study day B23- December 7: The Future of Sustainable Cities + the case of Curitiba Rabinovitch, Jonas and Leitman, Josef. Urban Planning in Curitiba, S. Wheeler and T. Beatley, eds., The Sustainable Urban Development Reader: Marshall, Richard. Urban Projects in a Global World, Emerging Urbanity: Global Urban Projects in the Asia Pacific Rim (2003): B24- December 9: Urban World Concluding Discussion DUE: last day to submit Field Report #3 Buenos Aires FIELD WORK FIELD LAB: Attendance and participation in the all day Field Lab is MANDATORY. Please do not book individual travel plans or a SAS sponsored trip that day. This is the only field lab for the course and it counts for 20% of your grade. There will be no excused absences. Missing all or a portion of the field lab will result in the forfeiture of 20% of the total course grade. An Interpretive Walk Through Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, a vibrant city of elegant civic spaces and beautiful buildings is an excellent place to experience and analyze course concepts. Beginning at the MV Explorer in Puerto Nuevo, we will walk through the Retiro district to examine the infrastructural nexus of rail, river and roadway and public space at lovely Plaza San Martin. We will study diverse types of streets and public spaces throughout the downtown. We will walk with hundreds of Porteños on pedestrianized Florida Street. We will enter the Metropolitan Cathedral and Cabildo at Plaza de Mayo, where several major avenues radiate outward from this urban node. We will study the distinct street typologies and types of architecture. For instance, the Art Nouveau and Neoclassical buildings along Avenida de Mayo are reminiscent of Paris or Barcelona. We will encounter the Obelisk at the crossing of Avenida Corrientes and Avenida 9 de Julio, which is one of the widest avenues in the world. Later we will explore the upscale Recoleta district with its grand hotels, mansions and embassies along Avenida Alvear. Avenida del Libertador connects downtown to districts in the northwest, passing by museums, gardens and the historic Recoleta Cemetery. We will return to the Port via the Underground (subte) to experience that important public transit system. Along the route 5

6 students will compare and contrast the features of these different districts, noting the relevant and enduring qualities that define the city. The final Field Report (#3) must be written using materials gathered during the Buenos Aires Field Lab. FIELD REPORTS: City Journal Students will incorporate their experiences of our ports of call into the course curriculum by creating 3 City Journal field reports that document the visit to Buenos Aires and 2 other cities along our journey. Each City Journal field report must combine text and images (photos and/or drawings) that convey personal perceptions of the place in relation to course readings and lectures. Back on the ship, present your thoughts and materials in a concise, three-page paper. More details will be distributed and discussed during the first class. Each report should include: o brief summary of the student s field notes o written analysis of relationships between readings and the student s experiences o photographic or drawn analysis o conclusions about ways in which the physical form and space of the city manifests the climate, geography, culture, commerce, aesthetics and technology of the place. Field report grading rubric: effective application of course concepts, level of detail and insight, clarity of organization and effectiveness of illustrations. Students are encouraged to take SAS-organized City Tours to gain an overview of a city and note what places should be revisited. Planned wanderings are important as well. METHODS OF EVALUATION / GRADING RUBRIC City Journal Field Reports (Buenos Aires Field Lab + 2 others): 3 at 20% each... 60% Midterm Exam... 20% Class Attendance and Participation...20% Individual Participation and Contribution to Classroom Learning Each student is expected to attend class, fully engage with the readings, visual materials and lectures, and contribute to the learning of others. Please think of class participation as your responsibility to add energy and insight to our discussion and to share your thoughtful perspectives. The readings and cities may be interpreted in a variety of ways and students should formulate initial positions and questions to offer in the class discussion. 6

7 RESERVE LIBRARY LIST AUTHOR: Morris, A.E.J. TITLE: History of Urban Form PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall ISBN: DATE/ED: 1996, 3rd AUTHOR: Davis, Mike TITLE: Planet of Slums PUBLISHER: Verso ISBN: DATE/ED: 2007, 1st AUTHOR: Gates, Charles TITLE: Ancient Cites. The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece and Rome PUBLISHER: Routledge ISBN: DATE/ED: 2003/2nd ELECTRONIC COURSE MATERIALS AUTHOR: Mumford, Lewis CHAPTER: What is a City? BOOK: The Lewis Mumford Reader (Donald Miller, ed.) PUB/DATE: Pantheon Books, 1986 PAGES: AUTHOR: Lynch, Kevin CHAPTER: The City Image and Its Elements BOOK: The City Reader (Richard LeGates and Frederic Stout, eds.) PUB/DATE: Routledge, 1996 PAGES: AUTHOR: Lynch, Kevin CHAPTER: Form Values in Urban History BOOK: Good City Form PUB/DATE: MIT Press, 1981 PAGES: 5-36 AUTHOR: Clark, David CHAPTER: Global Patterns and Perspectives BOOK: Urban World/Global City PUB/DATE: 1996 PAGES:

