Here is a list of the readings for the course.
| W1 | Fri 11 Sep | Future Transportation and Urban Form : Introduction |
| W2 | Fri 18 Sep | No Class – Attend Lecture Series Lecture |
| W3 | Fri 25 Sep | Historical Review of Transportation Infrastructure and Urban Form |
| Norton, Peter D. ( 2011). ‘Introduction: What Are Streets For?’ in Fighting Traffic, pp 1-17.
Michael Southworth & Eran Ben-Joseph (1997). Chapter One: Gritty Cities and Picturesque Villages in Streets and the Shaping of Towns and Cities. McGraw Hill. pp 9-34. Michael Southworth & Eran Ben-Joseph (1997). Chapter Three: Streets for the Motor Age in Streets and the Shaping of Towns and Cities. McGraw Hill. pp 53-76. |
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| W4 | Fri 02 Oct | Landscape and Infrastructure |
| Strang, Gary L. (1996). Infrastructure as Landscape [Infrastructure as Landscape, Landscape as Infrastructure]. Places Journal, 10(3), 8. Retrieved from: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6nc8k21m
Allen, S. (1999). ‘Landscape Infrastructures’ essay in Points+ Lines: Diagrams and Projects for the City. Princeton Architectural Press. |
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| W5 | Fri 09 Oct | Ecologies and Infrastructure |
| Mohsin Mostafavi (2010). ‘Why Ecological Urbanism? Why Now?’ in Ecological Urbanism edited by Mohsen Mostafavi. Lars Muller Publishers. pp 12-53.
Sommer, Richard (2010). ‘Mobility, Infrastructure, Society’ in Ecological Urbanism edited by Mohsen Mostafavi. Lars Muller Publishers. pp 380-381. Schwartz, Martha (2010). ‘Ecological Urbanism and the Landscape’ in Ecological Urbanism edited by Mohsen Mostafavi. Lars Muller Publishers. pp 524-525. |
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| W6 | Fri 16 Oct | Urbanism and Infrastructures |
| Easterling, K. (2001). Organization space: landscapes, highways, and houses in America. MIT Press. pp. 98-111.
Allen, S. (1999). Points+ lines: diagrams and projects for the city. Princeton Architectural Press. pp.48-57. |
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| W7 | Fri 23 Oct | Public + Public Infrastructures |
| Cuff, D., & Sherman, R. (2011). ‘Architecture as Public Work’ in Fast-forward urbanism: rethinking architecture’s engagement with the city. Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 18-25.
Shannon, K., & Smets, M. (2010). The landscape of contemporary infrastructure. NAi Publishers. pp. 184-187. Easterling, Keller (2011). ‘Disposition and Active Form’ in Fast-forward urbanism: rethinking architecture’s engagement with the city. Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 96-99. |
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| W8 | Fri 30 Oct | Network Influences |
| Allen, S. (2011). Urbanisms in the plural: The information thread. Fast-Forward Urbanism, 36-61.
Shepard, M. (2011). Sentient city: Ubiquitous computing, architecture, and the future of urban space. The MIT press. pp. 17-37. |
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| W9 | Fri 06 Nov | Design and Performance Issues in Infrastructure |
| Stoll, K., & Lloyd, S. (2010). ‘Performance as Form’ in Infrastructure as architecture: designing composite networks. Jovis. pp.4-7.
Halprin, L. (1972). Cities: Revised Edition. Mit Press. pp.193-207. Shannon, K., & Smets, M. (2010). ‘Standard Profiles as a Means of Identification’ in The landscape of contemporary infrastructure. NAi Publishers. pp. 22-25. |
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| W10 | Fri 13 Nov | Utopias and Design of Transportation |
| Tafuri, M., & La Penta, B. L. (1976). Architecture and utopia: design and capitalist development. MIT press.Selected pages.
More, T. (1908). Utopia. University Press. Selected pages. Frampton, K., & Futagawa, Y. (1983). Modern architecture. ADA Edita. Selected pages. |
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| W11 | Fri 13 Nov | Design and Performance Issues in Infrastructure |
| Stoll, K., & Lloyd, S. (2010). ‘Performance as Form’ in Infrastructure as architecture: designing composite networks. Jovis. pp.4-7.
Halprin, L. (1972). Cities: Revised Edition. Mit Press. pp.193-207. Shannon, K., & Smets, M. (2010). ‘Standard Profiles as a Means of Identification’ in The landscape of contemporary infrastructure. NAi Publishers. pp. 22-25. |
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| W12 | Fri 20 Nov | The Future of Transportation |
| Mitchell, William J. (2010). ‘Ecological Sustainable Urban Mobility through Light Electric Vehicles’ in Ecological Urbanism edited by Mohsen Mostafavi. Lars Muller Publishers. pp 382-397.
Townsend, Anthony (2014). ‘Re-Programming Mobility: The Digital Transformation of Transportation in the United States’. Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management: N.p. Print. pp 1-57. |
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| W12 | Fri 27 Nov | Future Design Presentations to Class |
| W13 | Fri 04 Dec | No Class – Studio Reviews |