Harvey Mudd College: IE 171, Fall 2008.

Site Reports: Instructions, Topics, and Assignments


Instructions

You will be responsible for a site report, the presentation of which will be made while standing in front of your object of study (or, in a few cases, an object by your object of study). Whatever topic you wind up with (and we, of course, think that they're all fascinating!), you need to become the class expert. Stanic, Los Angeles Attractions, contains brief descriptions of many of these sites, and you can find material on the web for all of the report topics. In addition, the library and your dear professors have book resources for most of the topics. Your presentation:
  • must occupy no more than ten minutes (we will be timing you);
  • must therefore be very well rehearsed;
  • must be very well researched (and you should be ready for follow-up questions from your classmates and professors);
  • must include a handout for your classmates--a two-sided sheet at the maximum--that presents information, images, plans, related facts, chronologies, etc. related to your topic (these sheets need to be handed to one of your professors by noon the day before your talk; he will photocopy a sufficient number of copies for the class and bring them along for the trip);
  • must include a bibliography of sources consulted on the handout.
We have a passing familiarity with all of the topics, and we'd be happy to meet with you if you'd like to consult before beginning your research. Heck, we may even be able to loan you some materials.

Please note that this site report, while short in duration, is worth one-quarter of your final grade. That weight suggests the value that we place on your efforts to learn about your topic. Your grade for the project will include both research and presentation components.


Topics and Assignments

Saturday, September 20
  • Los Angeles Parklands, Past and Present ().
  • The Bridges of the Los Angeles River ().
Saturday, September 27
  • Union Station, 800 North Alameda Street (Ben Goldenberg).
  • The Los Angeles Subway System: Past, Present, and Future ().
  • The Bradbury Building, 304 South Broadway (Lauren Allen).
  • Caltrans District 7 Headquarters, 100 S. Main Street (David Berryrieser).
  • El Pueblo de Los Angeles (Alicyn Henkhaus)

Saturday, October 4

  • Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, 555 West Temple Street (Claire O'Hanlon).
  • The Continuing Redevelopment of Bunker Hill ().
  • The Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue (Angus Ho).
  • The US Bank Tower (formerly the Library Tower) and the concept of "air rights," 633 West 5th Street (Stephen Parry).
  • The Central Library, 630 West 5th Street (Eric Gunther).
  • Pershing Square, Fifth and South Olive Street (Scott Butters).

Saturday, October 11

  • Colorado Court, 502 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica (Sam Brown).
  • The Case Study Houses Program (Ben Taborsky).
  • Horatio West Court (Irving Gill), 140 Hollister Avenue, Santa Monica ().
  • Culver City Redevelopment (Eric Owen Moss), National Boulevard and Hayden Avenue (Allie Russell).

Saturday, October 25

  • A Brief Introduction to Greene & Greene (Paul Ort).
  • Art Center College of Design (Craig Ellwood), 1700 Lida Street, Pasadena (Alex Tran).
  • Art Center College of Design South Campus (Daly Genik, Inc.), 950 South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena ().
  • Scripps College campus ().
  • Harvey Mudd College campus (Ben Freeland).

Saturday, November 1

  • The Wiltern Theater, 3790 Wilshire Boulevard (Karla Whitfield).
  • Bullocks Wilshire, 3050 Wilshire Boulevard (Derek Galey).

Saturday, November 8

  • R.M. Schindler's King's Road and Lovell Beach Houses (Jason Wyman).
  • Frank Lloyd Wright's Barnsdall and Ennis-Brown Houses (Ian Bullock).
  • Richard Neutra's Silver Lake houses (Patrick O'Toole).

Saturday, November 15

  • Philip Johnson and the Crystal Cathedral complex, 12141 Lewis Street, Garden Grove (David Miller).
  • Richard Meier and the Crystal Cathedral complex, 12141 Lewis Street, Garden Grove (Donald Bolton).
  • Diamond Ranch High School (Thom Mayne), 100 Diamond Ranch Drive, Pomona ().


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