Syllabus
1. Italian Futurism: 1909-1918
1.1. Welcome to the course
1.2. Architecture after 1851
1.3. Introduction to Futurism
1.4. Futurist Paintings at the Guggenheim
1.5. Futurist Architecture
1.6. Summary and Assignment
2. Frank Lloyd Wright and the 20th Century
2.1. Interview with John Lobell
2.2. Overview
2.3. Brief Biography
2.4. Prairie Style Houses
2.5. Larkin Building and Unity Temple
2.6. Wright in the 1920s
2.7. Wright in the 1930s
2.8. Wright in the 1950s
2.9. Wright's Patterns
2.10. Wright and the 20th Century
2.11. Organic Architecture
2.12. Ivan Shumkov and John Lobell Conversation
3. Russian Constructivism: 1910-1931
3.1. From Tradition to Soviet Revolution
3.2. Vladimir Tatlin and the Constructivist Space
3.3. Melnikov and his Soviet Pavilion in Paris
3.4. El Lissitsky, Vesnin and the New School
3.5. Ginsburg and the New Collective Housing
3.6. Leonidov and his Visionary Architecture
3.7. The End of Russian Avantguard
4. De Stijl or Dutch Neoplasticism: 1917-1930
4.1. Introduction to De Stijl Painting
4.2. The Origins of De Stijl Architecture
4.3. De Stijl Theories and Design
4.4. Schroder House by Geritt Rietveld
4.5. Café Aubette by Theo van Doesburg
4.6. Late De Stijl Architecture
4.7. Theo Van Doesburg’s Studio in Paris
5. Bauhaus, the Weimar Republic and the New Objectivity: Germany and Holland, 1918-1933
5.1. Introduction and Origins of the Bauhaus
5.2. Itten, Schlemmer and the Foundations
5.3. Gropius and the Design Methodology
5.4. 1923 Bauhaus Exhibit in Weimar
5.5. Moholy-Nagy’s New Methodology
5.6. Bauhaus New Home in Dessau
5.7. Albers’ Art and Breuer’s Furniture
5.8. Schlemmer and Gropius’ Total Theater
5.9. Meyer’s Change in Direction
5.10. Mies and After the Bauhaus
Extra: Documentary
6. Mies van der Rohe and the New Monumentality: Germany, 1920-1936
6.1. Mies van der Rohe and his Early Architecture
6.2. The Invention of a New Language in Houses
6.3. Weisenhoff Siedlung and other Housing
6.4. Barcelona Pavilion of Germany
6.5. New Houses and Projects in Europe
7. Le Corbusier and Purist Culture: France 1918-1937
7.1. Charles Eduard Jeanneret Gris
7.2. Books, Travels and Early Works
7.3. Journey to the East
7.4. 5 Modern Houses
7.5. Purism and Vers une Architecture
7.6. Esprit Nouveaux Pavilion
7.7. Jeanneret-La Roche and La Garches
7.8. Villa Savoye
7.9. 3 Housing Projects
7.10. Societe des Nations, CIAM and Palace of the Soviets
7.11. La Ville Radieuse and Pavillon des Temps Nouveaux
8. Alvar Aalto and Finnish National Romanticism: 1923-1954
OOAc-MA 8.1. Introduction to the Nordic Classicism Tradition
8.2. The Early Works of Alvar Aalto
8.3. Paimio Sanatorium as Integration with Nature
8.4. Viipuri Library in Vyborg (Russia)
8.5. Aalto’s House and Furniture Design
8.6. Finish Pavilion at the World Exposition in Paris
8.7. Villa Mairea in Noormarkku (Finland)
8.8. War Time Projects and MIT Baker House Dormitory
9. Italian Rationalism and the New Rome: 1922-1942
9.1. Italy from Novecento to Rationalim
9.2. Traces of Futurism into Rationalism
9.3. Rome University by Piacentini in Lictoral Style
9.4. Florence Train Station by Gruppo Toscano
9.5. Casa del Fascio in Como by Terragni
9.6. Kindergarten and Housing by Gruppo 7
9.7. Danteum in Rome by Terragni
9.8. Late Rationalist Projects and WW2
10. Conclusions and Final Assignment
Course Summary and Conclusions
Final Assignment Guidelines