CMU 51-774
School
of Design
Malcolm McCullough
Place
Identity in Digital Productions
| Weeks 12-15 | Final Project Development | |
| Project: | Intelligent City? | |
| 4/18 | Discussion: | Abstracts due |
| 4/20 | Lecture: | Urban amenities |
| 4/25 | Discussion: | Project strategies |
| 4/27 | Presentation: | Internal progress review |
| 5/ 2, 4, 9 | Project: | Individual consultations |
| 5/ 11 or 12 | Presentation: | Final presentation |
| Week 1 | Introduction | |
| 1/18 | Introduction: | The premise of this course. Terminology, claims, and questions. |
| 1/20 | Workshop: | Warmup |
| Weeks 2-3 | Space and place | |
| Project: | 1: Ideas, goals, and preconceptions | |
| 1/25 | Seminar: | First orientation.Text: Space and Place, 1 |
| 1/27 | Lecture: | Theories of digital space |
| 2/1 | Seminar: | On place perception. Text: Discovering the Vernacular Landscape, 1. The Wired Neighborhood, 1. |
| 2/3 | Workshop: | Project 1 compilation |
| Weeks 4-5 | Embodiment | |
| Project: | 2: Tapping environmental predispositions | |
| 2/8 | Seminar: | Cognition.Text:"Embodiment" packet |
| 2/10 | Lecture: | Environmental ability |
| 2/15 | Seminar: | Archetypes. Text: Chambers for a Memory Palace, 1. |
| 2/17 | Workshop: | Memory |
| Weeks 6-7 | Ubiquitous Computing | |
| Project: | 3: Geowares | |
| 2/22 | Seminar: | After the screen. Text: E-Topia, 1. 2/24 |
| 2/24 | Lecture: | Nature and pervasive technology |
| 2/29 | Seminar: | Smart places. Text: E-Topia, 2. |
| 3/2 | Presentation: | Projects 2 & 3 |
| Weeks 8-9 | Built Environments | |
| Project: | 4: Urban gear | |
| 3/7 | Seminar: | Architectural perception. Text: The Image of the City. |
| 3/9 | Lecture: | Architecture: duration, typology, and scale |
| 3/14 | Seminar: | Typology. Text: Chambers for a Memory Palace, 2. |
| 3/16 | Workshop: | Urban identity |
| Weeks 10-11 | Social Mappings | |
| Project: | 5: Insider ware | |
| 3/21 | Seminar: | Community and its trivializations. Text: The Wired Neighborhood, 2. Space and Place, 2 |
| 3/23 | Lecture: | Cultural geography and the limits of social construction |
| 4/4 | Seminar: | Representing. Text: The Power of Maps |
| 4/6 | Presentation: | Projects 4 & 5 |