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1. Introduction to Theory of City Form
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Theory of City Form (Spring 2013)
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- 1 1. Introduction to Theory of City Form
- 2 2. Normative Theory I: The City as Supernatural
- 3 3. Normative Theory II: The City as Machine
- 4 4. Normative Theory III: The City as Organism
- 5 5. Descriptive and Functional Theory
- 6 6. Dimensions, Patterns, Agreements, Structure, and Syntax
- 7 7. The Early Cities of Capitalism
- 8 8. Transformations I: London
- 9 9. Transformations II: Paris
- 10 10. Transformations III: Vienna and Barcelona
- 11 11. Transformations IV: Chicago
- 12 12. Transformations V: Panopticism, St. Petersburg and Berlin
- 13 13. Utopianism as Social Reform and Built Form
- 14 14. 20th Century Realizations: Russia and Great Britain
- 15 15. City Form and Process
- 16 16. Spatial & Social Structure I: Theory
- 17 17. Spatial & Social Structure II: Bipolarity
- 18 18. Spatial & Social Structure III: Colony & Post-colony
- 19 19. Form Models I: Modern and Post-modern Urbanism
- 20 20. Form Models II: Open-endedness and Prophecy
- 21 21. Form Models III and IV: Rationality and Memory
- 22 22. Cases I: Public and Private Domains
- 23 23. Cases II: Suburbs and Periphery
- 24 24. Cases III: Post-urbanism and Resource Conservation
- 25 25. Cases IV: Hyper and Mega-urbanism
- 26 26. Conclusion: Towards a Theory of City Form
- 27 Teaching 4.241J/11.330J: Embracing Complexities of Urbanism
