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702-460 Studies in Contemporary Architecture | |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 2 |
Coordinator | Dr Philip Goad |
Prerequisites | 702-232 Modern Architecture B: 20th Century or approved equivalent. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | Three hours of lectures and tutorials per week |
Subject Description | The formative and theoretical aspects of architecture and urban design of the last ten years. Current concepts and approaches to architectural design will be examined through detailed cases studies of recently completed buildings and theoretical texts. Digital design methods, new approaches to urban form, innovations in sustainable architecture, advanced construction technology, and critical discussions of cyberspace, postcolonial identity, urban consolidation and artificial landscapes will form part of the subject. The subject will include work by architects with diverse theoretical positions such as Greg Lynn, Kazuyo Sejima, MVRDV, Rem Koolhaas, Matthias Klotz and Peter Zumthor. |
Assessment | Projects, seminar paper and exercises to the equivalent of not more than 5000 words. |
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