Search result: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2018

Number	Title	Type	ECTS	Hours	Lecturers
Architecture Bachelor
Bachelor Studies (Programme Regulations 2017)
First Year Examinations
Examination Block 1
052-0603-00L	Structural Design I	O	2 credits	2G	P. Block, J. Schwartz
Abstract	Determination of internal forces and description of structural behaviour of mixed arches and cable structures, of truss systems, beams, slabs, panels and frames using method of graphical statics as well as dimensioning of these structural systems. Structural behaviour of columns. Discussion of reference buildings and illustration of interplay of structural system and architectural intention.
Learning objective	Awareness of the most important structural systems. Understanding of the interplay of load and form. Estimation of the inner forces and dimensioning of elements.
Content	After a general introduction of basic concepts, structural systems such as cable and arch structures will be analyzed with the help of graphic statics. The students will learn to understand the flow of forces in a structural system in relation to the system's form. They will be able to modify this force flow and give dimension to the structural components. All concepts, approaches and methods will be introduced in the weekly lectures and practiced in subsequent exercises.
Lecture notes	on eQuilibrium "Skript Tragwerksentwurf I/II" http://www.block.arch.ethz.ch/eq/course/4?lang=en A printed version can be bought at the chair of Structural Design Prof. Schwartz for sFr. 55.-.
Literature	"Faustformel Tragwerksentwurf" (Philippe Block, Christoph Gengangel, Stefan Peters, DVA Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt 2013, ISBN: 978-3-421-03904-0) Weiteres Lernmaterial: "Form and Forces: Designing Efficient, Expressive Structures" (Edward Allen, Waclaw Zalewski, October 2009, ISBN: 978-0-470-17465-4) "The art of structures, Introduction to the functioning of structures in architecture" (Aurelio Muttoni, EPFL Press, 2011, ISBN-13: 978-0415610292, ISBN-10: 041561029X)
052-0703-00L	Sociology I	O	2 credits	2V	C. Schmid, R. Nüssli, M. Streule Ulloa Nieto, C. Ting
Abstract	Sociology I investigates the relation between social developments and the production of the built environment from a macro-sociological point of view. It examines central aspects of social change, historical and present-day forms of urbanization, and typical examples of models of urbanization.
Learning objective	This series of lectures should enable students to comprehend architecture in its social context. It approaches the architectural profession from two different angles: macro-sociological and micro-sociological.
Content	Sociology I deals with the macro-sociological point of view, and investigates the relation between social developments and the production of the built environment. In the first part some central aspects of social change are examined – in particular the transition from Fordism to Postfordism and from Modernism to Postmodernism, and the interlinked processes of globalization and regionalization. The second part deals with historical and present-day forms of urbanization. Among other aspects treated here are the changed significance of urban-rural contrasts, the processes of suburbanization and periurbanization, the formation of global cities and metropolitan regions, the growth of new urban configurations in centres (gentrification) and on urban peripheries (edge city, exopolis). In the third part these general processes are illustrated by typical models of urbanization.
052-0901-00L	Monuments Conservation I	O	2 credits	2V	S. Holzer
Abstract	Basics of building within historical contexts: architectural stratigraphy, fundamentals of conservation
Learning objective	Participants are familiar with basic historical building phenomena and are aware of the heritage value.
Content	Conservation I focusses on built heritage dating back to the periods from classical antiquity up to the middle ages. We will look at characteristic building typologies and details of each period. This will enable us to disentangle the building history and to detect the historical layers of complex monuments. We will consider the approaches of each historical period to monument preservation. Furthermore, we will focus on present-day conservation issues conncected to monuments dating from the period under consideration.
Lecture notes	in preparation. Please keep a tight record of manuscript notes yourself.
Literature	Will be announced during the lectures

Examination Block 2
Number	Title	Type	ECTS	Hours	Lecturers
052-0803-00L	History and Theory of Architecture I	O	2 credits	2V + 2U	M. Delbeke, L. Stalder, P. Ursprung
Abstract	Introduction and overview of the history and theory of architecture from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century. (Prof. Dr. M. Delbeke) Introduction in the methods and instruments of the history of art and architecture. (Prof. Dr. M. Delbeke, Prof. Dr. L. Stalder, Prof. Dr. P. Unsprung)
Learning objective	Acquiring basic knowledge of the history of architecture and architectural theory, resp. of the methods and instruments of research into architecture. Being able to identify the main architectural issues and debates of the period and geography covered in the course. Acquiring the attitudes and tools to develop a historically informed reading of the built environment. Acquiring the tools to be able to draw on historical, theoretical and critical research to nourish one's architectural culture.
