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History and Theory of Architecture seminar: Wars, Cities, and the Environment
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 16:38:58
Abstract
This seminar explores both architectural and environmental histories of war zones and post-war zones and examines major architectural practices and key concepts, such as urbicide and ecocide.
Objective
Armed conflicts have profound impacts on the built and natural environments. With the advancement of warfare technologies, these environments became increasingly subjected to various forms of offensives and counter-offensives. Thereby, multiple strategies and systems of occupation, protection, camouflage, assaults, construction, destruction, displacements, security, surveillance, and control were gradually designed and planned. This seminar investigates how wars, built, and natural environments have intimately shaped each other throughout military, architectural, planning, and environmental histories from WWI to 9/11. The aim is to explore both architectural and environmental histories of war zones and post-war zones and examine major architectural practices and key concepts, such as symmetric warfare, colonial war, counterinsurgency, urbicide, and ecocide.
General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- BSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- ungraded semester performance
Registration & Places
- Max Places
- 18
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
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| seminar |
History and Theory of Architecture seminar: Wars, Cities, and the Environment
No course on 18.3 (seminar week) and in the last two weeks of the semester
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2 h weekly |