class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide .title[ # GEOG 470 Urban Geography ] .subtitle[ ## Postmodern urban geography ] .author[ ### Matthew Haffner, PhD ] --- class:inverse,center,transition ## Relationship between the built environment, social relations, and space --- .pull-left-40[ ## Built environment ### David Harvey ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://davidharvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/david-harvey.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ ## Built environment ### David Harvey ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/31003259428.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ ## Built environment ### David Harvey ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71wcIe8Hp5L._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[] ] ] --- <div align = 'center'> <iframe width='1366' src='https://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/' height='625' frameborder='0' allow='accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture' allowfullscreen> </iframe> </div> --- .pull-left-40[ ## Built environment ### Paul Knox ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://news.vt.edu/content/dam/news_vt_edu/articles/2008/05/images/08326paulknox-jpg.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ ## Built environment ### Paul Knox ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61dZzpPWPCL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ ## Built environment ### Paul Knox #### Restless Urban Landscape ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='../img/restless-01.png' height='100%' /> </div> .small[] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ ## Built environment ### Paul Knox #### Restless Urban Landscape - Postmodernism takes on many different forms ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='../img/restless-01.png' height='100%' /> </div> .small[] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ ## Built environment ### Paul Knox #### Restless Urban Landscape - The 1980s and 1990s in Washington, D.C. saw a growth in mixed use development (MXDs) and master-planned communities, but these were largely disconnected from the rest of the city ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='../img/restless-01.png' height='100%' /> </div> .small[] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ ## Built environment ### Paul Knox #### Restless Urban Landscape - Postmodernism as the expression of contradiction ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='../img/restless-01.png' height='100%' /> </div> .small[] ] ] --- class:inverse ## Built environment .small[ .pull-left[ 1. Consider Fairfax County, Virginia (where Tyson's Corner is located). Guess its population density. (For reference, Eau Claire's population density is 2100 people per sq. mile and Minneapolis' population density is 7900 people/sq. mile) 2. What is the median household income in Fairfax County, Virginia? 3. What are its demographics like? 4. How do people vote there? E.g., what percentage voted for Trump in 2020 election? ] ] .pull-right[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Tysons_Corner_Sunset_.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[Tyson's Corner] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ ## Built environment ### Paul Knox #### Restless Urban Landscape - "...Harvey has argued persuasively that there is an 'intimate connection' between aesthetic and cultural movements and the changing nature of urban experience..." ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='../img/restless-01.png' height='100%' /> </div> .small[] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ ## Built environment ### Paul Knox #### Restless Urban Landscape - "...Harvey has argued persuasively that there is an 'intimate connection' between aesthetic and cultural movements and the changing nature of urban experience..." - Takeaways from the conclusion (p. 203) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='../img/restless-01.png' height='100%' /> </div> .small[] ] ] --- class:inverse,center,transition # Built environment ## Reading landscapes through architectural style --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Greek revival (-18th century) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Playmakers_Theatre.jpg/640px-Playmakers_Theatre.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[Playmakers Theater, UNC Chapel Hill] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Greek revival (-18th century) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Jesse_Hall_and_the_Columns%2C_University_of_Missouri_-_panoramio.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[The Columns, University of Missouri - Columbia] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Greek revival (-18th century) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://showme.missouri.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/011922JesseHall1.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[The Columns, University of Missouri - Columbia] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Greek revival (-18th century) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://www.pittstate.edu/academics/_files/images/academic-programs/russ-hall-header-1280x854.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[Russ Hall, Pittsburg State University] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Greek revival (-18th century) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Cornell_Bailey_Hall_March09.jpg/640px-Cornell_Bailey_Hall_March09.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[Bailey Hall, Cornell University] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Greek revival (-18th century) - Collegiate Gothic (19th - early 20th century) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Memorial_Hall_%28Harvard_University%29_-_facade_view.JPG' height='100%' /> </div> .small[Memorial Hall, Harvard] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Greek revival (-18th century) - Collegiate Gothic (19th - early 20th century) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://media.gq-magazine.co.uk/photos/5d139a49bc4bf64ef07f0890/16:9/w_2560%2Cc_limit/Aerial-hp--GQ-25aug17_alamy_b.