Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
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051-0169-16L | Seminar Architectural Criticism: Can Images Build Cities? Development Zones in the Limmattal | 2 credits | 2G | C. Schärer Basoli |
Abstract | The seminar investigates the potential and the limitations of architectural criticism. The course comprises theoretical reflection, discussions of architectural objects, as well as work on texts. |
Objective | The objective of the course is twofold: On the one hand, students will get to know and to apply a critical approach to architecture by means of such media as oral discourse, written reviews, and the image as a tool of criticism. On the other hand, the practice of architectural criticism itself shall be reflected upon by reading and discussing theoretical and historical texts on the subject. |
Content | The seminar is structured in three sections. In a first step, theoretical foundations will be established based on reading and discussing seminal texts, as well as guest lectures by established critics. A second phase will include site visits of selected buildings in order to develop a critical vocabulary based on immediate spatial experience. The third part will be devoted to the craft of writing; students will be authoring their own arguments and hold a public discussion. |
Lecture notes | Will be handed out at the beginning of the semester. |