052-0802-00L Global History of Urban Design II
| Semester | Spring Semester 2021 |
| Lecturers | T. Avermaete |
| Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
Courses
| Number | Title | Hours | Lecturers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 052-0802-00 V | Global History of Urban Design II No course 25.3. (seminar week), on 8.4. (Easter Holiday) as well as on public holidays and in the last two weeks of the semester (s. room reservations). | 2 hrs |
| T. Avermaete |
Catalogue data
| Abstract | This course focuses on the history of the city, as well as on the ideas, processes and actors that propel their development and transformation. This course approaches the history of urban design as a cross-cultural field of knowledge that integrates scientific, economic and technical innovation as well as social and cultural change. |
| Objective | The lectures in this course deal with the definition of urban design as an independent discipline that nevertheless maintains strong connections with other disciplines and fields that affect the transformation of the city (e.g. politics, sociology, geography, etc). The aim is to introduce students to the multiple theories, concepts and approaches of urban design that have been articulated from the turn of the 20th century to today, in a variety of cultural contexts. The course thus offers a historical and theoretical framework for students’ future design work. |
| Content | 25.02.2021 / lecture 1: Course introduction 04.03.2021 / lecture 2: Housing and the Industrial City: From Speculative to Cooperative 11.03.2021 / lecture 3: Cities and Ideologies: Building for Healthy Minds in Healthy Bodies 18.03.2021 / lecture 4: Envisioning Urban Utopias 25.03.2021: no class (Seminar Woche) 01.04.2021 / lecture 5: Reconstructing the City, Constructing New Towns 08.04.2021: no class (Easter) 15.04.2021 / lecture 6: New Capitals for New Democracies; New Institutions for Old Democracies 22.04.2021 / lecture 7: Rethinking Masterplanning 29.04.2020 / lecture 8: The Countercultural City 06.05.2020 / lecture 9: The Postmodern City: From Neo-rationalism to Neo-liberalism 20.05.2020 / lecture 10: Urban Implosion |
| Lecture notes | Prior to each lecture a chapter of the reader (Skript) will be made available through the webpage of the Chair. These Skripts will introduce the lecture, as well as the basic visual references of each lecture, key dates and events, and references to further/additional readings. |
| Literature | There are three books that will function as main reference literature throughout the course: Eric Mumford, Designing the Modern City: Urban Design Since 1850 (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2018) Francis D. K. Ching, Mark Jarzombek and Vikramditya Prakash, A Global History of Architecture (Hoboken: Wiley & Sons, 2017) David Grahame Shane, Urban Design Since 1945: A Global Perspective (Hoboken: Wiley & Sons, 2011) These books will be reserved for consultation in the ETH Baubibliothek, and will not be available for individual loans. A list of further recommended literature will be found within each chapter of the reader (Skript). |
| Prerequisites / Notice | Hybrid teaching: 33/66 (face-to-face/online, changing). 1/3 in auditorium, 2/3 Streaming from home, changing every week. The groups are formed on the first day of lecture. |
Performance assessment
| Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again) | |
Performance assessment as a two-semester course together with 052-0801-00L Global History of Urban Design I | |
| For programme regulations (Examination block) | Bachelor's Degree Programme in Architecture 2011; Version 04.10.2017 (Examination Block 3) Bachelor's Degree Programme in Architecture 2016 (Examination Block 2) |
| ECTS credits | 4 credits |
| Examiners | T. Avermaete |
| Type | session examination |
| Language of examination | English |
| Repetition | The performance assessment is offered every session. Repetition possible without re-enrolling for the course unit. |
| Mode of examination | written 120 minutes |
| Written aids | None |
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Performance assessment as a semester course
(other programmes)
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| ECTS credits | 2 credits |
| Examiners | T. Avermaete |
| Type | session examination |
| Language of examination | English |
| Repetition | The performance assessment is offered every session. Repetition possible without re-enrolling for the course unit. |
| Mode of examination | written 60 minutes |
| Written aids | None |
| If the course unit is part of an examination block, the credits are allocated for the successful completion of the whole block. This information can be updated until the beginning of the semester; information on the examination timetable is binding. | |
Learning materials
| Main link | Information |
| Only public learning materials are listed. | |
Groups
| No information on groups available. |
Restrictions
| There are no additional restrictions for the registration. |
