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CAS AH 383 Architecture and Urbanism: From to Urban Landscape Credits: 4

Professors: Tricia Meehan [email protected] / Pablo Vazquez-Gestal [email protected] Office Hours: Monday, 3:00-3:30 and by appointment

Schedule: 16 two-and-a-half-hour sessions over 7.5 weeks - 14 weekly sessions: 2 sessions per week - 2.5 hours each - 2 additional sessions: on Fridays (dates to be determined) - Final exam: Last Friday (Take home) Structure: 1/3 lecture, 2/3 visit

Course Material: - A Course Reader with the required readings (to be purchased by each student). - Paris par Arrondissement, L’Indispensable, or equivalent, provided by BU Paris. - Supplemental and Thematic Readings posted on the class Wordpress Site. - A list of Parisian libraries with collections on architecture and urbanism accessible to students will be posted on Blackboard.

Assessment for the course: - Attendance, participation and preparedness (10%), - Three quizzes (15%), - Building Visit Discussion (10%), - Thematic Dossier – Part 1 (25%), - Thematic Dossier – Part 2 (25%), - Round table presentation (15%).

Homework includes mandatory readings in English (15-20 pages) for each session, preparation for in-class tests (quizzes and exams), as well as extensive research and reflection for the building visit discussion, the round table presentation and the thematic dossier (10-12 pages total, plus iconography and bibliography).

This course is accessible to students with no previous experience in art history.

I. COURSE PRESENTATION

This course traces the development of Parisian architecture and urbanism from the Roman period to the present. It is designed to offer students a sense of the dynamic exchange between architectural space and form, urban development, the history of ideas and the larger economic, cultural and political . The course is organized into five units of three classes, each unit opening with an introductory lecture at the BU Center followed by two visit-based classes. Assignments are cumulative, developed throughout the semester through a thematic prism.

Course objectives  Identifying the forces shaping the architectural and urban discourse concerning Paris within international, national and local debates. This will include the identification of major tendencies as well as significant events, actors and projects.

Page 1 of 1  Understanding the evolution of policies and practices of the French , the of Paris and, more recently, the Île-de- Region, which frame the increasing intervention of public authorities in the domain of the built environment.  Initiating students to the analysis of architectural and urban spaces and forms, in particular through observation, visual analysis and first hand experience.  Accompanying students in the development of their own critical understanding of Paris through theme based course work pursued throughout the semester.

II. HUB AREAS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Hub area: Aesthetic Exploration (1 unit) 1. Students will demonstrate knowledge and appreciation of notable works in literature and/or the arts, including the cultural contexts in which those works were created, and be able to identify their ongoing significance and relevance. 2. Students will demonstrate the reasoning skills and vocabulary necessary to interpret a work of art (literature, music, visual arts, etc.). 3. Students will produce evaluative and analytical works that demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics—such as genres, modes, styles, and cultural history—of at least one literary or artistic medium. Hub area: Historical Consciousness (1 unit) 1. Students will create historical narratives, evaluate interpretations based on historical evidence, and construct historical arguments. 2. Students will demonstrate an ability to interpret primary source material (textual, visual, or aural) using a range of interpretive skills and situating the material in its historical and cultural context. 3. Students will demonstrate knowledge of religious traditions, intellectual paradigms, forms of political organization, or socioeconomic forces, and how these have changed over time. Hub area: Critical Thinking (1 unit) 1. Students will be able to identify key elements of critical thinking, such as habits of distinguishing deductive from inductive modes of inference, recognizing common logical fallacies and cognitive biases, translating ordinary language into formal argument, distinguishing empirical claims about matters of fact from normative or evaluative judgments, and recognizing the ways in which emotional responses can affect reasoning processes. 2. Drawing on skills developed in class, students will be able to evaluate the validity of arguments, including their own. More specifically, by the end of this course, students will be able to:  Trace, define and recognize the key moments and trends in the history of French architecture and urbanism, such as Roman, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Classical, Eclectic, Modern, Post-Modern and Contemporary styles, as well as building typology. Aesthetic Exploration  Apply specific approaches to the analysis of buildings and through observation, formal analysis, Assessed through quizzes and first-hand experience, as well as the essential technical terminology of the fields of architecture and Dossier components and urbanism.  Compare the contemporary purpose and reception of buildings in their time and how they are used and perceived today.  Explain the dynamics that have driven the development of the city historically, and that continue to shape it today.  Examine the role that the competing interests of local and national authorities and various actors and

stakeholders play in shaping the built environment.  Articulate a reflection on key issues in architecture and urban design – notably, how the design of the Historical Consciousness built environment can promote social equality, respond to environmental imperatives as well as respect and accommodate established communities and historic urban forms. Assessed through quizzes and Dossier components  Create a historical narrative through a thematic prism related to urbanism and art history, chronologically comparing buildings/neighborhoods from different periods, using primary sources such as the buildings themselves as or plans, maps, paintings as well as books by experts and articles from academic journals, in order to develop their own critical understanding of Paris and its historical development

