Posted: October 2nd, 2022

Based on your analysis of Mabel Wilson’s text, what are some of the oxymorons at play in the idea of an architecture built for ‘the people’ in the context of the 1770s post-independence project of making America?

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Weekly Worksheet
Complete, and Submit the Worksheet Questions below by Friday 9/17 at 8 am.
-Read the rubric carefully
-Review all the materials carefully (both readings and lectures) – make sure to plan the completion of the assignment with due times.
Each answer to the prompt should be at least 150-200 words and cannot exceed the 400 words.
-This a cumulative Worksheet, make sure that you start working on it as you proceed through the different modules Wk 0-2
-Remember that there is no right or wrong answer to any of the prompts, the scope of this assignment is for you to exercise critical thinking, and to develop analytical and argumentative skills. In addition, the worksheet’s prompts are designed to make sure that you proficiently familiarize yourself with key case studies, terms, and historical concepts that characterized the development of the Architectural field.
WEEK 5:
1780s – 1830s – THE ARCHITECTURE OF ‘ENLIGHTENMENT’ IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
1. Based on your analysis of Mabel Wilson’s text (Notes on the Virginia Capitol) what are some of the oxymorons at play in the idea of an architecture built for ‘the people’ in the context of the 1770s post-independence project of making America? Relate your response to the ambiguities ingrained in the concept of the “Enlightenment” as described by Wilson. Make sure that you use an architectural case study from class or reading to anchor your analysis. (Word Count: 200-500 words)
2. Use the 2 case studies below to explain how and why architectural can become a medium to communicate a message. In your response provide your analysis to explain the message that was being sent.
-Either a work of Ledoux or Boullee
-Palace of Sans Souci, Haiti
Lecture- Enlightenment: Age of Revolutions (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZQpZ9CpYX4&ab_channel=IrmaRamirez)
– Ledoux and Boulle in the Enlightenment (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im4-W0mrGUM&ab_channel=IrmaRamirez)
Readings- see attatchment.

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