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Seminar Architectural Criticism: Eco Criticism – How to Look at Concrete Architecture Practice Today
Seminar Architekturkritik: Ökokritik – oder der neue Blick auf Beton-Architektur
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Abstract
Architectural criticism must develop new criteria in order to place buildings in the right relationship to the environment. In this seminar, the ecological view is particularly directed at concrete as a building material in order to clarify its criminal economy and aesthetic exaggeration.
Objective
In this seminar, investigative research, writing as a craft and journalistic strategies are tested and taught. Possible formats are studied on the basis of selected media and implemented in individual as well as collective work.
Content
The ecological imperative forces architects to re-unite their design with sustainable construction. But architecture criticism also has to find new criteria in order to place buildings in light of their environment. Context-related aspects could be deduced from site visit. To this day though, crimes are committed in the name of architecture. Therefore global trade chains and economic sectors that dominate the entire construction process will also be examined in this seminar – and participants are expected to have the courage to carry out investigative research.
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General Information
- Language
- German
- Levels
- BSC
- Frequency
- Semesterly recurring
Examination
- Type
- ungraded semester performance
Course Components
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| lecture with exercise |
Seminar Architekturkritik: Ökokritik – oder der neue Blick auf Beton-Architektur
Keine Lehrveranstaltung am 28.10. (Seminarwoche) sowie in den beiden letzten Semesterwochen (vor Schlussabgaben).
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2 h weekly |