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Institute of Architectural Sciences– Department of Architecture Theory
251.017 Elective seminarCurrent issues in
architectural theory2014W, SE, 3.0h, 4.0EC
First meeting: Tuesday, October 7th, 2014, 12:00 pmSeminar room @ a-theory
Ana-Maria Simionovici
Adolf Loos, „Ornament and Crime“, lecture in Berlin, March 3rd, 1910
Christopher Long‘s search for the origin of Ornament and Crime (2009), probably originally orated 1909-1910Theories by:
- Cesare Lombroso, Criminal man, 1878- Max Nordau, Degeneration, 1892- Ernst Haeckel, Art forms of nature, 1904
The usual way of ‚looking‘ at Loos‘ „Ornament and Crime“
- drawings, sketches- photographs- newspaper articles- texts by other, mostly male, writers and artists of the time (Karl Kraus)- theoretical discussions of the time
- court case proceedings from two sexual harassment cases- letters- diaries
What about these sources?
- drawings, sketches- photographs- newspaper articles- texts by and about other, mostly male, writers and artists of the time (Karl Kraus, Peter Altenberg, Egon Schiele, Arnold Schönberg, etc.)- theoretical discussions of the time
- court case proceedings from two sexual harassment cases- letters- diaries- stage-play scripts- aphorisms
Aim of the course
STUDENTES WILL WRITE AN ACADEMIC PAPER AND CONSTRUCT AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY CONCERNING THE RELEVANCE OF PRIVATE ARCHIVAL SOURCES.
PICK AN ARCHITECT OR AN ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT THAT INTERESTS YOU AND FIND SOME PIECE OF ARCHIVAL SOURCE.
FORMULATE A RESEARCH QUESTION.
RESEARCH, DISCUSS, RESEARCH, DISCUSS.
WRITE A PREMILINARY ABSTRACT.
DISCUSS, RESEARCH, DISCUSS, RESEARCH, PRESENT.
WRITE AN ESSAY USING ACADEMIC WRITING STANDARDS (FORM AND CONTENT).
GET GRADED.
Course schedule
07.10. introduction, task 1: find a source and formulate a research question
14.10. discussion schwartz paper
21.10 discussion sources and questions, task 2: write an abstract
28.10 discussion, friedman book chapter
04.11 discussion abstracts, task 3: present your work
11.11 how to research, how to argue, how to cite,
18.11 oral presentations 1, 2, 3
25.11oral presentations 4, 5, 6
02.12 oral presentations 7, 8, 9
09.12 oral presentations 10, 11, 12
16.12 oral presentations 13, 14, 15
13.01 optional appointment
31.01 hand-in final paper