Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : PA2501 : Evolution of Architecture - III { 3-0-0 / 2}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Dr. Soumi Muhuri
Syllabus
Module I ENLIGHTENMENT, INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION & EARLY MODERN:
Lecture demonstration: The techno-economic milieu of late 17th to 19th Century Neoclassical and Gothic Revival versus early iron and concrete construction,
International Expositions, Paxton, Eifel, Beaux Arts to French Rationalism of
Labrouste Late 19th to early 20th century responses to the emerging Modern world
Chicago School & Sullivan Morris and Arts and Crafts Movement Art Nouveau in
Belgium, France, Austria, Spain, Scotland through the works of Horta, Guimard,
Olbrich, Wagner, Macintosh, Gaudi Cubism, Futurism, German Expressionism of
Taut, Poelzig, Mendelsohn De Stijl of Rietveld, Doesburg Minimalism of Loos
Suprematism of Malevich, Constuctivism Art Deco.
Module II HIGH MODERN & LATE MODERN:
Lecture demonstration: Evolution of Wright Deutscher Werkbund to Bauhaus,
Gropius, and Mies, International Modern Evolution of Le Corbusier, Brutalism,
CIAM Kahn and Late Modernists
Exercises: Seminar on selected works of Modern Masters like Behrens, Fuller,
Candela, Nervi, Breuer, Neutra, Schindler, Neimeyer, Costa, Johnson, Rudolph,
Utzon, Saarinen, Tange, Kurokawa, Isozaki, Otto, et al.
Module III MODERN PLURALISM, POST-MODERN, HI-TECH & NEO-MODERN:
Lecture demonstration: Critical Regionalism and Modernist Pluralism through the
works of Aalto, Barragan, Ando, Bawa Post-Modern Historicism, Rhetoric, Neovernacular, Kitsch and Pop, Deconstruction, Formal Hermeticism Neo-Modern and
Hi-tech architecture
Exercises: Seminar on selected works of Contemporary Masters like Meier, Pelli,
Piano, Rogers, Pai, Foster, Maki, Graves, Moore, Venturi, Stirling, Moneo, Botta,
Safdie, Eisenman, Tschumi, Gehry, Hadid, Zumthor, Libeskind, Koolhaas, et al.
Course Objectives
- To understand the global evolution of architecture from the Industrial <br />Revolution through the contemporary era, recognizing the context, intentions, <br />strategies, and relevance of different architectural paradigms, movements, and <br />styles
Course Outcomes
The broad education necessary to understand architecture in a global context – techno-economic, environmental, socio-cultural, and political <br />A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, life-long learning
Essential Reading
- Curtis, W. J. R., Modern architecture since 1900. (3rd revised edition)., Phaidon Press.
- Frampton, K., Modern architecture: A critical history (4th ed.)., Thames & Hudson
Supplementary Reading
- Giedion, S., Space, time and architecture:The growth of a new tradition. (5th revised edition)., Harvard University Press.
- Colquhoun, A., Collected essays in architectural criticism, Black Dog Publishing Limited