History: Surface Artifacts

PSCE 5051 | Fall 2011 | Faculty: Peter Wheelwright

Drawing from design case studies scaled from landscapes to building interiors and details, as well as from an interdisciplinary set of readings in design theory, natural and technological science, philosophy, and social theory, the seminar will explore the dynamic relationship between ourselves and the spaces we occupy. In particular, it will attempt to broaden an understanding of the contingent facts of evolutionary biology and cultural knowledge as intrinsic factors within an environments potential to legislate the physical and phenomenal nature of habitation through space-shape, material, and form in light. Students will undertake two design projects as a group and one as an individual.