The Study and Design of Cultural Sites

Heritage districts, parks, memorials, and reserves have become an important focus of architectural activity, calling on knowledge of cultural conditions, environmental impact and values, economic uses, managerial practices, and legal limitations. This course will introduce ways to identify and define potential cultural sites, and study their history and place in the collective memory, their economy, and the role of architectural intervention in them. Consent of instructor required for those outside of the M.Arch program.