Theory and Practice in Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism Politecnico di Milano, Facolt di Architettura e Societ

Prof. Richard Ingersoll, rjingers@syr.edu Elisa Cattaneo elisa.c.cattaneo@gmail.com Filippo Cattapan filippocattapan@gmail.com

2) 18.X. The Uses and Misuses of History. The struggle between theory and practice during the late 20th century. From Utopianism to postHumanism. Texts: -Robert Venturi, Complexity and Contradiction, 1968 -Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, Steven Izenour, Learning from Las Vegas, 1972 (excerpts). Part I A significance for A&P Parking Lots, pp 3-72; and Part II The Ugly and Ordinary pp 85-103. -Aldo Rossi, The Architecture of the City, 1968. -J. Otero-Pailos, Architectural Phenomenology, from Sage Handbook of Architectural Theory, 2012