Stairs in Memory, photograph by Severin Koller, 2005. (Image courtesy of
openphoto.net.)
Course Highlights
This course features a complete list of
readings from the class, and a series of
lecture notes which list all the images and precedents discussed in the class.
Course Description
This class, required of all Master of Architecture students, presents a critical review of works, theories, and polemics in architecture in the aftermath of World War II. The aim is to present a historical understanding of the period, and to develop a meaningful framework to assess contemporary issues in architecture. Special attention will be paid to historiographic questions of how architects construe the terms of their "present."
*Some translations represent previous versions of courses.