Home and Neighborhood

Modulleitung

Studiengänge

Masterstudiengang Architektur (MSc AR 24) (01.09.2024)

Lehrveranstaltung

In this seminar, students engage with the home and the neighborhood as places of privacy, intimacy and encounter, safety and possibility, inclusion and exclusion. By adopting a perspective that focuses on housing situations of individuals and social groups, students will learn to understand design as embedded in social settings and as a tool to improve or hinder peoples livelihoods.

Lehrmethode

Lectures, oral presentations, textual analysis, written assignments, use of visual tools as filming and photography

Lernziele

After successful completion of the course, students will be able to

Literatur

Relevant reading will be made available at the beginning of the course. A list of recommended literature will be announced in the course and updated on an ongoing basis.

Lernergebnisse Die Studierenden...

Fachkompetenz

comprehend the basics of conceptual thinking and the terminology required for a critical discussion of home and neighborhood.
understand and evaluate concepts and arguments central to discourses in housing studies.
understand sustainable architecture in a critical environment, and to translate theoretical concepts for urban and architectural design.
conceptualise housing needs of individuals and social groups at the center of their practice and understand home and neighborhood design as critical to improve peoples livelihoods.

Methodenkompetenz

analyse theories, understand the structure of written arguments and communicate their findings to their peers.

Sozialkompetenz

communicate, discuss and critique their own work through oral presentation and/or written outputs.

Selbstkompetenz

situate their own work in a cultural and political context.
understand housing design as embedded in social structures and having a direct impact on peoples livelihoods.

Voraussetzungen

None

Prüfungsmodalitäten

Compulsory attendance according to the Study and Assessment Regulation MSc Architecture.
The final grade is calculated according to the weighting of the following components: submission (40%) and presentation/participation (60%).

Modulnummer:

6212199

Semester:

WS 26/27

ECTS-Credits:

Lehre:

24 L / 18 h

Selbststudium:

42 h

Sprache:

Englisch

Plansemester:

1-2-3