Page 2 of 2  Interpret primary source material such as buildings and neighborhoods by identifying their architectural style, by reflecting on their initial and current purposes and by replacing them in their historical, cultural, political context Historical Consciousness (continued)  Trace and explain the evolution of the main political, cultural, religious, socioeconomic, intellectual forces throughout the centuries based on the idea that conceptions of urbanism, buildings, cities are instruments, products and testimonies of such forces.  Identify in their readings different ways of thinking, such as empirical claims about matter of fact statements (descriptive readings) and more analytical or interpretive readings, and recognize judgment and bias in such readings.  Identify different factors involved in making a judgment such as cultural standards (France vs. other countries) or time standards (current vs contemporary periods).  Based on the skills above, recognize in their own analysis a solid structure of reasoning underpinning Critical Thinking their interpretations, including the role of perception/experience in the understanding of a building/place and how to mobilize it for the better, the need to identify when they are judging the Assessed through Dossier past through present standards, the necessary critical distance to enter into the spirit of the time and components place to understand the significance of works.  Formulate analytical/critical questions addressed to their peers about specific buildings/places during visits and orally present an interpretive analysis of a building during a round table.  Create a formal comparative analysis, using appropriate specialized and standard language orally (round table) and in the writing of a critical Dossier.

III. ASSESSMENT AND GRADING

Reading The required readings form the foundation of this course and are necessary preparation for in- class and on-site discussions, quizzes and the course work. There are, on average, the equivalent of 15-20 A-4 pages of required reading per class.

Attendance and Participation: 10% This grade takes into account not only attendance and punctuality but also the quality of a student’s participation in class, meaning: attentiveness, enthusiasm, thoughtful contributions to discussions and progress.

Quizzes: cumulative grade counts 15% There will be three, knowledge-based, unit-focused quizzes. Quizzes will be based on the readings and lectures as they relate to site visits and could include slide identifications asking for essential information (architect, patron/client, approximate date, function, innovative features, etc…), identification of actors, definition of terms and/or a short answer questions.

THEME BASED COURSEWORK Students will select one of six themes through which to focus their investigation of Paris during the semester, which will be developed in four cumulative steps: building visit discussions, two thematic dossiers and a round table discussion. These themes – Conceptions of the City, Heritage, Infrastructure, Natural & Built Environment, Public Realm, Dwelling in the City – will serve as a unifying lens through which to mark changes in architecture and urbanism across the city's 2,000-year history.

Building Visit Discussion: 10% During the course of the semester students will be asked to individually prepare discussion questions for one of the visits. The monument or site chosen will be linked to the selected theme of the student. Students must develop at least one discussion question dealing with visual/experiential analysis and one dealing with thematic analysis.

Page 3 of 3 Written Assignments – The Thematic Dossiers: 50% During the semester students are to prepare two dossiers analyzing buildings and/or sites that were visited or discussed in class. The dossiers should build upon readings, classes, visits and on- site presentations, combining theoretical reflection with visual analysis. Students may reference other sources as needed. Dossiers should be typed and have correctly formatted footnotes and bibliographies. The final dossier fulfills the final exam requirement.

Thematic Dossier 1: 25% Thematic Dossier 1 will explore the evolution of Paris through the selected themes, focused on the first three units, by comparing one building/site coming from each of the units. The dossier should include a typed essay, 4-5 pages long, with up to 3 additional pages of images.

Thematic Dossier 2: 25% Thematic Dossier 2 extends the reflection developed in Thematic Dossier 1, through an exploration of the 20th century evolution of Paris through a comparison of two key buildings/sites, one from Unit 4 and one from Unit 5. The objective is to shed light on the significance of the recent past in the long- term evolution of Paris. The dossier should include a typed essay, 4-5 pages long, with up to 2 additional pages of images.

Round Table Presentation 15% The Round Table Presentations are aimed at moving towards the development and finalization of Thematic Dossier 2, and is focused on Units 4-5. Individual presentations of 5-7 minutes should communicate the envisioned dossier structure and a synthetic overview of the analysis and thematic interpretations in development. Students will be grouped in panels of 2 or 3, according to the resonances between either their themes or case studies. Presentations will be consecutive, followed by a common question/discussion period in which all students are expected to participate.

