This lecture series examines publications that have been written and designed by architects from the Early Modern period until today. Often, these represent designs of an entire cosmos whose sense and logic is embodied by the architectural work. Looking at one publication each week, we will discuss and question critically publication strategies and (implicit) theoretical positions.
Learning objective
Deepen the basic knowledge
Content
The World, the Work and the I, from the architect's perspective
For centuries, architects have used publications for self-promotion. Often, these featured not just the architect's work, but presented this as an integral part and expression of a whole little cosmos: an ideological, a formal, and not least a very personal one. Using a similar methodology, but approaching from a somewhat different angle, non-architects (philosophers, socialists and other ideologues) often described their ideal worlds as well-constructed entities in which architecture plays a major role. This course examines such publications from the Early Modern period until today. It questions perspectives and discusses publication strategies, the use of text as well as images, and critically asks what such world views suggest - and, not least, what they blend out. The examined media span from the heavy-weight treatise in folio to the modernist photo book, the authors from Palladio to Peter Zumthor.
Performance assessment
Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again)
A repetition date will be offered in the first two weeks of the semester immediately consecutive.
Additional information on mode of examination
Die Prüfung findet zwischen dem 22. Mai und dem 23. Juni 2017 statt. Das genaue Prüfungsdatum wird von der Professur mitgeteilt. Aus drei Themen des Vorlesungsstoffes müssen zwei gewählt und in der Form eines kurzen Essays beantwortet werden.
Performance assessment as a semester course
: Special students and auditors need a special permission from the lecturers