Readings for Architc 166

Reading 1: Vitruvius & Ergonomics from Human Dimension & Interior Space: a Source Book of Design Reference Standards, pp. 15 & 18.

Reading 2: Anthropometry from Human Dimension & Interior Space: a Source Book of Design Reference Standards, pp. 23 & 26.

Reading 3: Programming vs. Design from Problem Seeking: An Architectural Programming Primer, pp. 10-11..

Reading 4: Anatomy from Community and Privacy, p. 75.

Reading 5: The Habitable from the Place of Houses, p. 49.

Reading 6: Group Housing in Pessac, from The Architecture of Happiness, pp. 163-166.

Reading 7: Pathology of Boredom, from Community and Privacy, pp. 78-79.

Reading 8: What should the Architect Know?, from Vitruvius on Architecture, pp. 60-61.

Reading 9: From The Crit: An Architecture Student's Handbook, pp. 4, 6, & 7.

Reading 10: From The Crit: An Architecture Student's Handbook, pp. 9-12.

Reading 11: From The Crit: An Architecture Student's Handbook, pp. 38, 58 & 60.

Reading 12: From Community and Privacy, p. 61.

Reading 13: From The Architecture School Survival Guide, p. 20. For some reading suggestions, see the bibliography at the bottom of this page.

Reading 14: From The Timeless Way of Building. pp. 386-7 and 395.

Reading 15: There will be no quiz on 3/14. 

Reading 16:  From Community and Privacy, p. 245.

Reading 17:  From The Place of Houses, pp. 99-100.

Reading 18:  Geographic Location and Climate, from Vitruvius on Architecture, p. 182.

Reading 19:  From Community and Privacy, p. 215.

Reading 20:  Conservative Mode, From The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment, pp. 22-23.

Reading 21: Selective Mode, From The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment, pp. 23-24.

Reading 22:  From Community and Privacy, pp. 216-217.

Reading 23:  Room Orientation, from Vitruvius on Architecture, p. 194-5.

Reading 24:  Light-1, From The Place of Houses, pp. 96-97.

Reading 25:  Light-2, From The Place of Houses, pp. 96-98

Reading 26:  Outlook, From The Place of Houses, pp. 102-104. R

Reading 27: This final reading is more of a reflection. It is an opportunity for you to give me some feedback as well. In a few sentences, address the following: Which of the readings were more meaningful, useful, interesting, etc.? Which were not so much? Were they too long or not long enough?  Any other details would be helpful. Thank you.

Sources:

Alexander, Christopher. The Timeless Way of Building. Oxford University Press, 1980.

Banham, Reyner. The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment. Architectural Pr., 2009.

Botton, Alain de. The Architecture of Happiness. Vintage International, 2006.

Chermayeff, Serge, and Christopher Alexander. Community and Privacy. Anchor Books, 1965.

Jackson, Iain. The Architecture School Survival Guide. Laurence King Publishing, 2015.

Moore, Charles, et al. The Place of Houses. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979.

Panero, Julius, and Martin Zelnik. Human Dimension & Interior Space: a Source Book of Design Reference Standards. Whitney Library of Design.

Parnell, Rosie, et al. The Crit: an Architecture Student's Handbook. Elsevier, 2007.

Peña, William, and Steven Parshall. Problem Seeking: an Architectural Programming Primer. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

Vitruve, et al. Vitruvius on Architecture. The Monacelli Press, 2003.

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