studio.READINGS

48105 S17 Winter Break Reading Assignment

Readings / Theory S17

Online reading archive:
(only available to current CMU ID holders via WebISO Login; all readings also available on Blackboard)

• Authors A-D: Aalto, Bachelard, Buchanan, Cadwell, Ching, Clark, Davies
  1. Aalto, "The Humanizing of Architecure"
  2. Aalto, "From Doorstep to Living Room"
  3. Bachelard, The Poetics of Space, chapter 1 and chapter 2
  4. Buchanan, "Wicked Problems in Design Thinking"
  5. Cadwell, "Flooded at the Farnsworth House"
  6. Ching, intro to Architecture: Form, Space, & Order
  7. Davies, C., Thinking About Architecture
• Authors E-H: Eisenman, Evans, Emmons, Feuerstein, Foget, Frampton, Frascari, Gehry, Gregotti, Grobman, Hancock, Hanlon, Hays, Hill
  1. Eisenman, "Diagram, An Original Scene of Writing"
  2. Eisenman, Introduction to Ten Canonical Buildings
  3. Emmons, "Material Models and Immaterial Paradigms in Rietveld Schroder House"
  4. Evans, "Translations from Drawing to Building"
  5. Feuerstein, Architecture as a Performing Art
  6. Foget, "On Tectonic Terms"
  7. Frampton, K., Introduction to Studies in Tectonic Culture
  8. Frascari, "The Tell-the-Tale Detail"
  9. Gehry, F., "Design Process" an interview with Beatriz Colomina
  10. Gehry, F., "Should an Artwork Have Toilets?" an interview with Barbara Isenberg
  11. Gregotti, V., "The Exercise of Detailing"
  12. Grobman, Intro to Performalism: Form and Performance in Digital Architecture
  13. Hancock, "Between History & Tradition: Notes Toward a Theory of Precedent"
  14. Hanlon, introduction and "The Square," in Compositions in Architecture
  15. Hays., "Architecture by Numbers"
  16. Hill, "Building the Drawing"
• Authors I-L: Kwinter, Laugier, Leatherbarrow, Lecuyer, Leupen, Loos, Lynn
  1. Kwinter, S. "Who's Afraid of Formalism?"
  2. Laugier, M. A. "An Essay on Architecture"
  3. Leatherbarrow, "Architecture's Unscripted Performance," in Kolarevic, Performative Architecture
  4. Lecuyer, A. Radical Tectonics
  5. Leupen, introduction to Design and Analysis
  6. Loos, A. "Ornament and Crime"
  7. Lynn, G. Introduction to Folding in Architecture
  8. Lynn, G. "Animate Form"
• Authors M-P: Mitchell, Moore, Moussavi, Pallasmaa, Paul, Perez-Gomez
  1. Mitchell, W. "Roll Over Euclid: How Frank Gehry Designs and Builds"
  2. Moore, "Body Movement," in Body, Memory, and Architecture
  3. Moussavi, F. Introduction to Function of Ornament
  4. Moussavi, F. Introduction to Function of Form
  5. Pallasmaa, J. "An Architecture of the Seven Senses"
  6. Pallasmaa, J. Eyes of the Skin
  7. Paul, D. "Signature of the Digital"
  8. Perez-Gomez, "Architecture as Drawing"
• Authors Q-T: Reichel, Reiser & Umemoto, Rowe, Sekler, Semper, Sennett, Simitch & Warke, Simmel, Stravinsky
  1. Reichel, Schultz, ed., Scale: Open | Close
  2. Reiser, J. & Umemoto, Introduction to Atlas of Novel Tectonics
  3. Rowe, C. "Mathematics of the Ideal Villa"
  4. Rowe, C. "Precedent and Invention"
  5. Rowe, C. "Talent and Ideas"
  6. Rowe, C. "Transparency," Part I and Part II
  7. Semper, G. "Four Elements of Architecture"
  8. Sekler, E. "Structure, Construction, Tectonics"
  9. Sennett, R. The Craftsman, chapter 4 and chapter 8
  10. Simitch & Warke, The Language of Architecture: Chapters 1-7; Chapters 8-16; Chapters 17-26
  11. Simmel, G. "Bridge and Door" and other readings, in N. Leach, ed., Rethinking Architecture
  12. Stravinsky, "Composition of Music"
• Authors U-Z: Venturi, Vidler, Vyzoviti, Wigley, Zumthor
  1. Venturi, R. "Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture"
  2. Vidler, A. "Architecture's Expanded Field"
  3. Vyzoviti, S. "Folding Architecture"
  4. Wigley, M. "What is an architect?" interview with J. Clement in "Domus" (2009)
  5. Zumthor, P. "Thinking Architecture"