Architecture today

The course aims to bring students closer to contemporary ideas in the field of architecture, with an emphasis on pluralism and diversity of architectural programs today. The activity of an architect is presented through the multi-layered social significance that architecture has in shaping the world around us. Finally, through learning about the top ranges of current trends in architecture, we come to develop our own visionary ideas of the architecture of tomorrow.

Learning outcomes are multiple. Above all, students gain knowledge about the world's strongest architectural teams, the ways in which they operate, communication with clients and society, and interaction with architecture. Also, through the study of case studies, students acquire the competencies to analyze and understand all the details that have been applied in a project, whether they are of an architectural or financial nature. By working on individual assignments, students will develop their own visionary and other advanced ideas, in the context of the transition of today’s architecture to tomorrow’s architecture. The ultimate goal of the work on the lectures and exercises is the development of one's own, original ideas, which are a step beyond the analyzed examples and seen solutions.

Getting to know the work of selected architects and architectural practices. Analyzing completed and current projects through individual work on projects, but also by studying multimedia content (project presentations, interviews with architects, users, etc.). Selection and analysis of case studies of different typologies of buildings carried out in multiple social circumstances with polarized external influences - familiarization with contrasts: from spaceports and solar power plants, to fenced communities of South America and primitive projects for African tribes. Work on an individual task, a visionary solution to a chosen problem; illustrative examples: housing on Mars, housing in polar conditions, transport communications of poor communities, architecture on water, architecture in air, architecture in disaster situations, recycling architecture, retrofitting... etc., according to the personal affinities of the students.

1. Architecture Now! Series 1-10

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2. Francis Rambert, Architecture Tomorrow

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3. Jean-Claude Dubost, Jean-François Gonthie, Architecture for the Future

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4. Kester Rattenbury, Robert Bevan, Kieran Long, Architects Today

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Semester assignments, exam

Lectures, exercises, consultations, field work