ARCH 409, Section 1

This course will be interested in the “anonymous periphery of Rome.” Though students will have the opportunity to visit sites in the historic center, we will primarily study the city from the outside in and the outside out, looking at the neighborhoods where the majority of Roman citizens live and studying the history of self-built neighborhoods in the peripheral zones of the city—in particular those neighborhoods on the urban fringes of Rome that intersect with the ancient infrastructure of the Felice aqueduct. Through site visits, walking tours, guest lectures, readings and film screenings, students will have the opportunity to discover Rome in all its layers and complexities and will be asked to respond by participating in an interdisciplinary workshop design process that asks: how can we imagine a “people’s monument” for Rome?.