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Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleARCHITECTURE AND URBAN ANALYSIS AND CRITICISM
Course Unit CodeBACULT09
Course Unit DetailsBA Architecture (Architecture, City, Civilisation) -
Number of ECTS credits allocated3
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Acquire a theoretical background as a means of supporting personal proposals and projects in urban and architectural design. Acquire knowledge, which helps in identifying architectural works, personalities and trends or movements in the contemporary architectural scene.
  2. Implement the Historical, Critical and Theoretical base as a source of inspiration for performing urban and architectural design. Identifying a rich historical / theoretical background grants knowledge to the creator allowing him/her each time to give documented answers with regard to what every place and culture, natural and built environment, and every city and property needs.
  3. Give future architects experience in organising the presentation of their work and also learn architectural expression for which reading on a theoretical and practical level is required
  4. Identify the analytical and critical process in architectural and urban design, as a basis for the criticism of architectural creativity of individual works.
  5. Interpret, in the context of the course, discussions on critical issues of specific architectural design works and personalities of architecture in general, particularly of the last two decades. Study Projects in accordance with the philosophy of the architect-creator, the geometric and morphological principles, spatial organisations, typologies, technological systems and others.
  6. Exercise critical analysis of various architectural works for the development of critical thinking. Examine and interpret works through a particular structure, which helps students to creatively deal with synthetic problems in architectural design. Study works (from floor plans, sections, elevations, photographs, and drawings in general) in the functional, spatial, morphological, technological, and environmental levels.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesNONECo-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
Course Contents

STUDIO’S TOPIC-Contemporary architects and their works:  Five projects are studied from the list of selected contemporary architects. The method of study comes from their central idea, according to their spatial organization, functional, spatial, morphological and technological solution,and until their construction details. Apart from the description, analysis and criticism that the students perform on the works, a post-synthesis proposal of some selected projects is assessed.

Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
    No specific textbook required
References
  • Monographs of contemporary architects
Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Structure of Studio’s project: The course is both theoretical and laboratorial. Its development is as follows: Presentations and corrections are prepared in power point by the students. During the presentations the works of the preselected well-known architects will be discussed.

Presentations/Corrections: The presentations/corrections are arranged with the instructor of the course and last 15 minutes per team. Each team presents their work at least four (4) times during the semester. Each team chooses an architect, studies his philosophy of design within a global context: Works by program, Chronological development of the works and others.Then each team presents the most important works of the architect within a structural framework: the location, the relationship with the environment, functionality, morphology, spatiality, the Static /constructive system.

Report:The report should contain the detailed presentation of the topic through a text of about one thousand (1000) words and include as many images needed to complete pictographically the analysis.

Corrections/Final Presentation: Throughout each lecture-studio,  ?comments and corrections of each team’s work are made by the instructor during the students’ presentations. Three key elements are considered for the grading of the work: Reading, Thought and Presentation

Final Presentation: In this last stage of the course all the work is presented in Power Point of all the teams and each team presents their final work for the final grade. Whichever team does not present their work four (4) times during the course is not graded.

Assessment methods and criteria
Class participation 55%
Mid term assignment 25%
Final assignment 20%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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