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ARCH6927-1 / Fall 2025

Architecture, Technology & the Environment

The course aims at exploring the technological and environmental entanglements in contemporary cities. Inspired by anthropology, Science and Technology Studies (STS), and ethnomethodology, the course invites the students to conduct experiments to investigate various everyday situations in cities. It provides unique analytical and narrative tools to make sense of urban life in the “new climatic regime” (Latour 2018).

Tailored especially for architecture students, the experiments will question commonplace considerations that shape our design and urban choices. They will capture various spatial practices in a reflexive way through a range of visual and writing tools. While they will vary in scope, duration and scale, the experiments will all share one key characteristic: to get students out of the rut of conventional thinking.

The course welcomes students:

a) with an interest in technological and environmental changes at different scales.

b) willing to engage in reflection on their own experiences as designers and urban dwellers and to experiment with different visual and writing techniques.

c) curious about relational perspectives to design and cities.

Other Semesters & Sections
Course Semester Title Student Work Instructor Syllabus Requirements & Sequence Location & Time Session & Points Call No.
A6927‑1 Fall 2024
Science + Technology Studies
Albena Yaneva Syllabus
412 AVERY
M 11 AM - 1PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10533
ARCH6927‑1 Fall 2023
Science + Technology Studies
Albena Yaneva

Counts for AAD Vis/Tech Elective

323M FAYERWEATHER
M 11 AM - 1PM
FULL SEMESTER
3 Points
10303