Course syllabus for Future visions for healthcare, housing and work 2: Housing inventions

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Course syllabus adopted 2022-02-17 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameRum för hälsa, boende och arbete 2: Bostadsformer och utveckling
  • CodeARK137
  • Credits22.5 Credits
  • OwnerMPARC
  • Education cycleSecond-cycle
  • Main field of studyArchitecture, Architecture and Engineering
  • ThemeArchitectural design project 22.5 c
  • DepartmentARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language English
  • Application code 05127
  • Maximum participants40
  • Open for exchange studentsYes
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0117 Project 9.5 c
Grading: TH		 9.5 c
0217 Project 13 c
Grading: TH		 13 c

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Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for Master's level (second cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

English 6 (or by other approved means with the equivalent proficiency level)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

Qualification for the master programme.

Aim

The aim of this Master class studio work on Rethinking Housing is to advance and to deepen the insight into residential and housing architectural design. The course is building upon the basic housing course of the second year. The focus is put on conceptual rethinking of contemporary housing architecture that will be applied to a limited project set in Göteborg and/or in another country. Close cooperation is established with local housing companies like HSB, AB Framtiden, SABO and the city planning offices in order to develop a joint climate of experimental invention in a search for new relevant architectural qualities of residence. The studio is part of an established Nordic-Baltic research network dedicated to the issues of residential spaces and home cultures open for occasions of international exchange.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

Possess knowledge of emergent issues affecting social- and ecological sustainability, relevant for housing design.
-       Practice a widened perspective of the urban dwelling and use this as an essential tool in both housing- research and design.
-       Obtain a critical view on current societal factors influencing residential design.
-       Perform advanced architectural analysis on housing situations and produce adequate solutions to emerging new potential future demands on the housing market
-       Apply widened insights on experimental and innovative best practices in the European context to future housing designs in order to foster innovation

Content

The studio work will start with lectures and seminars on the social history of housing, new theoretical approaches and examples of best practices within a widened international scope. Site analysis will follow this phase and different angles of approach to confronted problems are addressed through a series of sketching exercises using tools dedicated to housing design. Model work is considered of crucial importance. A minor study trip will also be organized.

Literature

Eleb, Monique & Anne Debarre, (1995). L-invention de l-habitation moderne, Hazan, Paris
Eleb, Monique & Anne Debarre-Blanchard, (1989). Architectures de la vie privée. Maisons et Mentalités XVIIe-XIXe siècles. [Introduction de Michelle Perrot.] AAM/Hazan, Bruxelles/Paris
Gausa, Manuel & Jaime Salazar (1999). Single-family housing: the private domain, Barcelona, Birkhäuser. 
Gromark, Sten & Fredrik Nilsson, (2006). utforskande arkitektur [eng. exploring architecture]. Axl books Stockholm
Gromark, Sten, (2007). -Extreme housing : La cité manifeste, Mulhouse 2005-, Paper presented to the CB W69 Conference Housing Frontiers in Port Elisabeth, South Africa, feb 2007.
Leach, Neil, (2006). Camouflage, MIT Press
Nylander, Ola & Sten Gromark, eds, et al (2007 forthcoming). Bostadens rum - arkitekter om bostadens kvaliteter, [eng. Spaces of Residence - architects on housing qualities], Chalmers Arkitektur, tema modern arkitektur & boende
Nylander, Ola, (1999). Bostaden som arkitektur, Byggtjänst, Stockholm.
Nylander, Ola, (2002). The architecture of the Home, Academy Press, London
Riley, Terence, (1999). The Un-Private House, Moma, NY

Examination including compulsory elements

Critics are organized with a midterm occasion and a final critical seminar with invited guest critics eventually combined with a public exhibition event in collaboration with housing companies.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.

The course syllabus contains changes

  • Changes to course rounds:
    • 2022-11-02: Max number of participants Max number of participants changed from 38 to 40 by UBS
      [Course round 1]