Spring 2024
ENVDES 5 001 - LEC 001
Cities and Sites
Walter J Hood, Pol FITE MATAMOROS, Rowan Ashraf Aly
Class #:14919
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Architecture
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
22
Enrolled: 228
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 250
Waitlist Max: 50
Open Reserved Seats:
10 unreserved seats
10 reserved for Students with Enrollment Permission
2 reserved for College of Environmental Design Students with 1-4 Terms in Attendance
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 9 hours of outside work hours per week.
Other classes by Walter J Hood
Course Catalog Description
This course explores cities and landscapes as layered repositories of history, both ecological and human. Examining environmental design history and practice, it highlights how deep time legacies are acknowledged or ignored in placemaking, including racialized spatial histories. In addressing the role of architecture, city planning, and landscape design in shaping places and giving them meaning, the course explores the diversity of spatially defined experiences and the ways in which they are shaped by policy and professional practice. Case studies on Bay Area urban and social geography are linked with transnational histories and design movements to highlight the larger forces that have shaped the local historical and social landscape.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Historical Studies, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
10 unreserved seats
10 reserved for Students with Enrollment Permission
2 reserved for College of Environmental Design Students with 1-4 Terms in Attendance
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
Guide to Open, Free, & Affordable Course Materials
Associated Sections
None