4 ECTS credits
100 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 1019795BNR voor alle studenten in het 2e semester met een verdiepend bachelor niveau.
This course aims to give the students insight into the diversity and complexity of architectural production from Antiquity until the industrial revolution in Western Europe and North America. This course discusses prominent figures, historically significant buildings and experimental projects, idioms of architectural style, the development and (innovative) use of building materials, and the relation between science and construction technology, situated within the broader Western technological, artistic, cultural, intellectual, economic, social and political context. A broad chronological and thematical frame of reference is developed, tying in with important developments, trends and shifts in the history of architecture and construction. Moreover, specific research methodologies, approaches and practices in architectural and construction history are analysed.
The particular focus on the relation between architecture and construction, between design and building techniques, reflects the specific interest of the Department of Architectural Engineering in the relationship between architecture, building technology and structural engineering.
After attending this course, the student is expected to be able to ‘read’ and to analyse historic buildings and documents, with specific attention to architectural, constructional and historical aspects and terminology, and to contextualize, interpret and compare them (in time and space, but also in the socio-cultural, political and economic context), both verbally and written.
The course consists of interactive lectures, supplemented by thematic lectures and guest lectures. During the seminars, the theme of the writing assignment is explained, feedback is given (individually or in groups) and a visit is made to an architecture exhibition and/or a library or archive institution and a building or site (linked to current discussions in the architectural-historical debate or the theme of the assignment). A combination of online and on-campus lectures and/or seminars is possible.
The study material consists of slides for each lecture and a reader with compulsory and recommended literature. The reader includes a selection of chapters from ‘Western Architecture. A Survey from Ancient Greece to the Present’ (Ian Sutton, 1999, Thames & Hudson) and ‘Building. 3000 years of Design, Engineering and Constrction (Bill Addis, 2007, Phaidon). This literature is further supplemented with journal articles and chapters from books by various authors. The slides and the compulsory and recommended texts are made available via Canvas after each lesson.
The following learning outcomes are envisaged in this course unit:
In addition, this course unit also addresses the following general learning outcomes of the Bachelor of Science in Engineering: Architecture:
De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Mondeling bepaalt 67% van het eindcijfer
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 33% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Mondeling dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
The exam consists of an oral examination with written preparation and a writing assignment containing an architectural historical analysis.
Part 1: Oral examination
Oral examination with written preparation, in which each student is given a selection of questions that are spread representatively over the entire course.
Part 2: Architecture-historical analysis
Analysis of a building, oeuvre, technique or publication (as determined according to the annual theme, e.g. building materials, private dwellings, public space) with attention to historical, architectural and constructive but also socio-cultural and political factors. This analysis is incorporated into a written paper (with proper attention for scientific references, layout, structure, etc.) of approx. 3000 words, supplemented with visual material.
Score weight:
2/3 of the total final score is on the oral examination (part 1).
1/3 of the total final score is on the architectural historical analysis (part 2).
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Bachelor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: architectuur: Standaard traject
Master of Urban Studies: Standard track (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Schakelprogramma Master of Science in de stedenbouw en de ruimtelijke planning: Standaard traject