Cite Conditions

1.5 units

A seminar exploring multiple venues to understand and inspire pre-design strategies based on: A critical observation of the context: The formulation of hypothesis of understanding based on the circumstantial, the factual, the interpreted, the imagined, and the edited, through a series of case studies, such as Sites with histories, unexpected Sights and philosophical, cinematographic and literary Cites. The course will include lectures and 3 exercises where each of these case studies will be presented, discussed and given as tests of analytical and poetic comprehension. Each exercise will be based on a specific location within the larger St. Louis region. The deliverables will be shown as power point presentations to test the student's ability to communicate effectively through verbal, graphic and written information. Each of the three exercises will be printed at the end of the course as the final deliverable. There will be readings (limited) in Philosophy and/or Art criticism to support the class discussions. Students enrolled in Design Thinking are encouraged to register for this seminar since it will provide important support to Design Thinking requirements.