The past decade has seen an incredible evolution of architecture and design adapting to the issue of climate change. Greening ourselves and the cities we live in has been widely discussed in the media, while legitimized in regional building codes and masterplans. From greenwashed advertising to zero-emission standards, the design environment has shifted while our tools and techniques (the ones that got us into this situation to begin with) are just beginning to evolve.The Beyond Green seminar will expand our notions of the term “sustainability” in the built environment while questioning its integration in the design and building process. The course structure will guide students to expose the underlying processes, multi-scalar systems, and diverse forces of socio-cultural and political flows that impact the lens of sustainable design. In addition to addressing contemporary and historical green building techniques and technologies, students in this course will critically question the green building industry by expanding the conversation of sustainability and the tools available to the architect.
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The contemporary condition of architecture is not written in textbooks. It is happening right now.Through an intricate weekly interaction with texts and buildings ranging the 1960s until today, every student is invited to explore an area of interest that links pieces of architecture into a new text. Trying to avoid the mistakes of the past, while longing for a better future, it is this ‘history in action’ that will inspire us to create in responsibility and engagement the cities of tomorrow.Starting with Gutenberg’s 42 line bible as the first specimen of movable type printing, the course will cover a history of graphic design from the 15th century till today. The course thematically stuctured to address the conceptualization of Graphic Design as a discipline directed by various interpretative inquiries into the History and Theory of visual communication.
