MA in Communication Studies

Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleARCHITECTURE AND MODERNISM
Course Unit CodeARCH6
Course Unit DetailsBA Architecture (Architecture Electives) -
Number of ECTS credits allocated3
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Justify the theoretical issues of modern Architectural Design.
  2. Implement methods of analysis and interpretation of the architectural concept in relation with the cultural context of the modern era.
  3. Explain modernists’ design process to innovative philosophical or theoretical state of art.
  4. Develop the crucial factors dominating the modern 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.     The historic background of modernism

2.     Narratives and concepts of modern architecture

3.     Modern style expressions in the countries of the periphery

4.     Locality and modernism – the case of Aris Konstantinidis

5.     Issues of the Cypriot modernism – Neoptolemos Michaelides

Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Πάγκαλος, Π. (2011), Η σημασία του χρόνου στη σύγχρονη αρχιτεκτονική, Αθήνα: Guteberg
  • Τουρνικιώτης, Π., Ρόδη, Α., (2010) do.co.mo.mo.: Εκδοχές του μοντέρνου στην Αθήνα του μεσοπολέμου, Αθήνα: Futura
References
  • Κατσελλή Ρ., (2011) Νεοπτόλεμος Αντ. Μιχαηλίδης. Ο αρχιτέκτονας, Λευκωσία: Λαογραφικός Όμιλος Κερύνειας
  • Curtis, W. (1996), Modern Architecture Since 1900, London: Phaedon
  • Colquhoun A., (2002), Modern Architecture (Oxford History of Art), Oxford: Oxford
  • Τουρνικιώτης Π., (2002), Ιστοριογραφία της μοντέρνας αρχιτεκτονικής, Αθήνα: Αλεξάνδρεια
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 assignment35%
Final assignment60%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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