History of Copenhagen: Structure, Plan, Design
Fall & Spring
| 3 credits
| Elective
Majors:
History,
Landscape Architecture,
Urban Design,
and
Urban Studies
The course asks a simple question: Why does Copenhagen look the way it does? – and then takes you through the many stages of the city’s urban development from the Middle Ages to the immediate future. Along the way it introduces you to the elements of European intellectual, artistic, political, economic, social, military and planning history that have influenced urban development over time. The course is very experiential, getting you out of the classroom and into the city for a variety of assignments and field studies. In the end, you will be able to “read” not just Copenhagen, but any bigger European city.
Instructors
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Carsten Pape
Cand.mag. (History and Russian Philology, Universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus, 1977). Research Associate, University of Copenhagen, 1977-83. Visiting Adjunct Professor, American University, Washington, D.C., 1986. Carlsberg Foundation Research Scholarship, 2000. With DIS since 1983.
