DS Ia Ib | Design studio Ia Ib
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DS Ia - part I
case studies exploration investigations
guided student's research
Selective architectural works will be deconstructed in order to uncover the knowledge invested in them. Case studies will be subjected to modes of inquiry that will reveal their deep content from conception to realisation, including basic principles, the technological knowledge employed, the methods of production, and the ingrained cultural values, to develop methods of inquiry that will enable them to pursue similar investigations of any architectural work.
DS Ia - part II
Critical evaluation in architecture I
guided student's research
Critical studies in architecture investigate the histories, theories and discourses of architecture. In this context, architecture is considered as a profession, a discipline and a form of cultural expression (for example- in terms of projects, fictions and built environments). Important issues affect architectonic meaning and representation, the influence of different ideologies and power structures on architecture and, conversely, how architecture itself may reproduce ideological systems and power structures. Research methods are interdisciplinary and relate to a wider humanist field such as critical cultural studies, as well as artistic methods of investigation. This course focuses on architectural history and theories up to the 20th century.