The Osher Lifelong Learning InstituteThe End of Architecture – Part 2: Amorphous, Entropic, Plasticity
An extension of a topic explored previously – The End of Architecture, this class is a continuation of a 2018 class, that ended with Philip Johnson’s Glass House (1949) and Rem Koolhaas’ Junkspace. Now at the end of the twentieth century, into the twenty-first, each lecture will focus on one architect, examining their schematic strategies, theoretic postulates, and material executions, pioneering the future of architecture. Charting the decline of human centered architecture, into the amorphous, entropic, plasticity of contemporary space, disconnected, isolated, foreign to any natural or meaningful experience.
Spring 2022 Course Syllabus
Spring 2023 Course Syllabus
Summer 2023 Course Syllabus
Lecture 0: Prelude (Wednesday, June 28th 2022, 1-2:30pm)
Summer 2023 Lecture Audio (podcast):
http://www.schluebarchitecture.com/lectures/2023/cmu/EndArch/PJ/20230628_audio.m4a
Summer 2023 Lecture Slides
Summer 2023 Lecture Notes
Lecture 1: Zaha Hadid (Wednesday, March 16th 2022, 1-3pm; Thursday, February 2nd 2023, 10-11:30am; Wednesday, July 5th 2023, 1-2:30pm)
Junkspace (Rem Koolhaas, 2001)
Spring 2022 Lecture Audio (podcast):
http://www.schluebarchitecture.com/lectures/2022/pitt/TheEndOfArchitecture2/ZH/20220316_audio.m4a Spring 2022 Lecture Slides
Spring 2022 Lecture Notes
Spring 2023 Lecture Audio (podcast):
http://www.schluebarchitecture.com/lectures/2023/pitt/EndArch2/ZH/20230202_audio.m4a Spring 2023 Lecture Slides
Spring 2023 Lecture Notes
Summer 2023 Lecture Audio (podcast):
http://www.schluebarchitecture.com/lectures/2023/cmu/EndArch/ZH/20230705_audio.m4a Summer 2023 Lecture Slides
Summer 2023 Lecture Notes
Lecture 2: Frank Gehry (Wednesday, March 23rd 2022, 1-3pm; Thursday, February 9th 2023, 10-11:30am; Wednesday, July 12th 2023, 1-2:30pm)
5th Venice Biennale (Peter Eisenman & Frank Gehry, 1991)
Spring 2022 Lecture Audio (podcast):
http://www.schluebarchitecture.com/lectures/2022/pitt/TheEndOfArchitecture2/FG/20220323_audio.m4a Spring 2022 Lecture Slides
Spring 2022 Lecture Notes
Spring 2023 Lecture Audio (podcast):
http://www.schluebarchitecture.com/lectures/2023/pitt/EndArch2/FG/20230209_audio.m4a Spring 2023 Lecture Slides
Spring 2023 Lecture Notes
Summer 2023 Lecture Audio (podcast):
http://www.schluebarchitecture.com/lectures/2023/cmu/EndArch/FG/20230712_audio.m4a Summer 2023 Lecture Slides
Summer 2023 Lecture Notes
Lecture 3: Philippe Block (Wednesday, March 30th 2022, 1-3pm; Thursday, February 16th 2023, 10-11:30am)
Spring 2022 Lecture Audio (podcast):
http://www.schluebarchitecture.com/lectures/2022/pitt/TheEndOfArchitecture2/PB/20220330_audio.m4a Spring 2022 Lecture Slides
Spring 2022 Lecture Notes
Spring 2023 Lecture Audio (podcast):
http://www.schluebarchitecture.com/lectures/2023/pitt/EndArch2/PB/20230216_audio.m4a Spring 2023 Lecture Slides
Spring 2023 Lecture Notes
Summer 2023 Lecture Audio (podcast):
http://www.schluebarchitecture.com/lectures/2023/cmu/EndArch/PB/20230719_audio.m4a
Summer 2023 Lecture Slides
Summer 2023 Lecture Notes
Lecture 4: Neri Oxman (Wednesday, April 6th 2022, 1-3pm; Thursday, February 23rd 2023, 10-11:30am)
Spring 2022 Lecture Audio (podcast):
http://www.schluebarchitecture.com/lectures/2022/pitt/TheEndOfArchitecture2/NO/20220406_audio.m4a Spring 2022 Lecture Slides
Spring 2022 Lecture Notes
Spring 2023 Lecture Audio (podcast):
http://www.schluebarchitecture.com/lectures/2023/pitt/EndArch2/NO/20230223_audio.m4a Spring 2023 Lecture Slides
Spring 2023 Lecture Notes
Summer 2023 Lecture Audio (podcast):
http://www.schluebarchitecture.com/lectures/2023/cmu/EndArch/NO/20230726_audio.m4a Summer 2023 Lecture Slides
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Lecture 5: Jun’ya Ishigami (Wednesday, April 13th 2022, 1-3pm; Thursday, March 2nd 2023, 10-11:30am)
Spring 2022 Lecture Audio (podcast):
http://www.schluebarchitecture.com/lectures/2022/pitt/TheEndOfArchitecture2/JI/20220413_audio.m4a Spring 2022 Lecture Slides
Spring 2022 Lecture Notes
Spring 2023 Lecture Audio (podcast):
http://www.schluebarchitecture.com/lectures/2023/pitt/EndArch2/JI/20230302_audio.m4a Spring 2023 Lecture Slides
Spring 2023 Lecture Notes
Summer 2023 Lecture Audio (podcast):
http://www.schluebarchitecture.com/lectures/2023/cmu/EndArch/JI/20230802_audio.m4a Summer 2023 Lecture Slides
Summer 2023 Lecture Notes
Junkspace (Rem Koolhaas, 2001)
5th Venice Biennale (Peter Eisenman & Frank Gehry, 1991)
