063-0316-17L History of Art and Architecture VI: The World, the Work and I. From the Architect's Point of View

Abstract	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.