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40 419 Elements of Architecture:The Ceiling

Emnenavn på Norwegian Bokmål: 
Elements of Architecture:The Ceiling
Credits: 
6
Course code: 
40 419
Level of study: 
Master
Teaching semester: 
2024 Spring
Assessment semester: 
2024 Spring
Language of instruction: 
English
Year: 
2024
Maximum number of students: 
16
Person in charge
Mari Hvattum
Required prerequisite knowledge

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

Course content

Elements of Architecture is a series of master seminars that looks at the history of building elements and architectural motifs. The spring 2024 seminar is dedicated to the ceiling. Ceilings are great 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.

Learning outcome

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

 

 

 

Working and learning activities

The course consists of lectures, reading seminars, and field trips. Focusing on specific cases, each students study the history and trajectory of particular ceilings and ceiling motifs. The cases will be displayed as an exhibition at the end of the semester.

The course will include a number of local field trips.

Curriculum

Course literature will be available in Leganto.

Mandatory courseworkCourseworks requiredPresence requiredComment
Presence required Required The students are expected to read and present course literature; to present case studies, and to take active part in curating the end of year exhibition.
Obligatoriske arbeidskrav:
Mandatory coursework:Presence required
Courseworks required:
Presence required:Required
Comment: The students are expected to read and present course literature; to present case studies, and to take active part in curating the end of year exhibition.
Form of assessmentGroupingGrading scaleComment
Project assignment-Pass / failThe course is assessed on the basis of seminar presentations, case studies, and contribution to the final exhibition.
Vurderinger:
Form of assessment:Project assignment
Grouping:-
Grading scale:Pass / fail
Comment:The course is assessed on the basis of seminar presentations, case studies, and contribution to the final exhibition.
Workload activityComment
AttendanceStudents are expected to attend all course days and be active participants in the seminar activities.
Forventet arbeidsinnsats:
Workload activity:Attendance
Comment:Students are expected to attend all course days and be active participants in the seminar activities.