ARTS 101: Design and Society

Number of Sections: 1 | Day and Time: Wednesday & Friday (7:30-9:00 AM ICT)

Course Description

This course is to provide students with a basic but critical understanding of major changes and developments throughout history from a design perspective, primarily architectural perspective. Discussion topics will include changes within architecture itself or other times by external forces. The readings and lectures investigate the interrelationship of architecture, design and broader cultural, social and political context. The course explores some of the significant moments of change in architecture that results from economic, technological, or institutional change in nature. Through a collection of historical precedents, we will learn about how change of course in history is often required and/or imposed by the demands of societal and technological pressures that challenge and disrupt the status-quo. Multiple viewpoints are explored and entertained in class to grasp the diverse nature of design and its impact on society.