Architectural Humanities III: Theories in Contemporary Architecture
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ABEE3006 | Architecture and Built Environment | 3 | 10 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- ABEE3006
- School
- Architecture and Built Environment
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
This course explores contemporary architecture in relation to major social, economic, political, ecological, and technological transformations after the Second World War. A wide range of topics including globalization, extraction, supply chains, race, decolonialization, indigenous knowledge, ecological thinking, and emergent technologies in terms of their role in shaping architectural theory, practice, and built environment at large.
Target Students
BArch Architecture K100, MEng Architecture and Environmental Design K230; U6UATTRE and U7UATTED.
Assessment
- 90% Assignment 1: Assignment
- 10% Assignment 2: Assignment
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
To enrich the student's awareness of the ideas that inform contemporary practice and debate.To develop student understanding of architecture’s global embededness.To enhance student's critical writing and research skills.To develop a reflective and critical approach to architecture which can be applied in their own design projects.To meet in part the ARB requirements for Part 1 Graduate Criteria (GC) and attributes (GA).Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, students will demonstrate:
Knowledge of global cultural, social, and intellectual histories, theories, and technologies that influence the design of buildings and cities at large (GC2.1, GC2.2, GC2.3].
Knowledge of issues and assumption that underpin architectural practice as well as the global systems on which architectural practice is reliant.
An informed understanding of the nature of architectural practice in contemporary society [GC6.1].
The ability to evaluate evidence, arguments and assumptions in order to make and present sound judgments within a structured discourse relating to architectural culture, theory and design [GA1.4].