Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

High Intermediate

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of three semesters (or five quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

OBJECTIVE:

To bring the student into contact with urban space in the Americas through:

1. Studies of the works of Andrea Palladio and Le Corbusier.
2. Visits to the city of Valparaíso, noting the particularity of its space, and historical growth.
3. Participation in an urban work in the city of Valparaíso.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Extracts from books compiled by the professor:

- How to Conceive of Urbanism (Le Corbusier)
- Principles of Urbanism (Le Corbusier)
- Towards an Architecture (Le Corbusier)
- The Four Books about Architecture (Andrea Palladio)
- The Laws of the Indies: Ordering Populations for the Americas.

2. Works of architects: Le Corbusier and Andrea Palladio, selected by the professor.

THEMATIC UNITS:

General vision of architecture.

1. Historical works of architecture and urbanism.
2. Contemporary works of architecture.
3. The space of the American city.
4. The space of Valparaíso.
5. Participation in an urban work in Valparaíso.