Clare M Robinson
- Associate Professor, Architecture
- Assistant Professor, Social / Cultural / Critical Theory - GIDP
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-6751
- Architecture, Rm. 104
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- clarerobinson@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Architecture
- University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States
- Student Union: the architecture and social design of postwar campus community centers in California
- M.Arch Architecture
- Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- North, South, East, West (socio-spatial relationships of culture and ceremony)
- B.A.
- Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2012 - Ongoing)
Awards
- Catherine Bauer Wurster Prize
- Society of American Community and Regional Planning History (SACRPH), Fall 2019
- JAE Best Article Award: Scholarship of Design
- ACSA (Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture ) and JAE (Journal of Architectural Education), Spring 2018
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Caps Studio
ARC 498 (Spring 2025) -
Research
ARC 900 (Spring 2025) -
Hist+Thery III: Mod/Ctmp Arch
ARC 333 (Fall 2024) -
Hist+Thery III: Mod/Ctmp Arch
ARC 533 (Fall 2024) -
Independent Study
ARC 499 (Fall 2024) -
Independent Study
ARC 599 (Fall 2024) -
Thesis
ARC 910 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Contemp Arch and Urban Theory
ARC 471S (Spring 2024) -
Contemp Arch and Urban Theory
ARC 571S (Spring 2024) -
Independent Study
ARC 499 (Spring 2024) -
Independent Study
ARC 599 (Spring 2024) -
Research
ARC 900 (Spring 2024) -
Hist+Thery III: Mod/Ctmp Arch
ARC 333 (Fall 2023) -
Hist+Thery III: Mod/Ctmp Arch
ARC 533 (Fall 2023) -
Master's Report
ARC 909 (Fall 2023) -
Thesis
ARC 910 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Colloquium: Urban Agency
ARC 495B (Spring 2023) -
Contemp Arch and Urban Theory
ARC 471S (Spring 2023) -
Contemp Arch and Urban Theory
ARC 571S (Spring 2023) -
Research
ARC 900 (Spring 2023) -
[ABouT] Journal
ARC 471J (Spring 2023) -
[ABouT] Journal
ARC 571J (Spring 2023) -
Design Std I: Site, Form, Spac
ARC 201 (Fall 2022) -
Hist+Thery III: Mod/Ctmp Arch
ARC 333 (Fall 2022) -
Hist+Thery III: Mod/Ctmp Arch
ARC 533 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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H/T Elective
ARC 596B (Spring 2022) -
History + Theory of Arch IV
ARC 471S (Spring 2022) -
History + Theory of Arch IV
ARC 571S (Spring 2022) -
Design Std I: Site, Form, Spac
ARC 201 (Fall 2021) -
Hist+Thery III: Mod/Ctmp Arch
ARC 333 (Fall 2021) -
Hist+Thery III: Mod/Ctmp Arch
ARC 533 (Fall 2021) -
Thesis
ARC 910 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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H/T Elective
ARC 496B (Spring 2021) -
H/T Elective
ARC 596B (Spring 2021) -
History + Theory of Arch IV
ARC 471S (Spring 2021) -
Research
ARC 900 (Spring 2021) -
Design Std I: Site, Form, Spac
ARC 201 (Fall 2020) -
Hist+Thery III: Mod/Ctmp Arch
ARC 332 (Fall 2020) -
Hist+Thery III: Mod/Ctmp Arch
ARC 533 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Thesis
ARC 910 (Spring 2020) -
Design Studio I: Principles
ARC 201 (Fall 2019) -
Hist+Theory of Arch:Modern Arc
ARC 533 (Fall 2019) -
History + Theory III: Mod Arch
ARC 332 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Design Studio II: Dwelling
ARC 202 (Spring 2019) -
H/T Elective
ARC 496B (Spring 2019) -
Design Studio I: Principles
ARC 201 (Fall 2018) -
History + Theory of Arch IV
ARC 471S (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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H/T Elective
ARC 471B (Spring 2018) -
Hist+Theory of Arch:Modern Arc
ARC 533 (Spring 2018) -
History + Theory III: Mod Arch
ARC 332 (Spring 2018) -
History + Theory of Arch IV
ARC 471S (Fall 2017) -
History + Theory of Arch IV
ARC 571S (Fall 2017) -
Independent Study
ARC 599 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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H/T Elective
ARC 471B (Spring 2017) -
H/T Elective
ARC 571B (Spring 2017) -
Hist+Theory of Arch:Modern Arc
ARC 533 (Spring 2017) -
History + Theory III: Mod Arch
ARC 332 (Spring 2017) -
History + Theory of Arch IV
ARC 471S (Fall 2016) -
History + Theory of Arch IV
ARC 571S (Fall 2016) -
Honors Thesis
ARC 498H (Fall 2016) -
Senior Capstone
ARC 498 (Fall 2016) -
Special Tops in Social Science
HNRS 195H (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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H/T Elective
ARC 471B (Spring 2016) -
H/T Elective
ARC 571B (Spring 2016) -
Hist+Theory of Arch:Modern Arc
ARC 533 (Spring 2016) -
History + Theory III: Mod Arch
ARC 332 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Robinson, C. M. (2018). Messages, Media, and Meaning of Campus Community Centers: College Union Buildings as Campus "living rooms". [TRANS]media, 4, 39-48.
