Outline/Bibliography:

Prepare a 1-2 page outline in addition to a bibliography for the paper. Your outline should provide a clear, original argument, structure and thesis.
The bibliography should include at least three references beyond the assigned. Paper should be depth research and a more complex structure and argument, propose an example of a spatial condition (an artist’s work, an existing space or place, a spatial situation) to accompany one of the topics discussed in class. Describe the spatial conditions’s relevance ot the topic by referencing the given readings.

Papers will be evaluated on the following: develop a clear and well-structured argument, present creative and logical analysis, thorough and accurate research, clear written language with no obvious spelling or grammatical mistakes, relevant visual material (up to 3-4 images maximum can be included, cited properly) and engagement with the subject matter presented in the course. Your final research paper should be 6-8 pages (not including images) double space text, 12 pt font.
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Question to consider/ think :

1. Discuss dissection of the body as a means of exploration of interiority and space during the Renaissance. Provide examples.
2. Discuss how Tuburculosis (TB) influenced the design of buildings and even cities?
3. Compare and contrast how LeCorbusier’s concepts around health influenced his designs vs. Friedrich Kiesler’s Endless House.
4. Discuss how modern psychology and psychiatry influenced the architecture of modernism and how “nerves” and war were a shock to the body.
5. LeCorbusier, Loos, and Kiesler all suffered from physical health deterioration and projected these conditions into their work quite differently. Provide an analysis of how they accomplished this.
6. Discuss Richard Neutra and the Lovell Health house in LA for Dr. Lovell. Is this simply building upon the european focus on health of the 1920’s and 30’s or has California taken this to another level with RM Shindler’s sleeping porches and Richard Neutra’s entire profiling of his clients as if he were a doctor and the building were the cure.
7. What do Charles and Ray Eames mean by the house beng a “shock absorber”? What’s the connection between war and these movements?
8. With all of that you’ve read so far, how do you see designers responding to Covid-19? Will it be much like LeCorbusier and his “exact air” for air distribution and cleansing of outside air? Will it be more ventililation? Deep porches and outdoot spaces?
9. All of these architects formed concepts around health that informed the design of their architecture – which one of these concepts resonates for you?
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1. Give specific interior design examples of features built into the Paimio Sanitorium, by Alvar and Aino Aalto to maximize cleanliness and hygiene.
2. Taken from pg’s 67/68, describe each sketch of the rooms in the sanitorium with attention to the ceiling, lighting, views, heat and ventilation, color and materiality.

3. What was good for the patient became good practice for everyone. The furniture company Arttek had the ambition to support and nourish human beings physical and psychological wellbeing. Describe the unique pieces that became part of this furniture line and how they moved from the sanitorium into the home.
4. Alignment to the sun defined the sanitorium. How? And, give examples of buildings and building features to accomplish this goal.
5. Design was a form of medical research, transforming the way people lived through experimentation with the buildings. Could buildings become the means to heal nurture the sick body? How?