SYLLABUS
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READINGS by DATE
Week 1 - January 19, 21, 23
Monday, January 19, 2009
• www.exn.ca/video/?video=exn20041130-apartment.asx
• www.urban-advantage.com - Click on images
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
• [H] Chapter 1, Culture as communication.
• [R] Miller, A.S. & Maxwell, L.E. (2003). Exploring the role of home design in fostering family interaction. Journal of Interior Design, 29, 50-65.
Friday, January 23, 2009
• [R] McCracken, G. (1989). Homeyness: A cultural account of one constellation of consumer goods and meanings. In E. Hirschman (Ed.), Interpretive consumer culture. Provo, UT: Association for Consumer Research.
[H] = Hall, E. T. (1966). The hidden dimension. NY: Anchor.
[L] = Lynch, K. (1960). Image of the city. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[R] = Course reading packet.
Week 2 - January 26, 28, 30
Monday, January 26, 2009
• [H] Chapter 9, The anthropology of space.
• [H] Chapter 10, Distances in man.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
• [H] Chapter 11, Proxemics in a cross-cultural context: Germans, English, and French.
• [H] Chapter 12, Proxemics in a cross-cultural context: Japan and the Arab world.
Friday, January 30, 2009
• [H] Chapter 2, Distance regulation in animals.
• [R] Sommer, R. (1969). Personal Space. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Chapter 3. Spatial invasion.
[H] = Hall, E. T. (1966). The hidden dimension. NY: Anchor.
[L] = Lynch, K. (1960). Image of the city. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[R] = Course reading packet.
Week 3 - February 2, 4, 6
Monday, February 2, 2009
• [R] Sommer, R. (1969). Personal space. Chapter 2, The alpha animal.
• [R] Sommer, R. (1969). Ibid. Chapter 4, In defense of privacy.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
• [R] Halpern, D. (1995). Mental health and the built environment. London: Taylor & Francis. Chapter 5. The environment as symbol and the example of the high rise flat. pp. 147-155.
Friday, February 6, 2009
• [R] Kotlowitz, A. (1992). There are no children here. NY: Anchor. Chapter 3.
[H] = Hall, E. T. (1966). The hidden dimension. NY: Anchor.
[L] = Lynch, K. (1960). Image of the city. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[R] = Course reading packet.
Week 4 - February 9, 11, 13
Monday, February 9, 2009
• [R] Newman, O. (1973). A theory of defensible space. Intellectual Digest, 3, 57-64.
• www.defensiblespace.com - Click on the book
• www.huduser.org/publications/pdf/def.pdf
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
• [R] Sommer, R. (1969). Personal space. Chapter 9. Scholars in the hotel business.
• www.edenalt.com - Click on Green House
Friday, February 13, 2009
• [R] Fried, M. (1972). Grieving for a lost home. In R. Gutman, (Ed.), People and buildings. NY: Basic.
[H] = Hall, E. T. (1966). The hidden dimension. NY: Anchor.
[L] = Lynch, K. (1960). Image of the city. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[R] = Course reading packet.
Week 5 - February 16, 18, 20
Monday, February 16, 2009
• [R] Koger, S.M. et al (2005). Environmental toxins and developmental disabilities. American Psychologist 60, 243-255.
• Stein, J. et al. (2002). In harm's way: Toxic threats to child development. Developmental
Behavioral Pediatrics, 23, S13-S22.
• www.developingchild.net/pubs/wp-abstracts/wp4.html
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
• [H] Chapter 3, Crowding and social behavior in animals.
Friday, February 20, 2009
• [R] Evans, G.W. (2000). Crowding. Encyclopedia of psychology. New York: Oxford.
[H] = Hall, E. T. (1966). The hidden dimension. NY: Anchor.
[L] = Lynch, K. (1960). Image of the city. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[R] = Course reading packet.