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[Oxford University] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Greek revival (-18th century) - Collegiate Gothic (19th - early 20th century) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://smapse.com/storage/2018/12/college-church-distinctive-vision.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[Saint Louis University] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Greek revival (-18th century) - Collegiate Gothic (19th - early 20th century) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/546119bae4b085cc73a9bff6/2a71c288-1c58-45ef-808b-145d1c96c7b7/BC+Gasson+Hall.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[Boston College] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Greek revival (-18th century) - Collegiate Gothic (19th - early 20th century) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6000676f7c92f77a1b487955/1610660291405-KUYTJ9UZ4W3SC0SKA95U/main.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[Old Central, Oklahoma State University] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Modernism/brutalism (mid 20th century) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Brutalist_architecture_of_UMass_Dartmouth.jpg/1280px-Brutalist_architecture_of_UMass_Dartmouth.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[Center for Visual and Performing Arts, UMASS Dartmouth] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Modernism/brutalism (mid 20th century) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://www.yuja.com/wp-content/uploads/SIUE-image1.png' height='100%' /> </div> .small[SIUE] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Modernism/brutalism (mid 20th century) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://www.pittstate.edu/housing/_files/images/Tanner-Hall.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[Tanner Hall, Pittsburg State University] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Modernism/brutalism (mid 20th century) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Kerr-Drummond_Hall.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[Kerr-Drummond Hall, Oklahoma State University] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Modernism/brutalism (mid 20th century) - Ultra-modern/post-modern (Recent) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/GWBC_Exterior.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[Tulane Business School] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Modernism/brutalism (mid 20th century) - Ultra-modern/post-modern (Recent) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://a.travel-assets.com/findyours-php/viewfinder/images/res70/475000/475985-Massachusetts-Institute-Of-Technology-Mit.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[MIT] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Modernism/brutalism (mid 20th century) - Ultra-modern/post-modern (Recent) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://www.csail.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/primary_image/public/2017-08/15473005358_576e646680_o.jpg?itok=zujZEA9T' height='100%' /> </div> .small[MIT] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Modernism/brutalism (mid 20th century) - Ultra-modern/post-modern (Recent) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://www.stevenholl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AndyRyan_MITSim_00020_2-20-03_WH.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[Simmons Hall, MIT] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Modernism/brutalism (mid 20th century) - Ultra-modern/post-modern (Recent) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://assets.simpleviewinc.com/simpleview/image/upload/crm/reddirt/Student-Union-Plaza-fd04dc195056b3a_fd04dd6d-5056-b3a8-49fdd38085bb1dde.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[Student Union, Oklahoma State University] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Modernism/brutalism (mid 20th century) - Ultra-modern/post-modern (Recent) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://mediacdn.cincopa.com/BuildingU-UNIVERSITYCENTER.jpg?o=4&res=10060&p=y&pid=661629&ph4=qtwCAIVAnDws2C' height='100%' /> </div> .small[University Center, the New School] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Modernism/brutalism (mid 20th century) - Ultra-modern/post-modern (Recent) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2017/04/kresge-auditorium-eero-saarinen-massachusetts-institute-of-technology-10-ten-iconic-buildings-mit-campus_dezeen_ss.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[MIT] ] ] --- .pull-left-40[ # Built environment ## Reading landscapes ### University campuses - Modernism/brutalism (mid 20th century) - Ultra-modern/post-modern (Recent) ] .pull-right-60[ .center[ <div style='max-height:625px'> <img style='max-height: inherit' src='https://wexarts.org/sites/default/files/2020-03/for_media_extsouth_1_hi_brad_feinknopf.jpg' height='100%' /> </div> .small[Wexner Center for the Arts, Some small school in Ohio] ] ] --- .small[ >I remember lecturing at Ohio State University, one of the largest universities in this country. I was minutes away from beginning my lecture, and my host was driving me past a new building called the Wexner Center for the Performing Arts. > >He said, “This is America’s first postmodern building.” > >I was startled for a moment and I said, “What is a postmodern building?” > >He said, “Well, the architect said that he designed this building with no design in mind. When the architect was asked, ‘Why?’ he said, ‘If life itself is capricious, why should our buildings have any design and any meaning?’ So he has pillars that have no purpose. He has stairways that go nowhere. He has a senseless building built and somebody has paid for it.” > >I said, “So his argument was that if life has no purpose and design, why should the building have any design?” > >He said, “That is correct.” > >I said, “Did he do the same with the foundation?” > >All of a sudden there was silence. ] -- Justin Taylor --- class:inverse,center,transition ## Activity