- Robinson, C. M. (2017). Un-repressing Class to Reinterpret the Tradition of Mid-century Modern Architecture and its Preservation in Tucson, Arizona. TDSR.
- Robinson, C. M. (2016). Architecture in Support of Citizenry: Vernon DeMars and the Berkeley Student Union. Journal of Architecture Education.
- Robinson, C. M. (2016). The innovator: the experimental architecture of Arthur T. Brown, FAIA. Tucson Modernism Week Annual.
- Robinson, C. M. (2015). Postwar Union Buildings in California: modern spaces for citizenship and consumerism. Association of College Unions International Bulletin, 83(1).
Proceedings Publications
- Robinson, C. M., & Adkins, A. S. (2020, June). Arizona Negro Motorist Green Book neighborhoods at the intersection of history, heritage conservation, and planning. In EAAE-ARCC.
- Robinson, C. M. (2018, May). Architecture and Culture of College Union Buildings and the Changing Meaning of the ‘Campus Living Room’. In ARCC-EAAE.
- Robinson, C. M. (2017, Spring). The Tradition of Aesthetic Governmentality in Preservation Practice and the Mid-century Subdivision. In IASTE.
- Robinson, C. M. (2016, June). Architecture for a Changing University Citizenry. In ARCC-EAAE.
- Robinson, C. M. (2014, February). Ideological Ends of Mid-century Student Union Buildings: a study of disciplinary connections. In ARCC & EAAE.
- Robinson, C. M. (2013, March). Visualizing the Social Underpinnings of a Building Type and Widespread Adoption of Student Unions. In ARCC.
Presentations
- Robinson, C. M. (2019, April). College Unions as Instruments of Campus Planning and Expansion. Society of Architectural Historians.
- Robinson, C. M. (2019, March). Edith Ouzts Humphreys' Influcence on American College Union Architecture. International Archive of Women in Architeccture Center.
- Robinson, C. M. (2018, April). Cold War Cafeterias on University Campuses. SAH.
- Robinson, C. M. (2018, June). Neighborhood preservation against aesthetic governmentality and affluence. AMPS. London.
- Robinson, C. M. (2018, October). Creating Coed Campus Living Rooms: the integration of women into male student union buildings. Southeast Society of Architectural Historians.
- Robinson, C. M. (2015, November). Planning and Preserving the Mid-century Subdivision: the case of Pueblo Gardens. SACRPH. Los Angeles, CA.
- Robinson, C. M. (2017, March). Hybrid Identities of Student Union Buildings at Mid-century. HERA.
- Robinson, C. M. (2016, December). The Tradition of Aesthetic Governmentality in Preservation Practice and the Mid-century Subdivision. IASTE.
- Robinson, C. M. (2015, April). Mid-century modern revisted: the case of Pueblo Gardens. Society of Architectural Historians (SAH). Chicago, IL.
- Robinson, C. M. (2015, March). Class, Ethnicity, and the Mid-century subdivision: re-examining Pueblo Gardens. Nomad Seminar on Historioraphy. University of San Diego, San Diego, CA.
- Robinson, C. M. (2014, April). Midcentury Student Unions for Middle-class College Culture. SAH.
- Robinson, C. M. (2013, September). Modern Mid-century Student Union Buildings for Middle-class College Culture. SeSAH.