This course examines histories, theories, and methods in the historic reconstruction of architecture – the drawn, modeled, and built representations that architects create to visualize the architectural past. We will explore this topic in three interconnected units: The first, “archaeologies,” examines episodes in the modern history of architectural reconstructions. We will focus on ways that architects created reconstructions out of the surviving fragments of the past – from reconstructions of ancient architecture to modernist monuments. The second unit, “rehabilitations” explores the aesthetics and methodologies of reconstruction techniques. We will examine a range of approaches – ones that emphasize physical and temporal stability and wholeness as well as ones that embrace fragmentation and the differing experiences of a beholder. The final unit, “restitutions” explores the shifting political meaning and role of reconstructions. Here, we will examine the way reconstructions are embraced as tools of cultural supremacy, historic reckoning, and human rights, among other concerns. The seminar is project-based, and students will undertake an architectural reconstruction project of their own – developed each week and engaged with themes from each unit.