ARPL 418 Foundations of Sacred Space/Cultural Studies
This course surveys essential ideas, methods, and paradigms behind the spiritual and cultural roots of place-making. The purpose is to introduce students to systematic ways to question, research, reason, and respond to our fundamental need to establish a meaningful connection to others, nature, cosmos, and the divine. What constitutes sacred space and how does dwelling intersect it? Are commonalities possible in a multicultural world? How do faith, rationality and service meet and inform one another in and through architecture? Are there age-proven approaches to such challenges? The class examines these and other SSCS questions with architectural design and scholarship in mind.
Cross Listed Courses
ARPL 418 & ARPL 618