Syllabus 2010/2011 ABF111

Syllabus academic year 2010/2011
Proposal, yet not approved!
(Created 2010-03-01.)

AN OUTLINE OF SCANDINAVIAN ARCHITECTURE

ABF111

Higher education credits: 6. Grading scale: UG. Level: G2 (First level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in English. Optional for: A4. Course coordinator: Professor Mats Edström, Mats.Edstrom@byggark.lth.se, Bebyggelsevård. Prerequisites: Bachelor degree or three years of approved fulltime studies at university level in architecture, landscape architecture, design, urban planning, buildning antiquarian sciences or the equivalent. The course might be cancelled if the numer of applicants is less than 10. Assessment: Successfully to complete the course, a student must attend not less than eighty per cent of the lectures and study visits. At the end of the course, each gives in words, drawings and images a final account of a project. Further information: The course is held primarily for international-exchange students of architecture. Home page: http://www.bv.lth.se.

Aim
The course aims to give the student an understanding of and a basic knowledge of the form, traditions and development of Scandinavian architecture.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

have a basic knowledge of the character and styles of Scandinavian architecture, mainly in the ‘highlights’ of architectural history
understand and be able to apply central concepts in communicating and discussing developmental and formation ideas of Scandinavian architecture

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

develop his or her critical thinking.
be able to argue convincingly
work alone and in groups
understand and review functional, technical and aesthetic qualities in Scandinavian architecture

Contents
The course focuses on resent Scandinavian architecture that is represented by its ‘highlights’. Its first part comprises lectures and seminars, together with numerous excursions in Sweden and Scandinavia; its second part the students’ own studies and the preparation of a paper by each student.

Literature
Blundell Jones, P. Gunnar Asplund. Phaidon 2006. ISBN: 0-7148-3976-0
Clark, R H & Pause, M. Precedents in Architecture. Second ed. John Wiley, cop. 1996. ISBN: 0-471-28703-2
Rasmussen, S E. Experiencing Architecture. Cambridge, MIT Press, 1967.
20th Century Architecture Sweden. Munich, Prestel Cop. 1998. ISBN: 3-7913-1936-1