Housing and Society

Study Programmes

Master's degree programme in Architecture

Course

Project Description

This seminar deals with sociological, political and economic aspects of housing and its crystallization in design and architectural practice. Systems, structures and actors of housing production are analyzed and discussed and reflected with a mixture of theoretical and practical teaching approaches. Students engage with scientific knowledge to apply these macro-topics to concrete local and global case studies.

Teaching Method

Lectures, oral presentations, textual analysis, written assignments

Learning Objectives

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

Learning Outcomes The students...

Professional Competence

comprehend the basics of conceptual thinking and the terminology required for a critical discussion of housing studies.
understand and evaluate different systems, structures and actors of housing production.
understand sustainable architecture in a critical environment, and to translate theoretical concepts for urban and architectural design.

Methodological Competence

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

Social Competence

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

Personal Competence

situate their own work in a cultural and political context.
understand housing production as part of a cultural-historical process that is reinterpreted and restructured as it evolves and as contingent upon advances in related disciplines.

Requirements

None

Assessment Methods

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%).

Module number:

6212198

Semester:

WS 26/27

ECTS Credits:

Courses:

24 L / 18 h

Self-study:

42 h

Scheduled Semester:

1-2-3