Utopics: Private Fantasies, Public Projects

This seminar investigates the consistent tensions between interior fantasy and exterior publicity in the modern period. Case studies and readings include the private houses and public projects of Ledoux, Soane, Fourier, Loos, Le Corbusier, Kiesler, and others, in relation to the literary influences of Romanticism, Symbolism, Surrealism, and psychoanalysis. Participants will select an example of their choice for research and documentation.