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History and Theory of Architecture III

Lecture History and Theory of Architecture III (052-0805)
Organizer: Chair of Prof. Stalder
Lecturers: Prof. Dr Laurent Stalder, Dr Andreas Kalpakci
Time: Thursdays, 09:45-11:30
Location: HIL E4

Louis Malle, Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, 1958

This two-semester lecture course introduction on the history of architecture focuses on "things of modernity" -elements, buildings, and networks from the Second Industrial Revolution of the 1850s to the oil crisis of the 1970s in Europe that changed architecture. We will consider how the technical, scientific and cultural significance of these "Things" makes them key features of modernity. The aim is to understand the relationship between architectural and discursive practices in their historical depth and ideological breadth in an exemplary manner and to make it fruitful for contemporary architecture.

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