Research Methods There is not a single, methodological formula for analyzing architecture or the city. Both are complex phenomena that can be analyzed and understood from a multiplicity of points of view (formal, representational, social, economic, philosophical, political, technical, biological, ethnographical, anthropological, etc…). It will be necessary to mobilize critical thinking skills in order to develop a methodological approach that brings together each student’s theme, case studies, interests and experiences in a strategic, structured analysis. For critical thinking skills see: Sylvan Barnet, Hugo Bedau and John O’Hara, Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing: A Brief Guide to Argument, 9th edition, Boston: Bedford/St Martin’s Press, 2016 [1993].

Our on site visits will experiment with observation, visual analysis and first hand experience, building upon notions mobilized in these works:  Jan Gehl and Brigitte Svarre, trans. Karen Ann Steenhard, How to Study Public Life, Washington: Island Press, 2013. - Public Space, Public Life: An Interaction; Who, What, Where?; Counting, Mapping, Tracking and Other Tools; Public Life Studies.  Kevin Lynch, The Image of the City, 21st edition, : MIT Press, 1992 [1960]. - The Image of the Environment: Legibility, Building the Image, Structure and Identity, Imageability. - The City Image and Its Elements: Paths, Edges, Districts, Nodes, , Element Interrelations, The Shifting Image, Image Quality. - City Form: Designing the Paths, Design of Other Elements, Form Qualities, The Sense of the Whole, Metropolitan Form.  Pierre von Meiss, Elements of Architecture: From Form to Place, 2nd Edition, Lausanne: EPFL Press, 2013. - Phenomena of Perception; Order and Disorder; Measure and Balance; Fabric and Object; Space; Light and Shade; Places.

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Attendance Policy Our program is subject to French student visa laws where an active student status is mandatory. As the sponsor of your visa, Boston University has the legal obligation to ensure that you comply with visa requirements. If you do not attend classes or your internship as required, you will be considered to be in breach of your visa and can be deported. Any student who does not comply with this policy may be sent home from the program at the discretion of the program director, and may, as a result, forfeit credit and program costs for part or all of the semester.

1 absence (courses* or internship**) = -1 point on your final grade More than 3 unexcused absences = F for the course Unsubmitted written work, = F (0 points) for the assignment in question Absence for a presentation or exam Plagiarism *Courses: class sessions, exposé preparation, in-class presentation **Internship: EUSA meetings, BU Paris workshops, work placement schedule

Excused Absences - Absence for illness excused by the certificate of a French doctor - Internship interview - OFII medical visit (must have convocation) - Professional imperative that conflicts with academic workshop Documentation to be submitted to [email protected] the day following the absence

Tardiness - The professor reserves the right to not admit a tardy student to class or to count a tardy arrival as either a half or a whole unexcused absence. - Late arrivals or early departures will impact the class participation grade. - Leaving class before it ends is considered as tardiness. - Late submission of written work will entail a penalty on the assignment grade. - Written work submitted more than a week late or after final exams will not receive credit (grade = 0).

Plagiarism BU Official Policy Simply stated, plagiarism is taking another’s work and presenting it as your own. It is, in fact, intellectual theft. It is one of the most serious forms of academic misconduct. Plagiarism committed by a student will certainly result in course failure and may result in suspension or dismissal. It can take many forms, including reproduction of published material without acknowledgement, or representing work done by others as your own. This includes the increasing common practice of purchasing and downloading work from the Internet “paper mills”. Plagiarism applies to all media–printed matter of all kinds, video, audio, and oral presentation. Even unacknowledged paraphrasing or use of another’s methodology, structure or management of material is plagiarism. You must use quotation when quoting even if you do the translating yourself.

All students are responsible for having read the Boston University statement on plagiarism, which is available in the Academic Conduct Code. Students are advised that the penalty against students on a Boston University program for cheating on the examinations or for plagiarism may be ‘expulsion from the program or the University or such other penalty as may be recommended by the Committee on Student Academic Conduct, subject to approval by the dean’. Read the full Academic Conduct Code online at:http://www.bu.edu/academics/policies/academic-conduct-code/.

