History of World Architecture 1: Lecture

Level: Undergraduate

Division: Parsons The New School for Design

School: School of Art and Design History and Theory

Department: Art and Design History

Course Number: PLSD 2324

Course Format: Lecture

Location: NYC campus

Permission Required: No

Topics:

• Architectural History, Theory & Criticism
• Spatial Design
• Design History, Theory & Criticism

Description:
This lecture course surveys built environments, individual buildings, and landscapes crated by early humans. From studies of complex shelters, social spaces and margins by prehistoric people, to the design and structures associated with Greek Hellenism in the West, students learn about the early history of building activity and how certain forms have endured to the present. Early architecture of Africa the Americas and Asia with particular emphasis on wooden forms will be covered. Students learn how the transference of cultural aesthetic influences takes place. Weekly lectures are followed by preceptorials and off-campus site visit.

Course Pre/Co-requisites:
Open to: Bachelors degree in Architectural Design, Integrated Design, and Interior Design majors; others by permission of the School of Art and Design History and Theory. Pre-requisites: first-year university writing course and at least one prior history or methods course in art, media, film, or visual culture. Co-requisite(s): PLSD 2325 Recitation

Restrictions:

College

Open to Lang/Parsons BA/BFA students.

Open to Parsons students.

Level

Open to Undergraduate students.

Major

Open to Architectural Design students.

Open to Foundation students.

Open to Integrated Design Curriculum students.

Open to Interior Design students.