History & Theory Studies

History & Theory Studies constructs a genealogical overview of architectural thinking seen through the evolution of a specific concept that changes every year, ranging from landscape to care to domestication. The unit seeks to establish a shared vocabulary aimed at encouraging debate within the cohort, and proposes a working methodology aimed at understanding how social, environmental, and economic pressures influence the production of form – both built and drawn.

Ultimately, History & Theory Studies seeks to bridge the imagined divide between theory and practice, and provides students with the ability to understand long-term processes in the built environment as well as to argue for their own design choices.