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056-0004-01L 4 Credits NDS D-ARCH
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Architecture and the City IV

Architektur und Stadt IV

Lecturers & Examiners: Dr. Susanne Schindler Kilian
Only for MAS in History and Theory of Architecture.
VVZ CR n/a

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Abstract

The seminar considers the history of twentieth-century European architecture and urbanism in light of the global history of capitalism and colonization. The analytical focus is on newly created institutions designed to function at the intersections of state and market: leagues, associations, congresses, schools.

Objective

Through the analysis of the design of institutions, students learn to understand the relationships between architecture, economics and politics and to articulate those relationships with the necessary precision and nuance. They learn to interrogate a series of architectural and urban projects on the basis of a research question, drawing on primary and secondary sources.

Content

Analysis of selected institutions and their projects in respect to their economic and political positions (Werkbund, CIAM, Bauhaus, standards and norms institutes, IBA, nature conservancy, and others); reading of key primary and secondary texts of architectural theory as well as urban, economic, and cultural history; guest lectures.

Resources

Literature

Will be announced on the class platform.

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General Information

Language
German
Levels
NDS
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
ungraded semester performance

Registration & Places

Priority: Registration for the course unit is only possible for the primary target group

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
seminar Architektur und Stadt IV
Die Lehrveranstaltung findet in den letzten beiden Semesterwochen nicht statt (s. Raumbelegungen). Ersatztermine (während den Semesterferien) werden bekannt gegeben.
  • Fri 13:45-17:30 (HCI F 8)
4 h weekly

Offered In

  • MAS in History and Theory of Architecture (GTA) (The MAS-programm in "History and Theory of Architecture" is a two-year half-time course and contains 60 CP. The course starts in the autumn semester. Attendance of classes supplemented by independent research; practical training periods and excursions; lectures/seminars on one to two days per week, in total 600 ca. contact hours, in addition private study ca. 600 hours (for each in-class day one day of work preparation), two individually tutored seminar papers on chosen subjects (200 hours) and credited Master's thesis (600 hours).)