Page 5 of 5 IV. CALENDAR

Topics and Readings Assignments and * In BU Paris Library / **BU ebray / ***Wordpress Site Activities UNIT 1 Session 1 1. Course Intro 2. Skill Building: Reading Maps and Drawings 3. Urban Form Determinants: The Origins of Paris 4. Medieval Paris: The City as Cosmos

Required Reading: Morris, A. E. J., “Urban Form Determinants,” in History of Urban Form: From Before the Industrial Revolution, 3rd Ed., London: Longman, 1994 [1972], 10-18. Sutcliffe, Anthony, “Preface”, “1. Architecture and the Capital City”, in Paris: An Architectural History, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993, ix, 1-3, 207. Supplemental Reading: ***Jones, Colin, “Paris-: From Earliest Times to c. 1000”, in Paris: Biography of a City, London: Penguin, 2006, 1-14, 18-36, 565-567. Session 2 Visit: The Île-de-la-Cité: The Heart of a Kingdom Due: Theme Selection Meeting Point: Cité Metro exit (line 4), outside, in the square. Itinerary: Sainte-Chapelle [15:30] and Notre-Dame de Paris

Required Reading: Jones, “Queen of Cities, c. 1000-1300,” Paris, op. cit., 37-58, 71, 567-569. Lilley, Keith D., “Introduction: The City Cosmos Ideal,” City and Cosmos: The Medieval World in Urban Form, London: Reaktion Books, 2009, 7-12, 189-191. Supplemental Reading: ***Suger, Abbott, “ XXVII. Of the Cast and Gilded Doors”, “XVIII. Of the Enlargement of the Upper Choir”, On the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis and Its Art Treasures [c. 1148], 47, 49, 51, 53. ***Von Simson, Otto, “1. Gothic Form,” The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture & the Medieval Concept of Order, 3rd Ed., Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988, 3-8, 13-20. Session 3 Visit: On The Traces of Roman & Merovingian Paris

Meeting Point: Cité Metro exit (line 4). Itinerary: Crypte Archéologique [15h30], Cluny Baths [16h30], Arènes de Lutèces

Required Reading: Busson, Didier and Nicole Alix, Paris, A Roman City, Alexandra Keens (trans.), Paris: Éditions du Patrimoine, 2003, 36-41, 58-59. , “The Site of a City,” “The City Walls,” “The Direction of the Streets,” “Public Space,” in Thomas Gordan Smith (Ed.), M. H. Morgan & S. Kellogg (Trans.), The Ten Books of Architecture [c. 15 BC], New York: Monacelli Press, 2003, 13-21. Supplemental Reading: ****Jones [2006a], “Paris-Lutetia: From Earliest Times to c. 1000”, Paris, op. cit., 1-14, 18-36, 565-567. ***Velay, Phlippe, “The Early Empire’, in From Lutetia to Paris: The Island and the Two Banks, Paris: CNMHS/CNRS, 1992, 20-27, 38-39, 44-49, 52- 56, 124-125. ***Velay, Phlippe, “The Late Empire’, From Lutetia to Paris, op. cit., 68-75, 77-79, 83-85.

Page 6 of 6 UNIT 2 Session 4 1. Skill Building: Analysis via Observation and Experience Unit 1 Quiz 2. Classicism à la française: City and Nation 3. Grand siècle & Enlightenment: The Urban Set Piece

Required Reading: Sutcliffe, Anthony, “2. Paris at the Dawn of the Renaissance,” “3. Creating a French Urban Architecture, 1610-1715,” in Paris, op. cit., 13-16, 19-23, 24–34, 207-208. Supplemental Reading: ***Jones, Colin, “Grand Siècle, Great Eclipse”, in Paris, op. cit., 152-165, 168-173, 574-575. *Jones, “The Kingless Capital of Enlightenment”, Paris, op. cit., 199-216, 575-578. ***Serlio, Sebastien, “Book III. Ch. 3. On Antiquities,” On Architecture [1540], Vol. 1, New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1996, 99-111, 435-437. Session 5 Visit: Royal Urbanism and the Rise of

Meeting Point: On the steps of Saint Paul-Saint Louis Church. Métro Saint Paul (Line 1) Itinerary: , Hôtel de Sully, Saint Paul-Saint Louis, Hôtel de Soubise (time permitting)

Required Reading: Ballon, Hilary, “Introduction,” “Conclusion”, in The Paris of Henry IV, New York/Cambridge, MA: The Architectural History Foundation/MIT Press, 1991, 1-13, 250-255, 302-304, 349-350. Sutcliffe, Anthony, “3. Creating a French Urban Architecture, 1610-1715,” in Paris, op. cit., 39-41, 43-47, 208-209. Supplemental Reading: ***Ballon, Hilary, “The Place Royale,” in Henri IV, op. cit., 57-113. Dennis, Michael, “The Hôtel,” “The Rococo Hotel,” in Court and : From the French Hotel to the City of Modern Architecture, Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1986, 52-77, 91-117. Session 6 Visit: The Quarter: A New Administrative Center for the City

Meeting Point: Louvre-Rivoli Metro, intersection of and rue de l’Amiral de Coligny (on the side of the Louvre). Itinerary: Collège de Quatre nations, Louvre’s Cour carré, Rue de Rivoli, Palais Royal.

