After successful completion of the course, students are able to evaluate design and functionality, construction and materiality, as well as the impact and perception of existing architecture in a more concrete way.

Building and functional typologies will be discussed, as well as the historical, social and political context. Topics include building typologies, but also historical, social and political contexts.
In a one-semester course, this can only be achieved by focusing on a limited number of topics. The aim, therefore, is to provide students with a basic knowledge that can serve as a point of reference and support in further studies, especially in dealing with architecture in a historical context and, above all, in their own design work.

The lecture starts on 14.3.2024 

Preliminary topics of the VO " History of Architecture 2" in the summer semester 2024

Topic 1: The history of housing

• Living in and outside the city : townhouse, villa, castle and monastery
• Town house and palace : early modern times to current trends
• From Prairie House to Fallingwater: Frank Lloyd Wright and his residential buildings (guest lecture DI Mariela Dittrich, TU Vienna)
• The *Final* House - Tomb Architecture as Signifier

Theme 2: It's all THEATER!

• Ancient architectures of assembly and communication 
• Changes and tendencies in theatre buildings from the Middle Ages to the present day

Theme 3: Sports venues as spaces for collective events from antiquity to the present day

• Circus & Co.
• Sports venues from the Middle Ages to the present

Theme 4: The "final" house

• The *Final* House - Tomb Architecture as Signifier

"Roman half-relief with a quadriga race in the Circus Maximus" Rome (2-3rd century) 
/ Trinci Palace, Foligno, Italy 
/ Photograph by Georges Jansoone 
/ CC-creative commons

The lectures " Baugeschichte 1" and "Baugeschichte 2" focus on the existing building fabric and thus move thematically within the field of architecture with the greatest potential in the current building scene. With this background knowledge, the topics of the lecture are chosen in such a way that the students can gain a practical benefit for their further education and later in their professional life that they can understand: The history of building and building techniques from the early advanced civilizations to the present day, building and functional typologies and their development, aspects of urban planning history in context, analytical and critical evaluation of existing/historical architecture, and much more.

Under the following links we have collected the most important information for you and would like to ask you to study them carefully before making a personal inquiry.

⚠️ All questions regarding the lecture, the exam or exam review please direct exclusively to: VOBaugeschichte@tuwien.ac.at

👉   The lecture takes place in person in HS17. Video recordings of the lecture will be provided at the end of the lecture cycle as supplementary study material on TUWEL. 

• Written exam!
• Own research ("homework")

The basis for successful participation in the lecture "Baugeschichte 1" and "Baugeschichte 2" is the passing of the examinations for the preceding courses listed below: