After successful completion of the course, students are able to analytically evaluate the constructive and functional qualities, but also the effect and perception of existing architectural and spatial solutions or approaches.
They acquire the necessary knowledge to critically question criteria such as quality of use, design coherence, etc. and thus acquire the fundamental knowledge of the functioning, complexity, and consequences of these aspects in the application. They then possess the ability to interpret and use phenomena under aspects of the history of building and building technology as well as function typology and urban development history in the reflection of selected thematic focal points for their own design work.
Topics Winter Semester 2021 | Preliminary Semester Schedule
Introduction
Topic 1: The Sacred Space: From the Ancient Temple to Current Tendencies in Christian Sacred Architecture
Theme 2: Intermediate spaces, threshold, and zoning
Theme 3: The limited space: monastery, jail, and fortress
Theme 4: Ruin and (artificial) ruin as a design phenomenon
The Baugeschichte I and II lectures deal with the existing building condition and thus move thematically within the field of architecture with the greatest potential in the current building scene. With this knowledge, the topics of the lecture Building History I and II are chosen in such a way that the students can also gain a practical benefit for their further education and for their later professional life: History of building and building techniques from the early advanced civilizations to the present day, typologies of building and function and their development, aspects of urban planning history in context, analytical and critical evaluation of existing/historical architecture, etc.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the building history exams will be held in the winter semester 2021/2022 in hybrid format. This means that the exams are carried out in both online and live formats. In accordance with the 6th ordinance of the Rectorate on measures for participation in live courses and exams in the winter semester 2021/22 §4 Paragraphs 1 and 2, two live exams and one online exam will be included in the winter semester 2021/2022 as of September 10, 2021 offered.
As part of each lecture, tasks (quizzes) in the form of single choice questions will be activated in TUWEL. As bonus system, students secure by regularly attending the VOs and completing VO tasks (10 out of 12 lecture dates) a place in the additional exam following the block lecture (approx. 10 days after the last lecture) and a points advantage of 10% of the total number of points in the exam. This is a bonus system and the course can therefore be completed with 100% and the best grade even without taking the quizzes. In addition, for organizational reasons, the bonus points can only be applied to the pre-defined additional exam following the block course.