Content	The course History and Theory of Architecture I offers a chronological and thematic overview of the architecture and architectural theory produced in Europe from the 15th up to 19th century. Thematic lectures about key questions at play during the period will be combined with the in-depth analysis of historical buildings. Themes will cover the emergence and development of Vitruvian design theory and practice up to the 19th century, and related issues such as the emergence of the architect; the media of architectural design and practice (drawings, models, building materials); patterns and media of dissemination and influence (micro-architecture, imagery); building types (the palazzo and the villa); questions of beauty and ornament; questions of patronage (e.g. the Roman papacy); the relation of buildings to the city (e.g. the development of European capitals); attitudes towards history (origin myths, historicism); the question of the monument. The course Fundamentals of the History and Theory of Architecture I consists of different parts, each dealing with a particular area of research into the history of art and architecture (1) The historiography of architecture (M. Delbeke) (2) Architectural media (L. Stalder). (3) Architecture and art (P. Ursprung)
Literature	Literature and handouts will be provided over the course of the term.
Prerequisites / Notice	For the course History and Theory of Architecture I students will rely on assisted self study to acquire basic knowledge of the canonical history of architecture in Europe.
052-0601-00L	Building Materials I	O	2 credits	2V	J. Carmeliet, M. Koebel, O. von Trzebiatowski, F. Winnefeld, F. Wittel, T. Zimmermann
Abstract	Building Materials - Structure, Quality, Usage concrete and other mineral materials metals, wood, glass and polymers ecological aspects
Learning objective	The lecture describes the fundamental properties of the most important construction materials: concrete and other mineral materials, metals, wood, glass and polymers. Furthermore, the content includes the relevant ecological aspects such as availability of raw materials, effort for production, emission of hazardous substances, disposal and recycling are treated as well.
Content	The lecture describes the fundamental properties of the most important construction materials: concrete and other mineral materials, metals, wood, glass and polymers. Furthermore, the content includes the relevant ecological aspects such as availability of raw materials, effort for production, emission of hazardous substances, disposal and recycling are treated as well.
052-0701-00L	Urban Design I	O	2 credits	2V	M. Wagner
Abstract	The means and potentials in the field of urban planning and design are pointed out from different perspectives in order to shape the city in the sense of a future-proof and humane environment. To this end, the basic principles are explained and concrete methods of urban design are presented.
Learning objective	The goal is to provide students with a broad systemic basic knowledge, that enables them to synthesize and evaluate complex urban design and planning problems.
Content	The lecture series imparts basic knowledge in urban planning and design. Pressing questions and main topics of contemporary urban design practice and theory will be addressed. The focus is on illustrating the richness of relationships as well as the potential of the discipline and its handling in everyday urban planning and design practice.
Lecture notes	There is no script to the lecture series. The lectures are recorded on video and made available online on http://www.video.ethz.ch/lectures.html a few days after each lecture.
Literature	At the end of the year course a reader with secondary literature will be made available for download via moodle.
052-0605-00L	Mathematics and Programming I	O	2 credits	2V	L. Hovestadt
Abstract	Introduction to the CAD Programme "Blender" Introduction to "Lambda Calculus" and "Mathematica"
Learning objective	Basic knowlede of the CAD program "Blender" Basic knowlede o "Lambda Calculus" and "Mathematica"
Content	Introduction to the CAD Programme "Blender" Introduction to "Lambda Calculus" and "Mathematica"

Subjects with Semester Grade
Number	Title	Type	ECTS	Hours	Lecturers
052-0501-00L	Design and Construction I Project grading at semester end is based on the list of enrolments on 6th November 2018, 24:00 h (valuation date) only. Ultimate deadline to unsubscribe or enroll for the studio is 6th November 2018, 24:00 h.	O	8 credits	4V + 10G + 2U	A. Deplazes, D. Mettler, D. Studer
Abstract	Designing and constructing will be understood to be a complementarily complementary offer. The content and methodical foundations of design and construction are taught and deepened through lectures and exercises.