Required Reading: Cleary, Richard, “Visions of the New ,” in The Place Royale and Urban Design in the Ancien Régime, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, 134-144, 283-285. Sutcliffe, Anthony, “4. The Eighteenth Century: Architectural Harmonisation at the Close of the Ancien Régime” in Paris, op. cit., 48- 51, 58-59, 62-66, 209. Supplemental Reading: *Jones, Colin, “Grand Siècle, Great Eclipse”, Paris, op. cit., 152-165, 168- 173, 574-575. **/***Laugier, Marc-Antoine, “1. General Principles of Architecture” in Essay on Architecture [1753], Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, 2009, 11- 14. **/***Perrault, Claude, “Preface,” in Ordonnance for the Five Kinds of after the Method of the Ancients [1683], Santa Monica: Getty Center, 1998, 47-51, 176.

Page 7 of 7 UNIT 3 Session 7 1. Skill Building: Critical Thinking and Thematic Analysis Unit 2 Quiz 2. From Revolution to the Second Empire: The City as a Work of Art

Required Reading: Surtcliffe, Anthony, “5. Revolution, Empire and Restoration: The Implications for Architecture, 1789-1852”, in Paris, op. cit., 67-69, 74-79, 81-82, 210. Supplemental Reading: ***Durand, Jean-Nicolas-Louis, “Introduction,” in Précis of the Lectures on Architecture, Vol. 1 [1809], 79-84, 205-206. *Jones, Colin, “9. Haussmannism and the City of Modernity, 1851-89,” Paris, op. cit., 380-395, 583-588. Levine, Neil, “The Book and the Building: Hugo's Theory of Architecture and Labrouste's Bibliothèque Sainte Geneviève,” in R. Middleton (Ed.), in The Beaux-Arts and Nineteen-Century French Architecture, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1982, 138-173. Session 8 Visit: Urbanity & Commerce: Boulevards & Arcades Due: Thematic Dossier 1 Abstract Meeting Point: Pryamides Metro exit (line 7, 14), at the intersection of avenue de l’Opéra and rue Sainte-Anne. Itinerary: Gallerie Choiseul, Gallerie Vivienne, Bourse, , Boulevards.

Required Reading: Baudelaire, Charles, “The Painter of Modern Life, [1863]” in Jonathan Myane (Ed. & Trans.), The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays by Charles Baudelaire, London: Phaidon Press, 1-15. Olsen, Donald J., “2, The Monumental Impulse,” in The City as a Work of Art: London, Paris, Vienna, New Haven/London: Yale, 1986, 9-11, 313. Supplemental Readings – Revolution, First Empire, Restoration: Bergdoll, Barry, “The City Transformed, 1848-90” in European Architecture, op cit., 240-257. Herbert, Robert, “Les Grands Boulevards,” in Impressionism – Art, Leisure and Parisian Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988, 14-20. ***Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, “Style”, in The Foundations of Architecture: Selections from the Dictionnaire Raisonné [1856], K. Whitehead (Trans.), New York: George Brazillier, 1994, 231-237. Session 9 Visit: The Opera Quarter: Modernity & Monumentality

Meeting Point: Opéra Metro, (lines 3, 7, 8), front steps of the Opéra. Itinerary: Opera Garnier, (time permitting).

Required Reading: Sutcliffe, Anthony, “6. Paris as the Hub of French Industrialization: Building a European Capital Under the Second Empire”, in Paris, op. cit., 83, 85-88, 91-93, 99-100, 104, 210-211. Supplemental Reading: Van Zanten, David, “The Quartier de l’Opéra,” in Building Paris: Architectural Institutions and the Transformation of the French Capital 1830-1870, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, 138-173.

