ARTH 374 - Architecture and Urbanism in Montreal

• J - 15:00-17:30
• EV-1.605
• INSTRUCTOR: DR. NICOLA PEZOLET
  

This course examines the history of the city of Montreal, from the period of European colonization to the present day. We will pay attention to the ways that different forces - such as wars, planned and unplanned demolitions, as well as the development of building technologies, economic booms and busts, religious reforms and popular movements - contributed to the transformations of the city and its buildings over time. We will address these changes both in terms of urban morphology and architecture. Students will be asked to analyze buildings (including engineering and vernacular constructions) not as isolated artifacts, but as the result of the technological, cultural, social and political contexts of their time. We will also pay attention to the history of architectural design and theories of architectural styles. The course seeks to impart critical tools and methodological insights for the analysis and appreciation of architecture and urbanism, in order to assess their crucial roles in the physical and cultural environments in which we conduct our everyday lives. The course will include several field trips, walking tours and museum visits around the city of Montreal.