Learning objective	Understanding and dominating the methodology of designing and constructing.
Content	Lectures and exercises to achieve the methodology and ability of designing and constructing.
Lecture notes	Andrea Deplazes (Hrsg.), Constructing Architecture, From Raw Materials to Building, A Handbook, Birkhäuser, Basel Boston Berlin, 2013
Literature	Literature will be published in the lectures.
Prerequisites / Notice	100% of interest and engagement!
052-0503-00L	Architecture and Art I Project grading at semester end is based on the list of enrolments on Friday 2nd November 2018, 24:00 h (valuation date) only. Ultimate deadline to unsubscribe or enroll for the studio is Friday 2nd November 2018, 24:00 h.	O	8 credits	2V + 5G + 1U	H. E. Franzen, K. Sander
Abstract	Attendance of eight lectures and gaining knowledge of eight different perspectives / media of the fine arts. Deepening in one of the eight directions in a self-chosen deepening course; 3 weeks elaborating an artistic task (emphasis of grading for the final semester grade: 3/5 final presentation, 1/5 written project-conception, 1/5 participation)
Learning objective	In the HS18, the students will learn about all eight perspectives and media of the fine arts in a course rotation. They expand their knowledge in a mentored course with an independent artistic work.
Content	In HS18 you learn about eight different perspectives and media of the Fine Arts. You choose one of the eight courses to be your special course. With the selected lecturer, you go into a three-week mentorate and work on an artistic task that is presented at a final critique. (emphasis of grading for the final semester grade: 3/5 final presentation, 1/5 written project-conception, 1/5 participation)

Examination Blocks
Examination Block 1
Number	Title	Type	ECTS	Hours	Lecturers
052-0607-00L	Structural Design III	O	2 credits	2G	J. Schwartz, P. Block
Abstract	After a review of essential facts from the first year the course will be examine the interplay of architectural concept and structural system by analyzing buildings of exemplary quality. The focus will be on the integration of specifics of structural systems made out reinforced concrete or steel into architectural design.
Learning objective	Students are enabled to integrate essential characteristics of structural systems made out reinforced concrete or steel into their architectural design.
Content	After a review of essential facts from the first year the course will be examine the interplay of architectural concept and structural system by analyzing buildings of exemplary quality. The focus will be on the integration of specifics of structural systems made out reinforced concrete or steel into architectural design.
052-0805-00L	History and Theory of Architecture III	O	2 credits	2V	L. Stalder
Abstract	The two-semester course offers an introduction to the history and theory of architecture from the industrial revolution up to now. Based on current questions a variety of case studies will be discussed.
Learning objective	The aim is to give an overview on crucial events, works of art, buildings and theories or institutions since the beginning of the 19th century up to today. The course should enhance the comprehension of historical and theoretical issues, and allow the students to localize their own practice within a broader historical context.
Content	The subject of this lecture course is the history and theory of architecture since the beginning of the 19th century up to now. It examines the architectural answers to the changing technical inventions and social practices. Consequently, the focus will be less on individual architects or buildings than on various themes that determined the architecture of the period.
Lecture notes	http://www.stalder.arch.ethz.ch/courses
052-0635-00L	Mathematic Thinking and Programming III	O	2 credits	2V	L. Hovestadt
Abstract	Advanced knowledge of the CAD Programme "Blender" Advanced knowledge of "Lambda Calculus" and "Mathematica"
Learning objective	Advanced knowlede of the CAD program "Blender" Advanced knowlede of "Lambda Calculus" and the programming environment "Mathematica".
Content	Introduction to the consistent processing of the following media per code: text, colour, image, graphs, graphic (2D and 3D), animation and web.

Examination Block 2
Number	Title	Type	ECTS	Hours	Lecturers
052-0619-00L	Building Physics II	O	2 credits	2G	T. Defraeye, J. Carmeliet
Abstract	Moisture related problems are common in buildings leading to costly damage and uncomfortable indoor environments. This course aims at providing the necessary theoretical background and training in order to foresee and avoid these problems.
Learning objective	• to develop a basic understanding of mass transport and buffering • to become aware of potential moisture-related damage and health risks • to learn how to (i) design building components and (ii) assess their hygrothermal performance
Content	• hygrothermal loads • conservation of mass (dry air, water vapor, liquid water) • moist air: constitutive behavior, transport, potential problems and solutions • liquid water: constitutive behavior, transport, potential problems and solutions • exercises
Lecture notes	Handouts, supporting material and exercises are provided online (http://www.carmeliet.ethz.ch/). The course syllabus will be made available at the Chair of Building Physics.
