Year 1.
The first year program in History-Theory aims to expand students’ horizons of knowledge about architecture while teaching foundational skills in reading and writing in the discipline. Even though students at the School of Architecture are expected to be literate and articulate, entering into a new field””?such as architecture””?is a difficult intellectual transition to make. Students will need to develop specific cognitive skills to address the new territories they will have to map. The first year program sets out to help students attain a basic literacy in the discipline while introducing contemporary ways of thinking about the field.
Year 1.
The first year program in History-Theory aims to expand students’ horizons of knowledge about architecture while teaching foundational skills in reading and writing in the discipline. Even though students at the School of Architecture are expected to be literate and articulate, entering into a new field””?such as architecture””?is a difficult intellectual transition to make. Students will need to develop specific cognitive skills to address the new territories they will have to map. The first year program sets out to help students attain a basic literacy in the discipline while introducing contemporary ways of thinking about the field.
The program revolves around two, intensive, weeklong workshops, one in fall and one in spring. These all-day workshops will have two components, a thematic lecture-discussion seminars and intensive writing workshops.