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40 419 Elements of Architecture:The Ceiling
Admission to AHO and successful completion of three years bachelor level studies (180 ECTS).
Part of course series: OCCAS: The Art of Collecting Architecture
The course is open to students from: Architecture, Design and Landscape Architecture
This is the first in a series of master seminars that looks at the history of building elements and architectural motifs. The first seminar (spring 2023) is dedicated to the ceiling. Ceilings are eminent examples of how architectural motifs persist through different materials and techniques, times and places. Looking particularly at the coffered ceiling and its reinterpretations from antiquity to the present, we study the technical, tectonic, material, and iconographic translations of the coffer and other ceiling motifs through architectural history.
The seminar consists of lectures, reading seminars and field trips, ending in an exhibition at the end of the semester.
Knowledge:
-In-depth knowledge of architectural transformation processes and particular historical cases
Skills:
-Academic reading and writing; exhibition curation
General competence:
-Increased understanding of architecture’s history and material practices
The course consists of lectures, reading seminars, and field trips. Focusing on specific cases, each students study the history and trajectory of particular ceilingsand ceiling motifs. The cases will be displayed as an exhibition at the end of the semester.
Field trips / Excursion
The course will include a number of local field trips as well as one voluntary trip to Vienna to see the ceiling of Adolf Loos’ American Bar (among several others).
Course literature will be available in Leganto.
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
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| Portfolio assessment (Vurderingsmappe) | - | Pass / fail | The course is assessed on the basis of seminar presentations, case studies, and contribution to the final exhibition. |
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| Attendance | Students are expected to attend all course days and be active participants in the seminar activities. |