Literature	All material is provided online (http://www.carmeliet.ethz.ch/)
Prerequisites / Notice	Prior knowledge of "BP I: heat" is required.
052-0801-00L	History of Urban Design I	O	2 credits	2G	T. Avermaete
Abstract	This course focuses on the history of the city, as well as on the ideas, processes and actors that engender and lead their developments and transformations. The history of urban design will be approached as a cross-cultural field of knowledge that integrates scientific, economic and technical innovation as well as social and cultural advance.
Learning objective	The lectures deal mainly with the definition of urban design as an independent discipline, which maintains connections with other disciplines (politics, sociology, geography) that are concerned with the transformation of the city. The aim is to make students conversant with the multiple theories, concepts and approaches of urban design as they were articulated throughout time in a variety of cultural contexts, thus offering a theoretical framework for students' future design work.
Content	In the first semester the genesis of the objects of study, the city, urban culture and urban design, are introduced and situated within their intellectual, cultural and political contexts: 01. The History and Theory of the City as Project 02. Of Rituals, Water and Mud: The Urban Revolution in Mesopotamia and the Indus 03: The Idea of the Polis: Rome, Greece and Beyond 04: The Long Middle Ages and their Counterparts: From the Towns of Tuscany to Delhi 05: Between Ideal and Laboratory: Of Middle Eastern Grids and European Renaissance Principles 06: Of Absolutism and Enlightenment: Baroque, Defense and Colonization 07: The City of Labor: Company Towns as Cross-Cultural Phenomenon 09: Garden Cities of Tomorrow: From the Global North to the Global South and Back Again 010: Civilized Wilderness and City Beautiful: The Park Movement of Olmsted and The Urban Plans of Burnham 011: The Extension of the European City: From the Viennese Ringstrasse to Amsterdam Zuid
Lecture notes	Prior to each lecture a chapter of the reader (Skript) will be made available through the webpage of the Chair. These chapters will provide an introduction to the lecture, the basic visual references of each lecture, key dates and events, as well as references to the compulsory and additional reading.
Literature	There are three books that will function as main reference literature throughout the course: -Ching, Francis D. K, Mark Jarzombek, and Vikramditya Prakash. A Global History of Architecture. Hoboken: Wiley, 2017. -Ingersoll, Richard. World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. -James-Chakraborty, Kathleen. Architecture Since 1400. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014. 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	Students are required to familiarize themselves with the conventions of architectural drawing (reading and analyzing plans at various scales).
052-0707-00L	Urban Design III	O	2 credits	2V	H. Klumpner
Abstract	The ‘Urban Stories’ lecture series introduces a city during each lecture. The city’s urban development is described through contemporary phenomena and is critically presented as strategies and tactics. The urban phenomenon we explore in this course show urban conditions, models and operational modes.
Learning objective	How can we read cities and recognise current trends and urban phenomena? The lectures series will produce a catalogue of operational urban tools as a series of critical case studies, and as basis for future practice. Urban Stories introduces a repertoire of urban design instruments to the students. This will empower them to read cities and apply these tools in the urban environment. The course will approach the topic employing analytical cases on different scales, geographies, in diverse socio-political and economical environments. With our collection of tools compiled in a 'toolbox', we aim to tell the fundamental story of contemporary urban development. This specific analysis offers insight and knowledge that helps students to make informed design decisions. The tools are grouped in thematic clusters, compared and interpreted. This approach sensibilities the students to understand how to operate in different local but also international contexts.
