Caution: this assignment is for Writing Requirement sections only.
Your assignment is to choose a topic related to the required text or video lectures we learned in this semester (or at least related to architecture) and finish a 3,000 words paper. If you want to choose something not mentioned, please email the instruction to make sure if it is possible.
You are encouraged to develop your own BIG idea for the paper. An architect, a building, a historical event, a book or treatise, a style of architecture, an architecture school…it is a free topic. For example, your paper could explore some of the following issues:
Discuss how the buildings or writings relate to the cultural values and traditions of its time. Is it a representative building or a new innovative structure? What other previous structures might have been a precedent or influence on the design?
Describe the physical context of a key building. What is the character of the surrounding site area? How does the building relate to its context? Is it part of a larger set of building relationships?
Discuss the social significance of the building or literature. What impact might it have on peoples lives? On the lives of architects today?How do various types of people feel about the building? What rituals or cultural events relate to the building or writing?
Choose an architect just a the midterm.What was the architects overall philosophy toward architecture? What specific ideas did the architect bring to his work? Who were the architects teachers and students?