Page 8 of 8 UNIT 4 Session 10 1. Skill Building: Historical Thinking Due: Thematic 2. Misery and Opulence: Two Tales of A Metropolis Dossier 1

Required Reading: Sutcliffe, Anthony, “7. After Haussmann: A New Paris in an Era of Alternative Architectures, 1870-1914”, in Paris, op. cit., 117-128, 133-137, 211-212. Supplemental Reading: *Jones, Colin, “10. The Anxious Spectacle, 1889-1918”, Paris, op. cit., 410-422, 441, 583-588. ***Loyer, François, “The 1902 Building Code”, in Paris: Nineteenth Century: Architecture and Urbanism, Charles Lynn Clark (trans.), New York: Abbeville Press, 1988, 407-414. *Simon, Philippe, “Modern Comforts, 1889: Living in Paris,” “Another Landscape, 1902: What Regulations for Paris,” Paris Visite Guidée: Architecture, Urbanism, History and Actuality, Paris: Picard/Pavillon de l’Arsenal, 2007, 84-103. ***Sutcliffe, Anthony, “Introduction: Urbanization, Planning, and the Giant City” in A. Sutcliffe (Ed.), Metropolis: 1890-1940, London: Mansell Publishing, 1984, 1-6, 17-18. Session 11 Visit: Western Paris: The Design of Modern Life

Meeting Point: Kennedy Radio France RER exit (RER C), rue du Ranelagh, facing the Maison de la Radio. Itinerary: Housing by , Pol Abraham, Corbusier [5:15]

Required Reading: Sutcliffe, Anthony, “8. The Modernist Challenge, 1918-45”, in Paris, op. cit., 138-148, 150-159, 212-214. Supplemental Reading: ***Colquhoun, Alan, “Return to Order: Le Corbusier and Modern Architecture in France 1920-1935,” in Modern Architecture, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, 136-157. *Jones, Colin, “10. The Anxious Spectacle, 1889-1918”, Paris, op. cit., 410-422, 441, 583-588. **/***Miller, Michael B., “Selling Consumption,” in The Bon Marché: Bourgeois Culture and the Department Store, 1869-1920, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981, 165-189. *Simon, Philippe, “Modern Comforts, 1889: Living in Paris,” “Another Landscape, 1902: What Regulations for Paris,” Paris, op. cit., 84-103. Session 12 Visit: Renewing the Fringe: Cités jardins and Habitations à bon marché

Meeting Point: Porte de Lilas Metro (line 11) and Tram (T3b), corner of rue de Belleville and Blvd Sérurier, in front of McDonalds. Itinerary: Cité Jardin Pré-Saint-Gervais and social housing around the Reservoir de Lilas and the Butte du Chapeau Rouge.

Required Reading: Fishman, “Introduction,” in Urban Utopias in the Twentieth Century: Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, New York: Basic Books Publisher, 1977, 3-20, 279- 280. Supplemental Reading: ***Le Corbusier (Ed.), The Athens Charter [1943], New York: Grossman, 1973, 41-105. */***Evenson, Norma, “5. A Place to Live,” in Paris: A Century of Change (1878-1978), New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979, 199-231. **/***Howard, Ebenezer, “1. The Town-Country Magnet”, “12. Social Cities”, in Garden Cities of To-morrow, London: Routledge, 1964 [1898], 50-57, 138-150. *Jones, Colin, “11. Faded Dreams, Lost Illusions, 1918-1945”, in Paris, op. cit., 450-457, 460-463, 466-71, 588-590.

Page 9 of 9 UNIT 5 Session 13 1. Post-War Paris: The City of Tomorrow Quiz Unit 4 2. Affirming the Cultural Quotient 3. Deindustrialization and the Livable City

Required Reading: Loew, Sebastian, “The History of Planning and Heritage Protection in France”, in Modern Architecture in Historic Cities: Policy, Planning and Building in Contemporary France, London: Routledge, 1998, 17-18, 21-25, 31-34. Sutcliffe, Anthony, “9. The Vital Encounter: Modernity Versus Tradition in Post-War Paris”, in Paris, op. cit., 160-172, 214. Supplemental Reading: ***Hall, Peter, “Paris”, in The World Cities, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984, 54-86. **/***Loew, Sebastian, “Introduction”, in Modern Architecture in Historic Cities, op. cit., 1-10. ***Lefevre, Henri, “Space and Politics: Introduction”, in Writings on Cities, Henri Lefebvre, Malden, Mass: Blackwell, 1996, 185-197. *Simon, Philippe, “A City in Movement, 1954: Change of Scale; 1967: Lafay-Lopez Steering Plan,” Paris Visite Guidée, op cit., 118-131. Session 14 Visit: Rethinking the Center: Marais, Plateau Beaubourg and Les Halles Due: Thematic Meeting Point: Saint Paul Métro (line 1), in front of the carrousel. Dossier 2 Itinerary: Le Marais: Îlot insalubre no 16 (rue des Barres, Village Saint-Paul). Plateau Abstract Beaubourg: Îlot insalubre no. 1 (Quartier de l’Horloge (time permitting), Centre , IRCAM), Les Halles (time permitting).

