Introductions: Berlin in the 18th and 19th Century

Week 1:

 

Monday, 1/19

1) Introductions: to the course and the trip
2) Berlin - 1770-1848
3) Brandenburg Gate
Hmk:
Read: "Old Berlin" by Brian Ladd (41-81) and "Berlin: Athens on the Spree and City of Crisis" by Gordon Craig (261-288).

Thursday, 1/22

1) Berlin - 1848-1914
2) The New Guardhouse
3) Web Project
Hmk:
Read: "Columbus Haus" by Alan Balfour (reserve), "Program of the Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar" by Walter Gropius and "Why This Architecture?" by Erich Mendelsohn (reserve).

 

Week 2