Combining readings in architectural history and critique with analyses of designs, this seminar addresses how the visual emphasis has manifested itself and become predominant in architectural discourse and practice, and analyzes attempts to overcome it by turning attention to other sensory modalities in architectural experience in the context of materiality, technology, and culture.

Combining readings in architectural history and critique with analyses of designs, this seminar addresses how the visual emphasis has manifested itself and become predominant in architectural discourse and practice, and analyzes attempts to overcome it by turning attention to other sensory modalities in architectural experience in the context of materiality, technology, and culture.