Required Reading: Sutcliffe, Anthony, “9. The Vital Encounter: Modernity Versus Tradition in Post-War Paris”, in Paris, op. cit., 172-177, 180-194, 196-199, 214-215. Supplemental Reading: ***Looseley, David L., “A Certain Idea of the City: The Presidential grands projets”, in The Politics of Fun: Cultural Policy and Debate in Contemporary France, Oxford: Berg, 1995, 135- 154. ***Silver, Nathan. “Meaning and Influence”, in The Meaning of Beaubourg: A Building Biography of the Center Pompidou, Paris, Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1994, 173-188. *Simon, Philippe, “Return to History, 1977: A City Regenerated, The POS,” Paris Visite Guidée, op cit., 132-155 Session 15 Visit: ZAC Stories: Bercy and Massena

Meeting Time: Saint Émilion (Line 14) facing the Bercy Village entry. Itinerary: Bercy: Ministry of Economy and Finances, Palais Omnisport Bercy, Housing, Maison du Cinéma (Gehry), Bercy Village, Bercy . Massena: Housing, Offices, Frigos, Grands Moulins, Jardins des Grandes Moulins.

Required Reading: Knox, Paul L., “ Conclusion: Toward Liveability and Sustainability,” Cities and Design, London: Routledge, 2011, 236-244, 250. Sutcliffe, Anthony, “10. Continuity in Paris: The Dynamics of A Unique Phenomenon”, Paris, op. cit., 200-206. Supplemental Reading: Gunn, Simon. “The spatial turn: changing histories of space and place,” in Simon Gunn and Robert J. Morris, (Ed.), Identities in Space, Contested Terrains in the Western City since 1850, Ashgate: Aldershot, 2001, 1-14. ***Lubell, Sam, “Introduction”, in Paris 2000+ New Architecture, New York, Monacelli Press, 2007, 10-15. ***Panerai, Philippe, Jean Castex, et al., “Building the City: 1975-1995”, in Urban Forms: The Death and Life of the Urban Block [1997], London: Architectural Press, 2004, 158-167. *Simon, Philippe, “Paris Actuality, 2000…,” Paris Visite, op cit., 156-176. Session 16 Roundtable Presentations: Thematic Dossier 2 Development Exam Session (due at 12:30): Thematic Dossier 2

Page 10 of 10 V. FURTHER READING

Websites: Monum/Mairie de Paris, Paris, A Roman City, http://www.paris.culture.fr/en/. APUR, Portail Cassini, http://carto.apur.org:8080/page_accueil/ (historic maps). Batiparis, http://www.comeetie.fr/galerie/BatiParis/#12/48.8589/2.3491 (interactive map showing when each parcel was built on)

