| CODE | AUD4013 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Advanced History and Theory 2 | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Architecture and Urban Design | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit aims to help develop and consolidate architectural theories covered in the first semester. Based on weekly seminars given by students on topics assigned, the study-unit aims to introduce and apply same to contemporary building typologies. Topics of seminars vary from one year to another. Past topics include architectural offices, multi storey buildings, places of worship, and educational buildings ranging from kindergartens to universities, hospitals and hotels. In studying case studies illustrative of these various typologies, students have to assess their suitability not just in terms of architectural and structural concepts employed but also materials used and respective detailing involved. As in semester I of Year IV, a design project, developed as seminars progress during the semester, is assigned to each student. Topics will be developed together with the lecturer. Reading List Abley, I. and J. Heartfield, J., Sustaining Architecture in the Anti-Machine Age, Wiley-Academy, 2001 Crowther, R.L., Ecologic Architecture, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992. Daniels, K., The Technology of Ecological Building, Basic principles and measures, examples and ideas, Basel: Birkhauser Verlag, 1995. Day, C., Places of the Soul: Architecture and environmental design as a healing art, Architectural Press, 2004 edition. Glancey, J., 20th Century Architecture: The structures that shaped the century. Knox, P and Ozolins, P. (eds), Design Professionals and the Built Environment: An introduction, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2000. Mendler, S.F. and Odell, W., The Guidebook to Sustainable Design, John Wiley & Sons, 2000. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Lino Bianco |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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