top·ic
/ˈtäpik/
ARC3016Y Winter 2020
Thesis Research Studio
Instructor: Mauricio Quirós Pacheco
Topic is a sort of readymade-research studio that couples the anxiety that comes with defining one’s own research interests and the permission to stand on someone else's shoulders in order to overcome what has come before or, at least, to see further. In this case, the studio will stand on the intellectual work of Lewis H. Lapham. Students will start by selecting a topic, and leveraging the editorial, curatorial and literary work of a Lapham’s Quarterly issue (meaning both the problem at hand and the topic as given) and developing its architectural equivalent.
