THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE 1: ARCHITECTURAL MEDIA AND THE PRODUCTION OF THEORIES

Course Information
TitleΘΕΩΡΙΕΣ ΑΡΧΙΤΕΚΤΟΝΙΚΗΣ 1: ΑΡΧΙΤΕΚΤΟΝΙΚΑ ΜΕΣΑ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΡΑΓΩΓΗ ΘΕΩΡΙΩΝ / THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE 1: ARCHITECTURAL MEDIA AND THE PRODUCTION OF THEORIES
Code04TH21
FacultyEngineering
SchoolArchitecture
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID20002568

Programme of Study: PROGRAMMA SPOUDŌN 2020-21 EŌS SĪMERA

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective Courses belonging to the selected specialization423
Class Information
Academic Year2024 – 2025
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours2
Class ID
600258403
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Students will have an extensive and broad understanding of architectural criticism, as well as of theory of space and design. will be exposed to the critical presentation of the work of important architects will be able to offer a critical appraisal of an architectural work will be able to present their ideas systematically, to do a short literature review and to write a short paper.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course is a survey of Architectural Theory from the Renaissance period to the 21st century. Instead of a chronological order, the contents of the course are organised based on the different media used in the discipline of architecture to produce and participate in the theoretical discourse of its time. Texts, objects, exhibitions, images, and buildings, all constitute examples/paradigms that are studied to explore and identify the ideological, economic, social, technological, technical parameters that generate specific projects and to determine the ways in which architecture instrumentalises these examples. Each lecture focuses on a specific medium (Renaissance Treatise, Essay, Manifesto, Book, Press, Architectural Exhibitions, Architectural Education, Linear Representations, and Buildings) and is structured around a transhistorical investigation of their production and dissemination. This investigation is done through the study of specific historical examples of a broader historiography that compose the different constellations of architectural ideas and theories.
Keywords
Architectural theory, Design theory, Analysis of archietctural composition
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Video lectures
  • Audio
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
  • Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures26✓✓✓
Reading Assigment39✓✓✓
Written assigments10✓✓✓
Total75
Student Assessment
Description
Participation, understanding of abstract notions, critical thinking, analytic and synthetic ability, ability to organize the material and to write a short paper. Analysis of architectural composition.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Report (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Βιβλίο [39323]: Συλλογικό. 2005. Αρχιτεκτονική Θεωρία. Αθήνα: Γνώση. Βιβλίο [21013]: Banham, R. 2008. Θεωρία και Σχεδιασμός την Πρώτη Μηχανική Εποχή. Αθήνα: Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις ΕΜΠ.
Last Update
18-02-2022