MBL 604E Contemporary Architectural Design Theories

Type: Ph.D., Elective | Credit: 3 | ECTS Credit: 7.5

Theory, practice, discourse, paradigm, model, manifesto: definition and critical discussion in the architecture culture context; Comparison of the built environment and architecture in, Modern and Post Modern periods; Interactions with other disciplines; 60 s:before and after: A critical discussion and evaluation based on the writings of Adorno, Simmel, Heidegger, Baudrillard, Habermas, Derrida, Eco, Foucault, Lyotard, Tafuri and products and discourses of contemporary architectural designers; Discussions on the architectural object and medium through movies. Information technologies and discussions on the digitally enhanced architectural objects through works and discourses of Eisenmann, Lynn , Chu , Oesterhuis, Novak.