702-460 Studies in Contemporary Architecture

702-232 Modern Architecture B: 20th Century or approved equivalent and admission to a post-BPD program in the Faculty.

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 case 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.

On completion of the subject students should have developed skills in research, critical analysis and writing and some experience with group work.

Projects, seminar paper and exercises to the equivalent of not more than 5000 words.