B-KUL-H02P7A Modernity and the Architecture of the City
General information
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Academic year: 2011-2012
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Study points: 6
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Language: English
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Difficulty:
Basic
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Duration:
65.0 hours
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Periodicity:
Taught in the first semester
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POC:
POC Human Settlements
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Taught by
Heynen Hildegarde
(coordinator)
Heynen Hildegarde
Loeckx André
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Aims
1. Students are knowledgeable about the theoretical framework underlying 20th century paradigms of architecture and the city. They are capable to critically reflect upon these paradigms in a colonial and postcolonial context.
2. Students are familiar with a ‘designerly way of thinking’, based upon the analysis and evaluation of designs and projects, each within its own paradigmatic frame. They are acquainted with a rich body of concepts and solutions, which informs their assessment of architectural problems and opportunities of contemporary dwelling environments and projects.
3. Students haved advanced reading and writing skills, and are capable of interpreting and contextualising architectural and urban discourses. They are well articulated in formulating arguments and are capable of developing a well-founded position when discussing contested issues related to architecture and the city.
Previous knowledge
Students should have a basic knowledge of the history of architecture and urbanism in the 20th century.
Content
The course deals with the city as context, issue and substance of architecture, and as primary locus of modernity. It clarifies the relation between architecture and urbanity within a condition of modernity (modernization, globalization, urban development).
This course is included in
Master of Science in Human Settlements
Master of Science in Urbanism and Strategic Planning
Master of Science in Cultures and Development Studies
Master of Science in Human Settlements
Course Material
Articles and literature
Toledo / e-platform
Activities
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B-KUL-H02P7a Modernity and the Architecture of the City: Lecture |
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General information
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Study points: 2.00
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Language: English
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Category:
Lectures
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Duration:
13.0 hours
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Periodicity:
Taught in the first semester
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POC:
POC Human Settlements
Taught by
Heynen Hildegarde
Loeckx André
Aims
See above.
Content
See schedule in Toledo.
Course Material
A reader is available for students. Powerpoint presentations with visual material is accessible through Toledo.
Course activities
This part of the course consists of lectures. There will be 10-12 lectures throughout the first semester, given by either André Loeckx or Hilde Heynen. The actual schedule will be posted on Toledo.
This course is also included in
H9X16A Modernity and the Architecture of the City
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B-KUL-H02P8a Modernity and the Architecture of the City: Seminars: Tutors |
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General information
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Study points: 2.00
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Language: English
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Category:
Seminars
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Duration:
26.0 hours
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Periodicity:
Taught in the first semester
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POC:
POC Human Settlements
Taught by
Heynen Hildegarde
N.
Aims
See above.
Content
See the schedule in Toledo.
Course Material
A reader will be available for the students. Powerpoint presentations with visual material will be accessible through Toledo.
Course activities
The second part of the course, which is organized intermittently with the first part (lectures), consists of discussion seminars. Students prepare for these seminars by reading the assigned texts beforehand. A concrete schedule with the assignments for each seminar will be posted on Toledo.
This course is also included in
H9X16A Modernity and the Architecture of the City
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B-KUL-H02P9a Modernity and the Architecture of the City: Seminars: Students |
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General information
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Study points: 2.00
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Language: English
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Category:
Seminars
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Duration:
26.0 hours
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Periodicity:
Taught in the first semester
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POC:
POC Human Settlements
Taught by
Heynen Hildegarde
N.
Aims
See above.
Content
See above.
Course Material
See above.
Course activities
See above.
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Evaluation
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B-KUL-H22P7a Evaluation : Modernity and the Architecture of the City |
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Evaluation description
Examination type:
oral with written preparation
When?:
interim evaluations plus final examination during examination period
Evaluation type:
Presentation
Explanation
The assessment will be partially based upon the active participation of students in discussion seminars, as well as upon their participation in the group presentations.
During the exam period of January, students will be expected to give a final, individual presentation on a topic related to the overall themes of the course. This presentation will be based upon discursive (textual) arguments as well as upon architectural analysis of specific cases. The tutors will engage in a conversation with the student about his/her presentation and its relation to the course.
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