urbanism in film word - strickland.arch506.w.2018.handout.docx created date 11/17/2017 6:05:15 pm

Playtime(JacquesTati,Director,France,1967)ARCH506(Opentograduateandundergraduatearchitecture,planningandurbandesignstudentsandstudentsfromotherdepartmentsandschoolsattheUniversityofMichigan)Instructor:RoyStrickland,ProfessorofArchitectureClassmeetings:Wednesdays,12.30pm–4pm,Room2222A+ABuildingOfficehours:Wednesdays,11.00am–12.00pm,Room2354(A.AlfredTaubmanWing)(E-mailgranite@umich.eduforappointment)

URBANISMINFILMOverviewThiscourseusesnarrativefilmasthebasisforanalyzingandvisualizingcitiesandarchitecture.Eachweek,afilmisscreenedfromaninternationalfilmographythatincludescontemporaryandhistoricworksbydirectorssuchasAlfredHitchcock,F.W.Murnau,CharlesDassin,FritzLang,GilloPontecorvo,WimWendersandWayneWang.Followingtheirscreenings,thefilmsarediscussedbasedonanalyticalexercisesgivenatthestartofclassmeetings.Asreferencesformidtermandfinalassignments,theyareinterpretedforuseinthemakingoffive-minutevideosofstudents’architectural,planningorurbandesignprojects,orofbuildingsorcitiesthatstudentsselectthroughdiscussionwiththeinstructor.Coursereadingsconsistoffilmreviewsandreferencematerialsintheformofadigitalcoursebook.