Histories of Housing and Domesticity: 19th Century to the Present

5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

Lecture, three hours; outside study, 12 hours. Limited to Architectural Studies majors or with consent of instructor. Investigation of relationship between architecture, political economy, and the environment through the medium of housing, from 19th-century philanthropy to cooperative, municipal, and national enterprise. Focus on worldwide examples spanning two centuries, study connects politics, law, industry, and finance to better identify the role of architecture in the materialization of housing. Letter grading.