Comparative Analysis

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ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION:
Comparative Analysis
For your final submission, you are expected to finalize the comparison of the two different approaches presented in two major reference books, which you have been working on for the last two assignments:

1) Learning from Las Vegas by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour (2nd ed-Revised version in 1977. The full title: Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form, MIT Press)
2) Architecture and the City by Aldo Rossi, Opposition Books, 1984(paperback)original publication date is 1966

This assignment targets clear analysis of the complex characteristic of the city. Your comparison is not limited to but may include below areas, as you focused in each source during the previous steps:

 Title/DAH assignment cover page- please remember to include both names
 Table of contents
 Introduction (what are the main focus/problematic tackled)
 Analysis should focus below listed areas:
a) Contextual focus of the two resources
b) Highlighted urban components: urban artifacts, urban elements, monuments, etc. by each author(s)
c) Focused functions
d) Critical keywords: ‘Permanence’ and ‘Change’
e) Sign, symbolism and available typologies in each resource
 Conclusion: evaluation of complex characteristic of the city
 Supplementary resources if available

EVALUATION: 30 POINTS
final submission grade breakdown will be as listed below:

 Introduction – 5%
 Comparative Analysis – 75% (total)
o Contextual focus – 15%
o Highlighted urban components: urban artifacts, urban elements, monuments, etc. – 15%
o Comparison of the focused functions in each case -10%
o Discussions on permanence and change -15%
o Sign, symbolism and available typologies – 20%
 Conclusion: Your overall evaluation of complex characteristics of the city – 15%
 Text flow, language and grammar – 5%