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056-0002-01L 4 Credits NDS D-ARCH
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Architecture and the City II

Architektur und Stadt II

Lecturers & Examiners: Dr. André Jean Bideau, Dr. Susanne Schindler Kilian
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Last Updated: 2026-02-05 16:23:02

Abstract

The question of cause and effect of architecture is an old one. Can a building not only reflect, but promote or even spark societal change? Does architecture have transformative agency? The seminar is organized transhistorically and seeks to illuminate various forms of architectural mediality.

Objective

Students practice reading source texts and secondary literature closely, interpreting them, and reflecting on them in short texts and verbal exchanges. They examine the interplay of architectural-urban structures and messages conveyed through them. The effects of architecture are addressed both in direct spatial terms and in a comprehensive social, political and economic context. These effects are also linked and discussed in terms of building-cultural concerns. Through guest lectures, students gain insight into different perspectives and scientific approaches. The questions and historiographical methods are then discussed with the guests in the seminar.

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 II
Keine Lehrveranstaltungen am 24.3. (Seminarwoche - s. Raumbuchungen!). Individuelles Arbeiten in den letzten beiden Semesterwochen im Unterrichtsraum (s. Raumbelegungen!).
  • Fri 13:45-17:30 (HIT H 42)
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).)