Week 6 - February 23, 25, 27
Monday, February 23, 2009
• [R] Bell at al., (2000). Environmental psychology. Chapter 5, Noise.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
• [R] Milgram, S. (1970). The experience of living in cities. Science, 167, 1461-1468.
Friday, February 27, 2009
• [R] Dubos, R. (1965). Man adapting. New Haven: Yale. Chapter 10, Adaptation and its dangers, pp. 272-279.
• www.earlylearning.ubc.ca - Click on BC Atlas of child development. Click Chapter 4.
[H] = Hall, E. T. (1966). The hidden dimension. NY: Anchor.
[L] = Lynch, K. (1960). Image of the city. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[R] = Course reading packet.
Week 7 - March 2, 4, 6
Monday, March 2, 2009
• [H] Chapter 13, Cities and culture.
• [H] Chapter 14, Proxemics and the future of man.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
• [H] Chapter 4, Perception of space: Distance receptors.
• [H] Chapter 5, Perception of space: Immediate receptors.
Friday, March 6, 2009
• [H] Chapter 6, Visual space.
• [H] Chapter 7, Art as a clue to space.
• [H] Chapter 8, The language of space.
[H] = Hall, E. T. (1966). The hidden dimension. NY: Anchor.
[L] = Lynch, K. (1960). Image of the city. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[R] = Course reading packet.
Week 8 - March 9, 11, 13
Monday, March 9, 2009
• [L] Chapter 1, The image and the environment.
• [L] Chapter 2, Three cities (read about one city).
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
• [L] Chapter 3, The city image and its elements.
Friday, March 13, 2009
• [L] Chapter 4, City form.
• [L] Chapter 5, A new scale.
• [R] Kaplan, R., Kaplan, S. & Ryan, R.L. (1998). With people in mind. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. Chapter 4, Way-Finding, pp. 57-66.
[H] = Hall, E. T. (1966). The hidden dimension. NY: Anchor.
[L] = Lynch, K. (1960). Image of the city. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[R] = Course reading packet.
Week 9 - Spring Break
Week 10 - March 23, 25, 27
Monday, March 23, 2009
• [R] Hall, S. (1989). Standing on those corners, watching those people go by: William H. Whyte. Smithsonian, 21, 120-130.
• [R] Gehl, J. (1996). Life between buildings, pp 134-147, Copenhagen: Arkitektens Forlag.
• www.pps.org
• www.activeliving.org
• http://trb.org/publications/sr/sr282.pdf
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
• [R] Langdon, P. (1994). A better place to live. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts. Chapter 5, The rediscovery of the town.
• [R] Sobal, J. & Wansink, B. (2007). Kitchenscapes, tablescapes, platescapes, and foodscapes.
Environment and Behavior, 39, 124-142.
• www.ajph.org/cgi/content/full/93/9/1410
• www.smartgrowthamerica.org
• www.cohousing.org
• www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/community/transformations/index.asp - Click on Oakland and on Kendall.
• www.webdesignfromscratch.com/people_are_impatient.cfm
• www.inhabitat.com
Friday, March 27, 2009
• [R] Norman, D. (1988). The psychology of everyday things. NY: Basic. Chapter 1, The psychopathology of everyday things.
• www.segd.org - Click on Design Awards and Publications.
[H] = Hall, E. T. (1966). The hidden dimension. NY: Anchor.
[L] = Lynch, K. (1960). Image of the city. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[R] = Course reading packet.
Week 11 - March 30, April 1, 3
Monday, March 30, 2009
• [R] Stanton, N. (1998). Product design with people in mind. In N. Stanton (Ed.), Human factors in consumer products. London: Taylor and Francis.
• www.education.umn.edu/kls/ecee/default.html
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
• [R] Hedge, A. (1991). Design innovations in office environments. In W. Preiser, J. Visher, & E. White (Eds.), Design intervention. NY: van Nostrand Reinhold.
Friday, April 3, 2009
• [R] Evans, G.W. (1999). Fundamentals of risk assessment.
• [R] Slovic, P. et al. (1979). Rating the risks. Environment, 21, 14-19.
[H] = Hall, E. T. (1966). The hidden dimension. NY: Anchor.
[L] = Lynch, K. (1960). Image of the city. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[R] = Course reading packet.
Week 12 - April 6, 8, 10
Monday, April 6, 2009
• [R] Sundstrom, E. (1986). Work places. NY: Cambridge. Chapter 9, Color.
• [R] Sommer, R. (1969). Personal space. Chapter 5, Small group ecology.
• http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ie/lighting/index_e.html
• www.deptplanetearth.com/nrel_student_performance.htm
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
• [R] Coughenor, R. (1985). Ergonomically sound - everyone benefits. D. Alexander & B. Pulat (Eds.), Industrial ergonomics. Atlanta: Industrial Engineering and Management Press.
• [R] Becker, F. (1990). The total workplace. NY: van Nostrand Reinhold. Chapter 11, Managing space.
• http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ie/iaq/factsheet7_e.html
Friday, April 10, 2009
• [R] McCarthy, M. (2004). Healthy design. Lancet, 364, 405-406.
• www.planetree.org/about/components.htm
• www.healthdesign.org
[H] = Hall, E. T. (1966). The hidden dimension. NY: Anchor.
[L] = Lynch, K. (1960). Image of the city. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[R] = Course reading packet.
Week 13 - April 13, 15, 17
Monday, April 13, 2009
• [R] Kaplan, R., et. al. (1998). With people in mind. Chapter 2, Some human characteristics, pp. 16-21.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
• www.lhhl.uiuc.edu/index.htm - Click on Research, then Coping in the Inner City and Building Strong Inner City Communities
• www.cfr.washington.edu/research.envmind/CivicEco/Youth_Lit_FS14.pdf
Friday, April 17, 2009
• [R] Zube, E. (1973). Scenery as a natural resource. Landscape Architecture, 21, 126-132.
[H] = Hall, E. T. (1966). The hidden dimension. NY: Anchor.
[L] = Lynch, K. (1960). Image of the city. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[R] = Course reading packet.
Week 14 - April 20, 22, 24
Monday, April 20, 2009
• [R] Kaplan, R., et. al. (1998). With people in mind. Chapter 2, Some human characteristics, pp. 7-16.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
• [R] Gardner, G. & Stern, P. (2002). Environmental problems and human behavior. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Chapter 3, Religious and moral approaches.
• [R] Winter, D. & Koger, S. (2004). The psychology of environmental problems. Mahwah,NJ: Erlbaum. Chapter 3, Social psychology.
Friday, April 24, 2009
• [R] Kahn, P. (1999). The human relationship with nature. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Chapter 6, The Houston child study.
• [R] Gardner, G. & Stern, P. (2002). Chapter 4, Education interventions.
[H] = Hall, E. T. (1966). The hidden dimension. NY: Anchor.
[L] = Lynch, K. (1960). Image of the city. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[R] = Course reading packet.
Week 15 - April 27, 29, May 1
Monday, April 27, 2009
• [R] Winter & Koger (2004). Chapter 4, Behavioral psychology.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
• [R] Gardener, G. & Stern, P. (1996). Chapter 5, Changing the incentives.
• http://courses.cit.cornell.edu/dea150/footprint.pdf
• www.gdrc.org/uem/footprints/index.html
• www.rprogress.org
Friday, May 1, 2009
• www.inhabit.com/
• www.gapminder.org/
• YouTube, Edward Norton and the High Line
[H] = Hall, E. T. (1966). The hidden dimension. NY: Anchor.
[L] = Lynch, K. (1960). Image of the city. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[R] = Course reading packet.
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Note: There are two texts for the course, plus a course packet available at the campus store.
[H] Hall, E. T. (1966). The Hidden Dimension. NY: Anchor.
[L] Lynch, K. (1960). Image of the City. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[R] Course reading packet.
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