Theory of Architecture 3:1, 8 Credits

Contents

To understand the many mutations of our complex urban and rural lifeworlds the course aims to introduce different methods of research; mapping the contemporary architecture and urban systems in order to explore, test and develop an emerging spatial response. The focus is on complex urban systems, mapping and observing them. To see how they arise, and to explore how, within these systems a potential common, public and private sphere can be created with the contribution of both informal and formal spatial configurations that are culturally, ecologically and socially sustainable.

The course contains three modules

1. Architectural Methods, 2 credits
2. Mapping Urban or rural Complexity, 2 credits
3. Practice, Architecture, Technique and Representation, 4 credits

Expected learning outcomes

After complewint the course the students will be able to

Knowledge and understanding 

• Investigate, map and analyse multiple layers of a complex urban or rural environments 
• Investigate and analyse and the concepts and relations between the private, the public and the common through the design and composition of architectural spaces 

Competence and skills 

• Produce and gain design knowledge and insight through artistic research explorations, based on a reflective practice 

Judgement and approach 

• Develop and motivate a design stance/vision based on the analysis of a complex urban or rural context 
• Develop and motivate a personal and individual engagement in societal and ecological issues based on the analysis of a complex context 

Required Knowledge

To qualify for this course the following courses (or comparable courses) are required:
5AR204: Architecture Project 2:2 (15 credits)
5AR205: Architectural Technology 2:2 (4 credits)
5AR216: History of Architecture 2:2 (3 credits)
5AR207: Urban Planning 1 (6 credits)
5AR208: Theory of Architecture 2:2 (2 hp)

Form of instruction

The teaching consists of lectures, seminars as well as individual and group project assignments.
The right to teaching and tutoring is only available during the time at which the student is registered at the course and from the start to the end of the course.

Examination modes

Examinations occurs through seminars and mandatory assignments. Examination is oral, written and visual, both individually and in groups.
Supplementary re-examination is individually adjusted based on the goal or goals that the student has not reached and takes place at the earliest two weeks after the students have received their results and at the latest two months after the regular examination. Only students who have not received a passing grade are eligible to make revisions in order to pass the exam. Revisions are not allowed for those who have already received a passing grade. Students who have obtained a passing grade on an examination may not undergo a re-examination.

Grade for the course will be assigned when the submitted report is approved. The possible grades are 'Fail' or 'Pass'. For the grade 'Pass' the quality of the written report needs to be high. Students are entitled to rewrite the same examination five times. Students who do not pass the regular examination should be provided an opportunity for further examination according to the University's "Regulations for tests and examinations at the undergraduate and graduate levels." A student who has failed two tests for a course or a part of a course, is entitled to have another examiner appointed, unless there are specific reasons against it (HF 6 Chap. 22 §). Requests for new examiners are made to the head of the department. Students have the right to be tested on the same curriculum as the regular examination at least two occasions up to two years after the first registration.

Deviations from the form of examination in the syllabus can be made for a student who has pedagogical support due to disabilities. Individual adjustments of the examination form are determined based on the student's needs. The examination form is adjusted within the framework of the expected learning outcomes of the syllabus. After a request from the student the course leader shall contact the examiner, who promptly decides on the adjusted form of examination. The decision is then to be reported to the student.