Course syllabus for The city shaped

Course syllabus adopted 2019-02-21 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameArkitektur och stadsbyggande: En kulturhistorisk orientering
  • CodeATH100
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerTISAM
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyArchitecture
  • ThemeMTS 7.5 c
  • DepartmentARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • GradingUG - Pass, Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language Swedish
  • Application code 61129
  • Maximum participants207
  • Open for exchange studentsNo

Credit distribution

0103 Written and oral assignments 7.5 c
Grading: UG		 4 c3.5 c

In programmes

Examiner

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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

Swedish.

Aim

This course provides a cultural historical orientation in the fields of architecture and urban planning¿that is, in the built environment¿and in their significance and their history. The built environment is decidedly the most present and tangible part of what we humans use technology and culture to create for ourselves. It has far-reaching significance for our quality of life. All engineering work is either directly or indirectly integrated with the built environment, and thus exists in a state of exchange with it. This course gives aspiring engineers and architects fundamental knowledge about the history of architecture, urban planning, and urban infrastructure and their importance to our lives today. Students are thereby given insight into potential ways of interpreting and understanding the built environment and how history and tradition have direct and indirect connections to the everyday systems on which our lives depend today. The course gives students tools they need for future studies related to the built environment, and the basis for interdisciplinary collaboration and exchange with experts in technology, culture and other areas. In this way, the course is also relevant for issues of environmental and sustainable development and for equality issues. Students are also given a concrete opportunity to collaborate with students from other programs at Chalmers through group projects and seminars. These group projects and seminars offer students great freedom in choosing subjects for further exploration that are related to their specific areas of interest.

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

Describe a number of cities, buildings and architects from different periods in history which have been important and has influence today.


Describe and comment upon a major work in architectural theory.


Compare building today with building in history and discuss problems and possibilities in relation to future development.


Give constructive critique regarding written and oral presentations of buildings and cities.


Discuss and reflect upon building and building culture from a historic perspective.

Content

The course introduces important references in the history of architecture and town planning and relate them to contemporary culture in overview and in detail. The history of architecture is presented in relation to its relevance to contemporary problems regarding technical, social and aesthetic sustainability.


Organisation

The course consists of lectures, seminars, writing exercises, group exercises and a Gothenburg excursion. Prominent Swedish specialists in the area of architecture and town planning contributes through guest lectures.

Literature

Mandatory:
Michael Fazio, Marian Moffett, Lawrence  Wodehouse, A World History of Architecture 

(Thames and Hudson, 2013 ¿ även andra / tidigare upplagor av boken går bra) 

Reference books:

Cecilia Björk, Lars Nordling & Laila Reppen, Så byggdes staden 

(4 uppl 2018)  
Claes Caldenby, Gunilla Linde Bjur & Sven-Olof Ohlsson, Guide till Göteborgs arkitektur
(Formas, 2006)
Ola Nylander, Svensk bostadsarkitektur, utveckling från 1800-tal till 2000-tal (Studentlitteratur, 2018)

Examination including compulsory elements

To pass it is required to participate in an active way in the different course activities and to produce approved reports, essays and presentations.