Pieter Broucke

I did not expect to enjoy this course, but due to Professor Broucke's unending enthusiasm for the material and wide knowledge base, I found myself incredibly interested in the material. While he was prone to tangents during his lectures, I found that nearly everything we talked about was fascinating, and enjoyed the connections he drew between current material and things we'd already studied. That being said, the readings and lectures are quite technical, and the projects require significant research and a personal stake in the material, so if you cannot see yourself being genuinely interested in architectural history, I would not take this course.

I did not expect to enjoy this course, but due to Professor Broucke's unending enthusiasm for the material and wide knowledge base, I found myself incredibly interested in the material. While he was prone to tangents during his lectures, I found that nearly everything we talked about was fascinating, and enjoyed the connections he dr …Read more

If you are interested in architectural history (particularly European) or need it for your major, you should consider taking this class; otherwise, I wouldn't recommend it. The professor is definitely passionate about the subject, but because it involves "global architecture," he includes buildings from around the world that are interesting; however, it's clear that he isn't passionate about them and discusses them with little depth. The constant response papers assigned before every class can be annoying, and the tests are challenging, covering a large amount of topics, authors, dates, and more. However, he is somewhat lenient with the grading. Additionally, he doesn't use a canvas and instead handles everything through email, which can be annoying when he forgets to send the reading until a day or two after.

If you are interested in architectural history (particularly European) or need it for your major, you should consider taking this class; otherwise, I wouldn't recommend it. The professor is definitely passionate about the subject, but because it involves "global architecture," he includes buildings from around the world that are inte …Read more

Do not take this course unless you need to for your major. Professor Broucke is clearly passionate about the subject, but the response papers that are due every class based on some architectural reading are annoying to do and the content is never addressed in class. The quizzes consist of memorizing like 100 structures, when they were built, who built them, what era/civilization they belong to, what they were built with, what architectural techniques were used, and the medium. It is simply unreasonable. He is a fair grader, however. 2 quizzes, 3 papers, daily response papers. So much content that the lectures often felt a bit like marathons, but the subject was interesting.

Do not take this course unless you need to for your major. Professor Broucke is clearly passionate about the subject, but the response papers that are due every class based on some architectural reading are annoying to do and the content is never addressed in class. The quizzes consist of memorizing like 100 structures, when they wer …Read more