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History of Art and Architecture: Architectural Exhibitions, Methods of (Re)presentation
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Abstract
The course is setup as a seminar with lectures, visits, dialogues and explores different formats, mediums and instruments of historical and contemporary architectural representation that inform architectural thinking.
Objective
- Deepen basic knowledge on the range of formats, mediums and techniques to express architectural ideas, ambitions and positions, developed in past and present architecture exhibitions. - Ability to link architectural thinking and practice to the history of ideas. - Develop presentation skills for architectural ideas to inform a variety of audiences
Content
To exhibit architecture is an oxymoron. The actual building is never exhibited. In architecture we need sketches, drawings, models, plans, scribbles, video’s, interviews, and renderings to communicate a project to an audience before and even after it is built. These evidences of architectural thought are used to ‘exhibit the architecture’. These historical and contemporary images, words and representations transmit ideas, concepts and ideologies and create shared meaning of things, which we will analyse and discuss. The objective is to provide an imaginative space for the students to examine methods, relations between discourse and medium, contexts and institutional frameworks that inform representations of architecture.
Resources
Learning Materials (Links)
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General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- BSC
- Frequency
- Semesterly recurring
Examination
- Type
- ungraded semester performance
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| seminar |
History of Art and Architecture: Architectural Exhibitions, Methods of (Re)presentation
No course on 22.10. (seminar week) and 10th and 17th December 2020 (before final critics).
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2 h weekly |