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052-1109-21L 14 Credits BSC D-ARCH

Architectural Design V-IX: Meteora 05 - Engenderings (L. Hovestadt)

Lecturers & Examiners: Prof. em. Dr. Ludger Hovestadt
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Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:49:01

Abstract

This studio works on the idea that a substantial understanding oftodays technology (internet of things, big data, machineintelligence ...) changes the perspective to architectural theoryand will result in different architectural designs and buildingconstructions.

Objective

1) Identification and understanding of the challenges of todays technologies; 2) techniques of working within the plenty of the internet; 3) a methodology to design digital architectures; 4) understanding of the shift from hard building construction to soft building applications, and 5) an understanding of the importance of becoming a literate digital persona in order to be an architect today.

Content

METEORA #05 ENGENDERINGS FASHION, JOURNALISM, FEMINISM 'IF NATURE IS UNJUST, CHANGE NATURE.' About freedom, nature, technology, gender, intellect. What it is, a HUMAN? Gendered by nature or engendered by ratio? An architectonic stageplay: Coco Chanel (1918) moves into the Villa Lemoine of Rem Koolhaas (1998) to discuss the XENOFEMINIST MANIFESTO (2018) METEORA #05 will use artifical intelligence to write a text to explicate a precise position in today's world, to create a spectrum of images to reflect this world and design an architectural artefact which brings things into adequate proportions

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General Information

Language
English
Levels
BSC
Frequency
Semesterly recurring

Examination

Type
graded semester performance
Ultimate deadline for changing enrolments for this course is 2.11.21, 24:00 h.After this date it is strictly forbidden to enrol for the course or to delete the enrolment!

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
exercise Architectural Design V-IX: Meteora 05 - Engenderings (L. Hovestadt)
No course on 26./27.10. (seminar week).
  • Tue 09:45-17:30 (HIB E 15)
  • Wed 08:00-17:30 (HIB E 15)
16 h weekly

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