HUM 390LA - Los Angeles Architectures

Institution:

Antioch University-Los Angeles

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Description:

In this multimedia workshop students learn to interrogate the local built environment through the combined use of a pre-class self-guided tour of the Los Angeles civic center area and in-class exposure to photographs, documentary footage, on-line resources, texts, lecture and discussion. Architecture offers a particularly apt corpus for cultural analysis as it embodies and freezes in time the functional and aesthetic intent of its builders and their ability to interpret and influence community values, beliefs and lifestyles. Students learn to scrutinize the bewildering shape and fate of Los Angeles architectural repertoires from colonial La Plaza church to the upcoming hyper-real corridor in Grand avenue in search for revealing connections between regional built statements and local culture. No grade equivalents allowed. HUMANITIES DOMAIN

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.antiochla.edu

Phone Number:

(310) 578-1080

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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