Architectural Studies 204 - Housing Urbanization Dev

Spring
2019
01
4.00
Gabriel Arboleda
TTH 11:30AM-12:50PM
Amherst College
ARCH-204-01-1819S
OCTA 200
garboleda@amherst.edu
ARCH-204-01,ARHA-204-01

(Offered as ARCH 204 and ARHA 204) This course studies the theory, policy, and practice of low-income housing in marginalized communities worldwide. We study central concepts in housing theory, key issues regarding low-income housing, different approaches to address these issues, and political debates around housing the poor. We use a comparative focus, going back and forth between the cases of the United States and the so-called developing world. By doing this, we engage in a “theory from without” exercise: We attempt to understand the housing problem in the United States from the perspective of the developing world, and vice versa. We study our subject through illustrated lectures, seminar discussions, documentary films, visual analysis exercises, and a field trip.

Limited to 25 students. Spring Semester. Professor Arboleda.

Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods.