Select an architectural movement, approach, building or site that demonstrates engagement with the human aspects of architectural design. Research and write an
approximately 1500 word formal academic paper driven by a thesis and argument that
analyzes your chosen subject within the context of designing for human needs –
keep people and their needs, perceptions, and experiences at the center of your
analysis.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the relevant aspects of:
• Humanism
• Industrialization
• Sustainability
• Universal Design/Design for All/Inclusive Design
• Arts & Crafts Movements
• Modernism
• Mass Housing/Worker Housing/Public Housing
• Urban Design – City Beautiful, Garden City, Suburbia, Robert Moses [Urban
Renewal] vs. Jane Jacobs [New Urbanism], etc.
• Public Works and/or the pedestrian experience
• Hospitals, etc.
• Religious or ritualistic spaces
• Museums, theaters, libraries, and other cultural spaces
• Immersive and experiential spaces
• Themed Entertainment Spaces
• Gardens and Landscapes