ARBE2203
10 units
2000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course explores the development of modern architecture through key movements of the twentieth century alongside the translation of international ideas into the Australian context. Movements will be examined in relation to theories and cultural, social and stylistic values, alongside the construction technologies, and political and economic conditions that underpinned those developments.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. identify twentieth-century architecture in terms of periods, traits, principles, theories and philosophies
2. develop relevant frameworks for theorising practice
3. develop capacity for critical and reflexive thinking
4. develop tertiary level communication skills across written and/or seminar (verbal) formats
Content
Key architectural movements including modernism, brutalism, metabolism, post-modernism, regionalism, high-tech and deconstructivism will be explored via a series of architects who were the key proponents of those movements.
Requisite
This course is only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Design (Architecture) program.
Assumed knowledge
ARBE1104 History and Theory in the Built Environment 1
Assessment items
Participation: Required Readings Online Logbook
Literature Review: Annotated Bibliography
Presentation: Seminar
Contact hours
Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lectorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s)
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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