EPOKA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE INFORMATIONCourse Title: HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE III |
| Code | Course Type | Regular Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH 321 | C | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) | NA |
| Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | Edmond Manahasa , Tuesday 14:00-15:00 |
| Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | NA |
| Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours: | NA |
| Language: | English |
| Compulsory/Elective: | Compulsory |
| Classroom and Meeting Time: | A-127, 10:45 – 13:30 Wednesday |
| Course Description: | Period of Enlightenment, Romanticism, and Classicism in art and Architecture. Developments in 19th and 20th centuries: Arts and Crafts, Art-Noveau, Art-Deco, Jugendstill, Avant-garde, modernism, postmodernism and current debates in Western Architecture. |
| Course Objectives: | To gain an awareness and understanding of the historical evolution of principal architectural movements, building types, and key historical monuments from the Enlightenment to High Tech Ecological Architecture. To understand the forces that philosophy, literature, art, economics, climate, building technology, past architecture and architects have on the development of architects design thinking. To understand that buildings and urban spaces can reflect or express philosophical, religious, political and economic forces. To develop critical thinking skills through the research and writing of a coherent history paper with a meaningful thesis. |
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COURSE OUTLINE
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| Week | Topics |
| 1 | Introduction |
| 2 | Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, |
| 3 | Vienna Secession+The Chicago School & Luis Sullivan |
| 4 | The 20th century, Modernism, Adolf Laos, Early Wright |
| 5 | Deutcher Werkbund, Futurism, Constructivism, Dutch & German Expressionism |
| 6 | Art Deco, De Stijl, Early Corbu |
| 7 | Holiday |
| 8 | Midterm |
| 9 | Walter Gropius, Bauhaus, Mies van der Rohe |
| 10 | Late Career FL Wright and Late Le Corbussier |
| 11 | Expressionism: Aalto & Eero Sarinen, Late Modernism and Pre Postmodern: Kahn |
| 12 | Postmodernism: Robert Venturi, Phillip Johnson, Charles Moore |
| 13 | Deconstructivism: Peter Eisenman, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhas |
| 14 | Students Term Project Presentations + Tirana City Spine Trip |
| Prerequisite(s): | No |
| Textbook: | |
| Other References: | |
| Laboratory Work: | |
| Computer Usage: | |
| Others: | No |
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
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| 1 | To learn artistic and architectural values of the periods mentioned above |
| 2 | To encourage the skill of creating new designs by using the previous experiences |
| 3 | To understand and interpret architecturally a historical site |
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COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
(Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution) |
| No | Program Competencies | Cont. |
| Integrated second cycle study program in Architecture (5 years) Program | ||
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COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
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| Method | Quantity | Percentage |
| Midterm Exam(s) |
1
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30
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| Project |
1
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20
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| Final Exam |
1
|
45
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| Attendance |
5
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| Total Percent: | 100% |
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ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)
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| Activities | Quantity | Duration(Hours) | Total Workload(Hours) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Assignments | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Final examination | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| Other | 0 | ||
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Total Work Load:
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100 | ||
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Total Work Load/25(h):
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4 | ||
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ECTS Credit of the Course:
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4 | ||