8 AUTHOR: Soja, Edward CHAPTER: Metropolis in Crisis BOOK: Postmetropolis: Critical Studies in Cities and Regions PUB/DATE: 2000 AUTHOR: Morris, A.E.J. CHAPTER: Islamic Cities of the Middle East BOOK: History of Urban Form PUB/DATE: Wiley, 1994 PAGES: AUTHOR: ARTICLE: BOOK: Gates, Charles Late Antique Transformations: Rome, Jerusalem, and Constantinople in the Age of Constantine Ancient Cities: The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece and Rome PUB/DATE: Routledge, 2003 PAGES: AUTHOR: Freund, Bill ARTICLE: The Post-Colonial African City BOOK: The African City: A History PUB/DATE: 2007 PAGES: AUTHOR: Cherry, Gordon, ed. (Cunningham, Susan. chapter author) ARTICLE: Exporting Planning: the Colonial and Neo-Colonial Experience BOOK: Shaping an Urban World: Planning in the Twentieth Century PUB/DATE: Mansell, 1980 PAGES: AUTHOR: Selugga, Malte ARTICLE: Development in China: High Speed, High Rise, High Price JOURNAL: Topos, Vol. 64, 2008 PAGES: AUTHOR: Gordon, David, ed. (Souro Joardar, chapter author) ARTICLE: New Delhi: Imperial Capital to Capital of the World s Largest Democracy BOOK: Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities PUB/DATE: Routledge, 2006 PAGES: AUTHOR: Brunn, Stanley. ed. (Hays-Mitchell, M. and Godfrey, B. chapter authors) CHAPTER: Cities of South America (Ch. 4) BOOK: Cities of the World: World Regional Urban Development 8

9 PUB/DATE: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 3rd edition, May 2003 PAGES: AUTHOR: CHAPTER: BOOK: PUB/DATE: Praeger, 1993 PAGES: R. Rotenberg and G. McDonogh, eds. (Setha Low, chapter author) Cultural Meaning of the Plaza: The History of the Spanish-American Gridplan- Plaza Urban Design The Cultural Meaning of Urban Space AUTHOR: Almandoz, Arturo ed. (Gutierrez, R. chapter author) CHAPTER: Buenos Aires, A Great European City BOOK: Planning Latin America s Capital Cities PUB/DATE: Routledge; 1st edition, 2002 PAGES: AUTHOR: ARTICLE: del Rio, Vicente Revisiting the Pelourinho: preservation, cultural heritage and place marketing in Salvador, Bahia Contemporary urbanism in Brazil: Beyond Brasília BOOK: PUB/DATE: University Press of Florida, 2009 PAGES: AUTHOR: Rabinovitch, Jonas and Josef Leitman ARTICLE: Urban Planning in Curitiba BOOK: The Sustainable Urban Development Reader EDITORS: Stephen M. Wheeler and Timothy Beatley, eds. PUB/DATE: Routledge, 2nd ed., 2009 PAGES: AUTHOR: Marshall, Richard ARTICLE: Urban Projects in a Global World BOOK: Emerging Urbanity: Global Urban Projects in the Asia Pacific Rim PUB/DATE: London: Spon, 2003 PAGES: 9-28 HONOR CODE Semester at Sea students enroll in an academic program administered by the University of Virginia, and thus bind themselves to the University s honor code. The code prohibits all acts of lying, cheating, and stealing. Please consult the Voyager s Handbook for further explanation of what constitutes an honor offense. Each written assignment for this course must be pledged by the student as follows: On my honor as a student, I pledge that I have neither given nor received aid on this assignment. The pledge must be signed, or, in the case of an electronic file, signed [signed]. 9

SEMESTER AT SEA COURSE SYLLABUS

SEMESTER AT SEA COURSE SYLLABUS Fall 2012 Discipline: Urban Planning PLAN 4500: Coastal Cities and Climate Change Upper Division Faculty Name: Katherine Slaughter Pre-requisites: None COURSE DESCRIPTION: