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052-1182-20L 14 Credits BSC D-ARCH

Architectural Design V-IX: On Architecture (Ch. Kerez)

Entwurf V-IX: Über Architektur (Ch.Kerez)

Lecturers & Examiners: Prof. em. Christian Kerez
Please register ( ) only after the internal enrolment for the design classes (see ). Project grading at semester end is based on the list of enrolments on 3.4.20, 24:00 h (valuation date) only. Ultimate deadline to unsubscribe or enroll for the studio is 3.4.20, 24:00 h.
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Abstract

The semester is based first on a thorough and precise description on milestones of the history of architecture, second on a comparison between the initially planned, originally built and current condition and third on defining a program and a detailed design to enhance its spatial experience for a larger public.

Objective

Documenting, spatially analyzing and representing the contemporary condition of milestones of the history of architecture through plans, images and text in a book; proposing programmatic, constructive, infrastructural, etc. interventions to enhance the spatial qualities of the analyzed modern masterpiece.

Content

If the goal of architectural design is to reveal an understanding of the world we live in through architecture, it might be enough to just look at a historical building and try to analyze its contemporary condition. The semester is based first on a thorough and precise description on milestones of the history of architecture, second on a comparison between the initially planned, originally built and current condition and third on defining a program and a detailed design to enhance its spatial experience for a larger public.

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General Information

Language
German
Levels
BSC
Frequency
Semesterly recurring

Examination

Type
graded semester performance
Letzter Abmeldetermin für das Entwurfssemester ist 3.4.20, 24:00 Uhr.Das Löschen einer Belegung nach diesem Datum ist nicht zulässig.

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
exercise Architectural Design V-IX: Über Architektur (Ch. Kerez)
Keine Lehrveranstaltung am 17./18.3. (Seminarwoche), am 14./15.4. (Osterferien) sowie an Feiertagen (s. Raumbelegungen).
  • Tue 09:45-17:30 (ONA E 25)
  • Wed 08:00-17:30 (ONA E 25)
16 h weekly

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