Course syllabus adopted 2021-02-26 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).
Overview
- Swedish nameArkitektur och teknikhistoria
- CodeARK202
- Credits7.5 Credits
- OwnerTKATK
- Education cycleFirst-cycle
- Main field of studyArchitecture and Engineering
- ThemeMTS 7.5 c
- DepartmentARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
- GradingUG - Pass, Fail
Course round 1
- Teaching language Swedish
- Application code 46126
- Maximum participants50
- Open for exchange studentsNo
- Only students with the course round in the programme overview.
Credit distribution
Module | Sp1 | Sp2 | Sp3 | Sp4 | Summer | Not Sp | Examination dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0120 Written and oral assignments 3 c Grading: UG | 3 c | ||||||
| 0220 Written and oral assignments 4.5 c Grading: UG | 4.5 c |
In programmes
Examiner
Johan Linton- Associate Professor, Architectural Theory and Method, Architecture and Civil Engineering
Eligibility
General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first 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
The same as for the programme that owns the course.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
Architectural history ATH062 or some similar course.Aim
To understand the relation of architecture to technology, to the organisation of building and to society in general by studying theories, projects and buildings from history until today.Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)
Describe the historical development of materials, techniques of production, know-how and ideas of building.
Reflect over the relation between architecture, technology and other systems of society during different historical epochs.
Show a repertoire of examples representing the interchange between architecture, technology and society.
Content
The course treats the relation between architecture and technology through history. Some of the relevant aspects of building treated in the course are: availability of materials and development of transport, building production as management and as economic, technical and legal systems, the structure, heating and climate control of buildings, the development and importance of design methods, the differentiation of the building trade and the appearance of the engineers' and the architects' profession. The core aspect is technology's relation to architecture and architectural creation.Organisation
Lectures. Literature seminars. Groups exercises. Model building and paper consisting of a case study.Literature
Bill Addis, Building. 3000 Years of Design, Engineering and Construction. London: Phaidon, 2007.
Elias Cornell, Byggnadstekniken: metoder och idéer genom tiderna. 2. uppl. Stockholm: Byggförlaget, 1979.
Andrea Deplazes (red.), Constructing Architecture : Materials, Processes, Structures. 3:e utökade utgåvan. Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, 2013.
Sture Samuelsson, Ingenjörens konst: material och konstruktion ger form. Stockholm: Balkong, 2015.
Examination including compulsory elements
Approved assignments. Active participation in lectures and seminars.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.