Selection of Books available in the BU Paris Academic Center Library: “The Pantheon: Saint Geneviève Abbey Church”, Beaux-Arts, Collection 1 monument, 1 architecte, 1997. « La », Beaux-Arts, 1990 (in Italian). « et le Musée de l’Armée », Beaux-Arts, hors série, 1993. Ayers, Andrew, The Architecture of Paris: An Architectural Guide, Stuttgart: Axel Menges, 2004. Ballon, Hilary, The Paris of Henri IV: Architecture and Urbanism, Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1991. Barnet, Sylvan, Hugo Bedau and John O’Hara, Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing: A Brief Guide to Argument, 9th Ed., Boston: Bedford/St Martin’s Press, 2016. Benjamin, Walter, Paris, Capital du XIXe siècle, 6e éd., Éditions Allia, 2009. Bergdoll, Barry, European Architecture 1750-1890, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Le site Tolbiac, Bordeaux: Arc en rêve centre d’Architecture, 1994. Blasselle, Bruno et Jacquliene Melet-Sanosn, La Bibliothèque nationale de France: Mémoire de l’avenir, Paris: Gallimard, 1996. Bonnet, Jean-Claude, Le Paris de Louis Sébastien Mercier : Cartes et Index, Paris: Mercure de France, 1994. Borgé, Jacques et Nicolas Viasnoff, Archives de France: Paris, Bray et Lu: Éditions Michèle Trinckvel, 1993. Carbonnières, Phillipe de, Lutèce: Paris ville romaine, Paris: Gallimard, 1997. Cars, Jean des et Pierre Pinon, Paris / Haussmann, Paris: Pavillon de l’Arsenal / Picard, 1991. Casselle Pierre et Françoise Masson, L’Hôtel de Ville de Paris, Paris: Imprimerie nationale / Mairie de Paris, 1998. Chadych, Danielle et Dominique Leborgne, Atlas de Paris: Évolution d’un Paysage urbain, Paris: Parigramme, 1999. Cohen, Jean-Louis and Bruno Fortier, Paris Les Ville et ses Projets / Paris: A City in the Making, Éditions Babylone /Pavillon de l’Arsenal, 1992. Cohen, Jean-Louis et André Lortie, Des Fortifs au Périf: Paris, les seuils de la ville, Paris: Pavillon de l’Arsenal / Picard, 1991. Colin-Bertin, Françoise, Les Îles de Paris, Rennes: Éditions Ouest-France, 1992. Colson, Jean et Marie-Christine Lauroa (dir.), Dictionnaire des Monument de Paris, Paris: Hervas, 1997. Colson, Jean, Paris: From Its Origins to the Present Day, Paris: Éditions Hervas, 1996. Combeau, Yvan, Histoire de Paris, Que sais-je? 3é éd., Paris: PUF, 2001. Coupière, Pierre, Paris through the Ages, M. Low (Trans.), NY: Georges Braziller, 1971. Demory, Jean-Claude, Le Métro de chez nous, Boulogne: Éditions MDM, 1997. Druon, Maurice, The History of Paris from to St Louis, H. Hare (tran.) New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1966. Dupavillon, Christian, Francis Lacloche, Le Triomphe des Arcs, Paris: Gallimard, 1991. Evenson, Norma, Paris: A Century of Change, 1878-1978, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979. Fierro, Alfred, Histoire et Dictionnaire de Paris, Paris: Robert Laffont, 1996. Gaillard, Marc, L’, Amiens: Martelle, 1998. Gaillard, Marc, Paris Ville Lumière, Amiens: Martelle Éditions, 1994. Gaillard, Marc, Paris, de place en place: Guide historique, Amiens: Martelle Éditions, 1997. Gehl, Jan and Brigitte Svarre, How to Study Public Life, K. A. Steenhard (trans.), Washington: Island Press, 2013. Groetschel, Yves, Les transports publics à Paris, Paris: Village communication, 1997. Groetschel, Yves, Paris, histoire d’eau, Paris: Village communication, 1997. Hillairet, Jacques, Connaissance du Vieux Paris, Paris: Payot et Rivages, 1993. Jones, Colin, Paris: Biography of a City, London: Penguin Books, 2006. La Madeleine, Éditions du Cerf, 1984.

Page 11 of 11 Lambert, Guy (dir.), Les Ponts de Paris, Paris: Action artistique de la Ville de Paris, 1999. Lavenu, Mathilde et Victorine Mataouchek, Dictionnaire d’Architecture, Luçon: Jean-Paul Gisserot, 1999. Lemoine, Bertrand, La Tour de Monsieur Eiffel, Paris: Gallimard, 1992. Lemonier, Marc, Promenons-nous à La Défense, Paris: Parigramme, 1997. Loyer, Françoise, Paris Nineteenth-century: Architecture and Urbanism, NY: Abbeville Press, 1988. Lynch, Kevin, The Image of the City, 21st Ed., London: MIT Press, 1992. Mairie de Paris, Les Ponts de Paris, Direction générale de l’information et de la Communication, s.d. Marie de Paris, Les Églises à Paris, Direction générale de l’information et de la Communication / Direction des Affaires culturelles, s.d. Marrey Bernard avec Marie-Jeanne Dumont, La Brique à Paris, Paris: Pavillon de l’Arsenal / Picard, 1991. Pinon, Pierre et Bertrand Le Boudec, Les Plans de Paris: Histoire d’une capital, Paris: APUR/BNF, 2004. Pitte, Jean-Robert, Paris: Histoire d’une ville, Paris: Hachette, 1993. Plagnieux, Philippe, La basilique de Saint-Denis, Paris: CNMHS/Éditions du Patrimoine, 1998. Simon, Philippe, Paris Visite Guidée: Architecture, Urbanism, History and Actuality, Paris: Picard/Pavillon de l’Arsenal, 2007. Sutcliffe, Anthony, Paris: An Architectural History, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. Vélay, Philippe, De Lutèce à Paris: L’Île et les deux rives, Paris: CNMHS/CNRS, 1993. Von Meiss, Pierre, Elements of Architecture: From Form to Place, 2nd Ed., Lausanne: EPFL, 2013.

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