Modern Architecture and Urbanism 1907-1968 (6 points)
(ARTS)
Leader: Conrad Hamann
Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2005 (Day)
Synopsis:
Objectives: 1. To give you familiarity with the main developments in early and mid-Twentieth century Modern architecture and urbanism, from where most contemporary building either derives or reacts. 2. To familiarise you with how political and social concern works through the form and character of buildings, towns and cities. 3. To argue the connection between architecture and the town, the city and the country. 4. To argue how tradition and collective movements pervaded and informed a modern architecture and urbanism that consciously tried to break from both. 5. To familiarise you with a range of writing and speculation about architecture and the character of cities, as this developed in the first six decades of the twentieth century. 6. To accustom you to 'reading' buildings and urban form, and to the interpretation of plans and architectural renderings in published format (to introduce you also to working drawings and how they are interpreted). 7. To give you practice in speaking and writing about architecture, and to interest you in architecture's character and presence. 8. To complement several other subjects offered in Visual Arts. The subjects offered in twentieth century art history, and the history of photography, correspond in period. Modern architecture and urbanism also explores the persistence and transformation of Classical, Renaissance, Baroque and Medieval forms, and outlines architecture's parallels and links with other media.
Assessment: Essay (2000 words): 40% + Essay (2500 words): 60% + Third-year students will be expected to have worked at a higher level than second-year students.
Contact Hours: 2.5 hours (1 lecture and 1 tutorial) per week
Prerequisites: Normally a Visual Culture unit at second-year level or a background related to architectural or urban studies
Prohibitions: VSA2310
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