| CLASS # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| Part I: Reading the City | |
| 1 | How Can Cities Be Read and Why |
| 2 | The Once and Future City: Processes That Shape |
| 3 | Reading and Writing the City: The Case of Philadelphia |
| 4 |
Perspectives on MIT Sites Project Assignment 1: Select A Site due |
| Part II: City and Nature: Processes as Agents of Change | |
| 5 | Boston, A Natural Environment Transformed |
| 6 | Field Trip: Processes and Patterns of Air, Earth, Water, and Life |
| 7 | Observing, Analyzing, and Explaining How Natural Processes Shape the City |
| 8 | Discussion of Findings on Student Sites |
| 9 |
Adapting the City to Natural Processes Project Assignment 2: Your Site and Natural Processes due |
| 10 | MIT Sites: What Patterns Emerged? |
| Part III: City and Society: Social Processes as Agents of Change | |
| 11 | Change Over Time: Discovering and Explaining Patterns |
| 12 | Workshop: Observing Change |
| 13 | Observing Change |
| 14 | Analyzing Change |
| 15 | Discovering and Analyzing Patterns of Change |
| 16 | Explaining Changes Over Time, Making an Argument |
| 17 |
MIT's Neighborhoods in Historical Context Project Assignment 3: Your Site Through Time due |
| 18 | MIT Sites: What Patterns Emerged? |
| Part IV: Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Envisioning and Shaping Future Cities | |
| 19 | Field Trip: Discovering and Photographing Artifacts, Traces, and Trends |
| 20 | Discussion of Findings |
| 21 |
West Philadelphia Landscape Project Project Assignment 4: Artifacts, Layers, Traces and Trends due |
| 22 | MIT Sites: What Patterns Emerged? |
| Part V: Boston Sites: How Have They Evolved, Where Are They Headed | |
| 23 | Presentation and Discussion of Sites |
| 24 | Presentation and Discussion of Sites (cont.) |
| 25 | Presentation and Discussion of Sites (cont.) |
| 26 |
What Patterns Emerged? Revision of Selected Assignment due |