Content	Urban form cannot be reduced to the physical space. Cities are the result of social construction, under the influence of technologies, ecology, culture, the impact of experts and accidents. Urban un-concluded processes respond to political interests, economic pressure, cultural inclinations, along with the imagination of architects and urbanists and the informal powers at work in complex adaptive systems. Current urban phenomena are the result of an urban evolution. The facts stored in urban environments include contributions from its entire lifecycle. That is true for the physical environment, but also for non-physical aspects, the imaginary city that exists along with its potentials and problems and with the conflicts that have evolved over time. Knowledge and understanding along with a critical observation of the actions and policies are necessary to understand the diversity and instability present in the contemporary city and to understand how urban form evolved to its current state. How did cities develop into the cities we live in now? Which urban plans, instruments, visions, political decisions, economic reasonings, cultural inputs and social organisation have been used to operate in urban settlements in specific moments of change? We have chosen cities that are exemplary in illustrating how these instruments have been implemented and how they have shaped urban environments. We transcribe these instruments into urban operational tools that we have recognized and collected within existing tested cases in contemporary cities across the globe. This lecture series will introduce urban knowledge and the way it has introduced urban models and operational modes within different concrete realities, therefore shaping cities. Urban knowledge will be translated into operational tools, extracted from cities where they have been tested and become exemplary samples, most relevant for providing the understanding of how urban landscape has taken shape. The tools are clustered in twelve thematic clusters and three tool scales for better comparability and cross-reflection. Tool case studies are compiled into a toolbox, which we use as templates to read the city and to critically reflect upon it. The presented contents are meant to serve as inspiration for positioning in future professional life as well as to provide instruments for future design decisions.
Lecture notes	The learning material, available via https://moodle-app2.let.ethz.ch/ is comprised of: - Toolbox 'Reader' with introduction to the lecture course and tool summaries - Weekly exercise tasks - Infographics with basic information of each city - Quiz question for each tool - Additional reading material The compiled learning material can be downloaded from the student-server: afp://brillembourg-klumpner-server.ethz.ch Please check also the Chair website for more information: http://u-tt.com/teaching/ For a brief digital overview of all presented cities in the lecture series (not official learning material): http://utt-toolbox.com/
Literature	Please see 'Skript', (a digital reader is available)
Prerequisites / Notice	"Semesterkurs" (semester course) students from other departments or students taking this lecture as GESS / Studium Generale course as well as exchange students must submit a research paper, which will be subject to the performance assessment: "Bestanden" (pass) or "Nicht bestanden" (failed) as the performance assessment type, for "Urban Design I: Urban Stories" taken as a semester course, is categorized as "unbenotete Semesterleistung" (ungraded semester performance).

Examination Block 3 The examination block 3 will be offered for the first time in HS19.
Number	Title	Type	ECTS	Hours	Lecturers
052-0705-00L	Landscape Architecture I Does not take place this semester. Course will start in HS19.	O	2 credits	2V	to be announced
Abstract	Is offered from HS19 only.
Learning objective	Is offered from HS19 only.
Content	Is offered from HS19 only.
052-0609-00L	Energy- and Climate Systems I Does not take place this semester. Course will start in HS19.	O	2 credits	2G	to be announced
Abstract	Is offered from HS19 only.
Learning objective	Is offered from HS19 only.
Content	Is offered from HS19 only.
052-0507-00L	Architectural Technology V Does not take place this semester. Course will start in HS19.	O	2 credits	2V	to be announced
Abstract	Will be offered from HS19 only.
Learning objective	Will be offered from HS19 only.
Content	Will be offered from HS19 only.
052-0651-00L	Building Process I Does not take place this semester. Offered from HS19 only!	O	2 credits	2G	S. Menz
Abstract	The building process is the main focus of this lecture series. The process is understood as a sequence of criteria in time. Topics: Acquisition and Building legislation, building economics and facility management, the people involved and their work, construction and planning organization. Process thinking and a glance at our foreign neighbours complete the series.
Learning objective	Alongside a discussion of the basic principles, trends and terminologies, a closer look will be taken at each topic using case studies that investigate current structures as well as those relevant in terms of architecture and urban design. Active participation as well as interdisciplinary and process-oriented thinking on the part of students is a prerequisite.
Content	The building process is the main focus of this lecture series. The process is understood as a sequence of criteria in time. These criteria are divided into acquisition and building legislation, building economics and facility management, the people involved and their work, construction and planning organization. Process thinking and a glance at our foreign neighbours complete the series. Alongside a discussion of the basic principles, trends and terminologies, a closer look will be taken at each topic using case studies that investigate current structures as well as those relevant in terms of architecture and urban design. Active participation as well as interdisciplinary and process-oriented thinking on the part of students is a prerequisite.
052-0807-00L	History and Theory of Architecture V Does not take place this semester. Offered from HS19 only!	O	2 credits	2V	to be announced
Abstract
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