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1Introduction
Section One:
The Nature of City Form Theory
2Normative Theory I: The City as
Supernatural
3Normative Theory II: The City as Machine
4Normative Theory III: The City as
Organism
5Descriptive and Functional Theory
6Dimensions, Patterns, Agreements, Structure,
and Syntax
Section Two:
The Form of the Modern City
7The Early Cities of Capitalism
8Transformations I: London
9Transformations II: Paris
10Transformations III: Vienna and
Barcelona
11Transformations IV: Chicago
12Transformations V: Panopticism, St.
Petersburg and Berlin
13Utopianism as Social Reform and Built
Form
1420th Century Realizations: Russian and Great
Britai
Section
Three: Current Theory and Practice
15City Form and Process
16Spatial & Social Structure I:
Theory
17Spatial & Social Structure II:
Bipolarity
18Spatial & Social Structure III: Colony
and Post-colony
19Form Models I: Modern and Post-modern Urbanism
20Form Models II: Open-endedness and Prophecy
21Form Models III and IV: Rationality and
Memory
22Cases I: Public and Private Domains
23Cases II: Suburbs and Periphery
24Cases III: Post-urbanism and Resource
Conservation
25Cases IV: Hyper and Mega-urbanism
26Conclusion: Towards a Theory of City
FormCompleted
This course covers theories about the form that settlements should take and attempts a distinction between descriptive and normative theory by examining examples of various theories of city form over time. Case studies will highlight the origins of the modern city and theories about its emerging form, including the transformation of the nineteenth-century city and its organization. Through examples and historical context, current issues of city form in relation to city-making, social structure, and physical design will also be discussed and analyzed.
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