702-644 Advanced Architectural Theory

702-305 Theories of Architecture, plus a Level 4 Theory or subject deemed equivalent, and approval of Subject Co-ordinator. Admission to a post-BPD course.

The subject aims to develop understanding of a range of contemporary theories of cculture and their implications for architecture. It also aims to develop critical skills with regard to contemporary design practices and architectural knowledge. The seminar will investigate the interaction of architecture and the ideologies that bear on its production and reception. Contemporary critical theories of culture will be examined in relationship to architectural design practices and historiography. Topics will include cultural production and reproduction; identity and agency in architectural production and consumption; the end of modernity and current architectural conceptions of technology and innovation.

Written works to the equivalent of 5000 words.