EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE A: FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN DESIGN AND BUILDING12.5
Jeff Turnbull.
First semester
Two lectures and one tutorial a week.
On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate that they:
Understand the historical development of architecture, building, landscape architecture and urban planning from their ancient origins to the late-Middle Ages, and the fundamental concepts underlying the continuing development of these disciplines to the present day;
Have developed an appreciation of the European tradition in the design of the built environment, by establishing an overall cultural framework within which an individual building or place can be located and assessed;
Have developed skills in the understanding and analysis of buildings and places in terms of their context, form, planning, spatial effects, construction, function and social role;
Have developed skills in information gathering and critical synthesis, essay and report writing, and visual and oral presentation techniques required for the independent interpretation of these insights.
A study of some formative aspects of Near Eastern and European architecture, landscape architecture and urbanism from ancient origins to the late-Middle Ages, and concurrent developments elsewhere in the world. Detailed studies of various periods within this broad spectrum are made, exploring issues of spatial organisation, construction, architectural theory, architectural grammar, and their physical, social and economic contexts.
An essay, class papers, exercises (drawn or written), and a visual test, to the equivalent of not more than 5,000 words, and one 90 minute examination (which may take the form of a class test). Details, including the weighting of assessment, will be made available in the first two weeks of semester.
EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE A: FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN DESIGN AND BUILDING12.5 1st year
Jeff Turnbull.
First semester
Two lectures and one tutorial a week.
On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate that they:
Understand the historical development of architecture, building, landscape architecture and urban planning from their ancient origins to the late-Middle Ages, and the fundamental concepts underlying the continuing development of these disciplines to the present day;
Have developed an appreciation of the European tradition in the design of the built environment, by establishing an overall cultural framework within which an individual building or place can be located and assessed;
Have developed skills in the understanding and analysis of buildings and places in terms of their context, form, planning, spatial effects, construction, function and social role;
Have developed skills in information gathering and critical synthesis, essay and report writing, and visual and oral presentation techniques required for the independent interpretation of these insights.
A study of some formative aspects of Near Eastern and European architecture, landscape architecture and urbanism from ancient origins to the late-Middle Ages, and concurrent developments elsewhere in the world. Detailed studies of various periods within this broad spectrum are made, exploring issues of spatial organisation, construction, architectural theory, architectural grammar, and their physical, social and economic contexts.
An essay, class papers, exercises (drawn or written), and a visual test, to the equivalent of not more than 5,000 words, and one 90 minute examination (which may take the form of a class test). Details, including the weighting of assessment, will be made available in the first two weeks of semester.