MA in Communication Studies

Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleADVANCED THEORIES AND DOCTRINES OF ARCHITECTURE
Course Unit CodeARCH2
Course Unit DetailsBA Architecture (Architecture Electives) -
Number of ECTS credits allocated4
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Justify the theoretical issues of Architectural Design.
  2. Implement methods of analysis and interpretation of the architectural concept in relation with the cultural context of contemporary societies.
  3. Explain design process to innovative philosophical or theoretical state of art.
  4. Develop the crucial factors dominating the contemporary architectural design in order to express social awareness, local or international policy issues.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesNONECo-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
Course Contents

1.     Special issues of postmodernism in architecture

2.     Visual culture and architecture – interactions within the 21th century

3.     Architectural press and the international architects’ elite

4.     Virtual environments – virtual places and the web

5.     Contemporary architecture of the third world

Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Μπίρης Τ., (2008), Εν πτήσει συνομιλίες με τον Τάκη Κουμπή, Αθήνα: Παπασωτηρίου
  • De Botton A., (2007), Η αρχιτεκτονική της ευτυχίας, Αθήνα: Πατάκης
References
  • Sykes, K., (2010), Constructing a New Agenda: Architectural Theory 1993-2009, New York: Princeton.
  • Sassen S., (2007) Deciphering the Global: Its Scales, Spaces and Subjects.New York: Routledge.
  • Soja Edward W., (2010), Seeking Spatial Justice, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
  • Πάγκαλος, Π. (2011), Η σημασία του χρόνου στη σύγχρονη αρχιτεκτονική, Αθήνα: Guteberg
  • Τουρνικιώτης, Π. (2007), Η αρχιτεκτονική στη σύγχρονη εποχή, Αθήνα: Futura
Planned learning activities and teaching methodsThe teaching of the course is supplemented by lectures for his theoretical background. The aim of the lectures is to supplement the educational process and to broaden their areas of interest of students asking questions, concerns, providing references and specific examples and suggesting approaches and methodologies.
Educational visits are essential to the process of education because students are the means of personal contact and personal experience of each student with the object.
The presentations are an integral part of the educational process, enhancing on many levels. As a mean of self-assessment and as a tool working time students.
Assessment methods and criteria
Class participation5%
Midterm assignments35%
Final assignment60%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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