Theory of Architecture 2: Theories [15h]
[AUCE1202]
[15h] 2 credits
This course is taught in the 2d semester.
Teacher(s): Olivier Masson
Language: French
Level: First
Aims
Develop an overall view of the major theories of architecture within Western cultural tradition,
Distinguish the themes and recurrent questions,
Situate the "origins", the major stages of development, and the moments of rupture within the field of architecural theory,
Take a personal position within a theoretical debate.
Main themes
The course identifies recurring theoretical questions and possible causes for their recurrence. It also identifies more ephemeral questions and looks at their conditions of emergence and disappearance.
The course puts theoretical elements into confrontation with concrete examples.
Notions like the Vitruvian triad and its interpretations, the myth of the primitive hut, rules and the classical orders, models, the human body and proportion, objectivity and subjectivity of architecture, the "tabula rasa", technology and poetics, will be raised and discussed.
Content and teaching methods
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