Caspar Schärer Basoli: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2016

NameMr Caspar Schärer Basoli
DepartmentArchitecture
RelationshipLecturer

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
051-0169-16LSeminar Architectural Criticism: Can Images Build Cities? Development Zones in the Limmattal Information 2 credits2GC. Schärer Basoli
AbstractThe 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.
ObjectiveThe 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.
ContentThe 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 notesWill be handed out at the beginning of the semester.