Theories of Place (ARCH 750 & 850) (original) (raw)

Course description: This seminar introduces students to qualitative, descriptive approaches to research in environmental behavior. The first part of the course explores methods for studying the built environment intuitively, particularly the approach of phenomenology. Next, the course examines such themes as space as experienced, sense of place, environmental encounter, built form as experiential symbol, and architecture and landscape architecture as community making. A major focus is architecture and environmental design as place making.