Study Architecture 
ProPEL 
Author(s): David Turturo
The courthouse town is a distinct urban morphology that appears across the United States, derived from a variety of European sources and Colonial conditions. Despite its associations with Empire, the urban model produced thriving enclaves in some contexts and abandonment in others, reflecting the predicament of the contemporary small city. This paper re-considers the courthouse town as an engaged pedagogical device for teaching urban analysis and contextual design, questioning the potential of the façade and the quotidian in architectural education today.
https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AM.113.55
Volume Editors
Sara Jensen Carr & Rubén García Rubio
ISBN
978-1-944214-48-7
