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056-0001-01L 5 Credits NDS D-ARCH
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Architecture and the City I

Architektur und Stadt I

Lecturers & Examiners: Dr. André Jean Bideau
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Last Updated: 2026-02-05 16:30:40

Abstract

Architects have repeatedly addressed the collective in order to counter criticism and to relegitimize their practice. In doing so, they have also turned their attention to episodes in architectural history. The decade 1967-1977 in particular saw important theoretical contributions to the question of the collective emerge. Here the seminar interpolates between practice and the production of theory.

Objective

By analyzing historical texts on architectural theory, students will acquire the skills to understand these sources as voices in their time. In order to convey the range of historiographical approaches, different methodological approaches and disciplinary perspectives on the main topic of the semester will be used. Specific examples will be used to understand the interplay between architectural and urban structures and the messages conveyed or circulating there in their time.

Content

Core questions of seminar: What makes the theme of the collective central at a particular historical moment? How can this paradigm be contextualized? What social desiderata are expressed in an architectural and urban form? Under what circumstances does such a representation take place? Who formulates what the collective interest is in each case? What historiography and theorizing do architects engage in and what insights do they hope to gain for their present?

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Literature

Will be posted on the MAS 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 I
Startveranstaltung 6.9. 2024, von 13 Uhr bis 18 Uhr HCP E 47.1 Keine Lehrveranstaltung am 25.10.2024 (Seminarwoche). 18.10.2024 Exkursionswoche MAS GTA Werkstattgespräche finden am 28.11 und 29.11.2024 statt.
  • Fri 13:45-17:30 (HIT H 42)
  • 28.11 Date 08:45-17:30 (HIT F 12)
  • 29.11 Date 08:45-17:30 (HIT F 12)
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).)