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Class number:
2917
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Title: Architecture of Leisure |
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Department: Fine Arts |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 15 |
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Current enrollment: 12 |
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Available seats: 3 |
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Start date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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End date: Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: M: 1:30PM-4:10PM, HHN - 105 |
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Instructor(s): Granston, Willie |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Arts Requirement |
Course Description:
This seminar considers how architecture and the built environment have been used to facilitate and satisfy American expectations of recreation and leisure. Through close-reading and discussion of primary and secondary sources, lectures, field trips, and class activities, this class will analyze buildings and landscapes as means of understanding social values and cultural beliefs at various times. Topics will include conceptions of nature, the evolution of specific building types, like hotels, the development of specific architectural styles, like the Shingle Style, and the changing beliefs relating to material choices. Focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries, this class will also consider how race and socioeconomic status impacted architectural decisions and the lived experience as it related to this landscape of leisure. |