The Public Eye L’Oeil Public is a feature of the seminar course, ARCH432, offered at USC’s School of Architectureby visiting professor, Victor Jones. Set against looming geopolitical crises, the design discipline must be equipped to address the cultural and social entropy of a world in flux. The urgency and scope of instability demands the consideration of alternative methods, models and products beyond the reach of conventional standards and means.
"Architecture is a media to participate in social reform, a device to enhance urban transformation and the mixture of cultural differences." Qingyun Ma, Dean of the School of Architecture Della and Harry MacDonald Dean's Chair
Focusing on cities and the public realm, the The Public Eye L’Oeil Public provides an expanded opportunity to gain exposure to an evolving arena of global thought and actions distinguished by enterprising social, technological, and ecological design initiatives. Seen through the lens of public space, The Public Eye l’Oeil Public will identify alternative models and emerging efforts by architects, artists, designers, landscape architects and planners as they intervene to cultivate enriched local and global environments. The Public Eye l’Oeil Public will feature innovative design approaches conceived to impact the organizational and institutional structure of cities and the people that inhabit them. These presentations will expose the burgeoning potency of interdisciplinary dialogue, collaboration, and collective thinking that is amplifying the capacity of design to influence the human experience.
