This course critically repositions architecture as an active, accountable practice embedded in social struggle. Tracing the evolving history, theory, and efficacy of the profession’s social justice project, it examines the strategies and models through which architects, designers, planners, and activists have mobilized professional expertise to confront inequity and advance Public Interest Design as a platform for social change.
*Meets with ARCH 586-001
If interested in this course, Undergraduate students must register for ARCH 486; Graduate students must register for ARCH 586.