Projects on Territory (Thesis Elective)

Abstract

The Thesis Elective "Projects on Territory" deals with ways of seeing, perceiving and portraying urban territories. Taking different perspectives, from architecture and visual art to urban theory, history and politics, the course enables student-travellers to create an urban portrait of a territory.

Objective

NOTE: The course will temporarily not take place in the Fall Semester 2020 (HS20) and will be resumed in the Spring Semester 2021 (FS21). Every student is a traveller who embarks on a journey in a territory, both literal and metaphorical, and creates a work about the experience. Travellers produce a travelogue, in free-form that is to be discussed with the teaching team. This can be a written and mixed media essay, presented as a booklet. In doing so, students create an insightful and critical work on urban space and urbanisation.

Content

NOTE: The course will temporarily not take place in the Fall Semester 2020 (HS20) and will be resumed in the Spring Semester 2021 (FS21). Students will work in pairs of two or individually. Please apply with a short exposé, explaining your idea for a topic and suggest a possible travel route. Applications are accepted up until the first weeks of the semester. The course is mentored within the regular semester timeframe, with several meetings with assistants and at least two review session with the professor. It concludes two weeks after the final design studio review, with a booklet submission and oral presentation. Please inquire at the chair for more details on the current semester dates. For past references and works samples please see: https://topalovic.arch.ethz.ch/projects/travellers-2/ contact: [email protected]

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