Course syllabus for The city shaped

Course syllabus adopted 2021-02-19 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 61127
  • Maximum participants207
  • Open for exchange studentsNo

Credit distribution

0103 Written and oral assignments 7.5 c
Grading: UG		0 c0 c4 c3.5 c0 c0 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

The aim is to give an introduction to the architecture and the city, its history and its role in the development of society and culture.
The course ATH100
- offers a basic orientation to future engineers about the history of architecture, city planning and infrastructure, and its influence on the contemporary building.
- provide tools for understanding and interpreting the built environment and show how its history and tradition has a direct and indirect relation to contemporary everyday life.
- offers a platform for exchange and collaboration between technology and culture, also regarding sustainability and equality. - gives opportunities to students from different programs to meet and collaborate through exercises and seminars.
- provides a freedom of choice when it comes to the subjects the students would like to study

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.

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 city excursion. 

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.


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.