Due: Artifact Study: Three narratives for your chosen objects. Intro: Assignment 2, Building Study, intro New Haven Building Archive Readings: Zoya Brumberg-Kraus, “A Bridge at Powell and Clay: Designing Chinese American Community in an Francisco’s Chinatown YWCA,” Buildings and Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, Volume 31, No. 1, Spring 2024. Jessica Larson, “The Black Built Environment of Benevolence in New York’s Tenderloin District: … Continue reading Jan. 29
Readings: Gabrielle Brainard, “Party Walls: Understanding Urban Change Through a Block of New Haven Row Houses, 1870-1979,” Journal of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, 2001. Douglas Rae, City: Urbanism and its End (Yale Univ. Press, 2004), as much as you can. Paul Groth, “ ‘Marketplace’ Vernacular Design: The Case of Downtown Rooming Houses,” Perspectrives in Vernacular Architecture, Vol. 2 (1986): 179-191. J.B. Jackson, “Stranger’s … Continue reading Jan 22
Sites and Stakes: Where and Why we do this work. Readings: Paul Groth, “Frameworks for Cultural Landscape Studies,” in Understanding Ordinary Landscapes, eds. Paul Groth and Todd W. Bressi, Paul Groth, “Generic Buildings and Cultural Landscapes as Sources of Urban History,” Journal of Architectural Education, Spring 1988: 41-44 Paul Groth, “Guidebooks as Community Service” Sarah Lopez, “A Personal Reflection on People as ‘Subjects’ for Built … Continue reading January 15
ALERT! First class meeting on W. January 15, 2:00PM will take place in Rudolph Hall: 4rth Flr. Pit. Continue reading First Class Meeting
Short Research-based Studies 1. Artifact Select one artifact from the Lost in New Haven collection and develop three potential narratives, each described in under 250 words. Three are important. Three ways to imbricate the object in a narrative. Not just one argument, support and explore multiple narratives. 2. Building / Streetscape Study Research social and physical history of a specific New Haven building and develop … Continue reading Syllabus
