| Title: | Caesar Builds Wabah |
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| Course Section Number: | FRT-101-11 |
| Department: | Freshman Tutorial |
| Description: | Winston Churchill famously said, "亚洲通 shape our buildings; and afterwards our buildings shape us." Taking a cue from the former British Prime Minister, this tutorial is concerned with how architecture affects the ways people interact, both in the ancient world and in the modern US. Along the way, to test-drive our ideas, we will design new spaces on Wabash's campus. Our raw material will come from the Romans, a society obsessed with using buildings to unify, divide, and separate groups of people. Structures like the Colosseum, for example, herded different social classes through specific entrances and then into different levels of seating, which literally stratified society. By contrast, Rome's huge and resplendent public baths removed many of these barriers and made even the lowliest plebs might feel on equal footing with fancy folk. Examining houses from Pompeii will add more techniques to our toolkit, which we'll employ as we turn our attention to Wabash' campus. How, for example, might the layout of a dormitory, a library, or a campus center help or hinder social interactions? This work sets the stage for the last portion of the term, when we will assume the role of designers and architects to contemplate possibilities for new or renovated structures on our campus. What practical needs should be served? How might a structure shape our college community for the better? On the basis of interviews, field trips, meetings with practicing architects, and their own ingenuity and creativity, students will create and present virtual designs as their final project in the course. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | August 27, 2025 |
| End Date: | December 20, 2025 |
| Meeting Information: |
08/28/2025-12/18/2025 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 09:45AM - 11:00AM, Detchon, Room 109
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| Faculty: | Hartnett, Jeremy |
Course Status
| Section Name/Title | Status | Dept. | Capacity |
Enrolled/ Available/ Waitlist |
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FRT-101-11
Caesar Builds Wabah |
OPEN | Freshman Tutorial | 16 | 0 / 16 / 0 |