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The study of architectural history and theory is a broad area of study covered within
the OSU architecture curriculum. By studying history, the prospective architect learns the
who, what, when, where, how and why of what has gone before. By looking back through
history, one can better understand the ideas, beliefs, theories, and practices that are
relevant to what architects do today. The study of history introduces the architect to his
or her legacy and suggests how that legacy might be applicable to the future.
There are twelve required credit hours of study in the architectural history field for
architecture majors, though the student may take courses for up to six more credits as
architectural electives. Only ARCH 2003 is a required part of those twelve hours; the
student may choose what courses to take to fulfill the other nine credit hours of required
study. Architectural Engineering majors are also required to take ARCH 2003, and then are
allowed to choose what course to take to fulfill their requirement of six additional
credit hours.
ARCHITECTURE 2003: ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY
ARCH 2003 is the first course in the architectural history sequence. It functions,
therefore, as an introduction to both the historical framework of western architecture and
the profession. The course also fulfills humanities and international dimension
requirements for the University at large. Consequently, a large number of students
enrolled in the course are not architecture majors. In addition, in fulfilling this role,
the content of the course specifically includes modern architectural examples as
comparisons to the historical framework.
ARCHITECTURE 3073: HISTORY AND THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE: GREEK AND ROMAN
The architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, Classical Architecture, is the
foundation upon which the architecture of the West and Near East builds. This course
explores the societies and cultures of the ancient Mediterranean from the sophistication
of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete, through the warlike Myceneans of Homer
on mainland Greece, the rationalism and refinement of the fifth century Greek city states
to the splendors of Imperial Rome, destroyed by the invading barbarians c.500 A.D.
Students come to understand the development of the Orders and the society that produced
them; the architects that worked with them; and the variables allowed by later
civilizations that had adopted them. The course concludes with an explanation of the
impact of Classical Architecture on the architecture of later centuries; the Gothic of the
Medieval period; the architecture of Islam; the revivals of the Renaissance; and the debt
owed by the Modern Movement to the creators of the Parthenon and the Panthenon.
ARCHITECTURE 3083: HISTORY AND THEORY OF BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE
This course develops basic skills in historical methodology, especially in the use
of formal analysis, and to understand how meaning, both in the abstract sense and as a
response to program can be conveyed. Further, the course aims to understand how architects
respond to patrons and to political, social, and philosophical currents.
ARCHITECTURE 4073: HISTORY AND THEORY OF EARLY MODERN ARCHITECTURE
This course investigates the theories on which the Modern Movement is based and
examines how architects have responded to the profound changes in philosophy, technology,
and social structure following upon the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolutions.
ARCHITECTURE 4083: HISTORY AND THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE: ENGLISH AND EARLY AMERICAN
This course introduces students to the complex history of England from the time of
the War of the Roses in the late fifteenth century to the industrial Revolution and the
accession of Queen Victoria. The arrival of the classical architecture of the Renaissance
and its development into a style peculiarly and characteristically British is explained
with a detailed review of the society and architects. The importance and development of
the Country House, from baronial castle to lordly palace is examined in detail as are
developments in religious and civic buildings. The impact of English architecture in the
colonies established on the American eastern seaboard is also examined.
ARCHITECTURE 4183: HISTORY AND THEORY OF CITIES
This course builds upon learning experiences in earlier course regarding the
development patterns of western civilization. It is intended to further develop the
student's understanding of the structure and form of the urban environment and the forces
that shape that environment. In so doing, it provides a background from which the student
may improve their ability to solve urban scale design problems.
ARCHITECTURE 5083: JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE
This course is an immersion in the architecture of Japan spanning from the early
Bronze Age to the present. Particular attention is paid to the feudal period stretching
from about 1200 B.C.E. to 1860 B.C.E. Educational goals include heightening students'
awareness of the basic social, and political and philosophical principles which guided the
development of Japanese society and the architecture which resulted. Students are
confronted with the architectural implications of systems of values and ethics very
incongruent from their own. Exposure to Japanese culture, geography, climate, political
and economic systems and the clear relationship of these elements of culture to Japanese
architecture are a focus of the course. The student should also become aware of the impact
of legal systems, particularly systems of taxation upon the architecture made by a
culture. Students also begin to understand the impacts of various cultural values, and
societal settings on the role and the orientation of people who perform the role of
architect. The relationship between individuals, groups and society as a whole with the
natural environment on both philosophical and physical levels is also a form of the
country.
ARCHITECTURE 5173: HISTORY AND THEORY OF MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE
This course intends to explore the history of medieval architecture and society.
It intends to stimulate insights into contemporary architectural and societal issues
relevant to architects in contemporary practice and begin developing an understanding of
medieval society and the architecture it produced.
ARCHITECTURE 6073: NON-WESTERN ARCHITECTURE
This course is a survey of the architecture of Central, South and East Asia along
with the Indies spanning from the early Bronze Age to the present. Particular attention is
paid to the classic periods of each major culture. Educational goals include heightening
students' awareness of the basic social, and political and philosophical principles which
guided the development of non-western society and the architecture which resulted.
Students are confronted with the architectural implications of systems of values and
ethics very incongruent with their own.
ARCHITECTURE 6083: HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
This course investigates the theoretical foundations of the Modern Movement and
examine how practice and theory relate in this period.
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