Theory of City Form (Spring 2013) (M-I-T)

• Lec 1: Introduction (M-I-T)
• Lec 2: Normative Theory I: The City as Supernatural (M-I-T)
• Lec 3: Normative Theory II: The City as Machine (M-I-T)
• Lec 4: Normative Theory III: The City as Organism (M-I-T)
• Lec 5: Descriptive and Functional Theory (M-I-T)
• Lec 6: Dimensions, Patterns, Agreements, Structure, and Syntax (M-I-T)
• Lec 7: The Early Cities of Capitalism (M-I-T)
• Lec 8: Transformations I: London (M-I-T)
• Lec 9: Transformations II: Paris (M-I-T)
• Lec 10: Transformations III: Vienna and Barcelona (M-I-T)
• Lec 11: Transformations IV: Chicago (M-I-T)
• Lec 12: Transformations V: Panopticism, St. Petersburg and Berlin (M-I-T)
• Lec 13: Utopianism as Social Reform and Built Form (M-I-T)
• Lec 14: 20th Century Realizations: Russia and Great Britain (M-I-T)
• Lec 15: City Form and Process (M-I-T)
• Lec 16: Spatial & Social Structure I: Theory (M-I-T)
• Lec 17: Spatial & Social Structure II: Bipolarity (M-I-T)
• Lec 18: Spatial & Social Structure III: Colony & Post-colony (M-I-T)
• Lec 19: Form Models I: Modern and Post-modern Urbanism (M-I-T)
• Lec 20: Form Models II: Open-endedness and Prophecy (M-I-T)
• Lec 21: Form Models III and IV: Rationality and Memory (M-I-T)
• Lec 23: Cases II: Suburbs and Periphery (M-I-T)
• Lec 24: Cases III: Post-urbanism and Resource Conservation (M-I-T)
• Lec 25: Cases IV: Hyper and Mega-urbanism (M-I-T)
• Lec 26: Conclusion: Towards a Theory of City Form (M-I-T)