Social Life of Architechture

2024/2025

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of History

Course type:

Elective course

When:

1 year, 4 module

Instructor

Kalemeneva, Ekaterina

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Architecture is not just mute product of human design, it reflects a dynamic spatio-cultural context and plays key role in shaping, deconstructing and mediating individual and collective identities. The goal of the course “Social life of Architecture” is to examine the social, ideological and cultural implications of various categories of human-build environment. Using the past and present examples, this course is largely grounded in the study of relationships between buildings and society. During the course we will unpack the symbolism that is invested in diverse kinds of buildings, how buildings and architecture in general structure people’s lives, and how buildings reflect the historical contexts in which they are initially built and subsequently modified over time.

Learning Objectives

• The aim of the course "Social Life of Architecture" is to establish a perspective of the role and influence of architecture in society in historical perspective, to develop an understanding of how architecture is shaped by and reflects cultural values and social organization, and to understand how global cultures create environments that both reflect and shape their values

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Students will learn how buildings and architecture in general structure people’s lives, and how buildings reflect the historical contexts in which they are initially built and subsequently modified over time
• Students will know the basic approaches towards the study of the dynamic relations between architecture and society

Course Contents

• Introduction
• Architecture and Power
• Architecture and the Search for Identiry
• Architecture and Modernism
• Architecture of Privacy
• Architecture and Public Sphere
• Architecture and Memory

Assessment Elements

• In-class participation
  On seminars, students are expected to take an active part in the discussion and demonstrate knowledge of the content of lectures and readings. Seminar discussions are based on the previously given readings .
• Moderation of one seminar (list of questions and discussion-leading)
  Each student should choose one topic from the course and prepare to lead the discussion during the chosen seminar.
• Final Essay
  For the final essay a student should choose one building and analyse it's social and historical contexts though the perspective of the topics discussed during the course. The lenght of the essay - 10,000 - 15,000 characters.

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 4th module
  0.4 * Final Essay + 0.3 * In-class participation + 0.3 * Moderation of one seminar (list of questions and discussion-leading)

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• 9780203964262 - Scriver, Peter; Prakash, Vikramaditya - Colonial Modernities : Building, Dwelling and Architecture in British India and Ceylon - 2007 - Routledge - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=187097 - nlebk - 187097
• ADAM, R. (2020). TIME FOR ARCHITECTURE : On Modernity, Memory and Time in Architecture and Urban Design. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
• Arnold, D., & Ballantyne, A. (2004). Architecture As Experience : Radical Change in Spatial Practice. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=115048
• Ching, F. D. K., Jarzombek, M., & Prakash, V. (2017). A Global History of Architecture (Vol. Third edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1492721
• Collins, P. (1998). Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture, 1750-1950. Montreal, Que: MQUP. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=403914
• Colquhoun, A. (2002). Modern Architecture. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=493720
• Hamdouni Alami, M. (2011). Art and Architecture in the Islamic Tradition : Aesthetics, Politics and Desire in Early Islam. London: I.B. Tauris. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=355531
• Imperial Technology and ‘Native’ Agency : A Social History of Railways in Colonial India, 1850–1920. (2018). Netherlands, Europe: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.40A97089
• Kresl, P. K., & Ietri, D. (2017). Creating Cities/building Cities : Architecture and Urban Competitiveness. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1663216
• Lucas, J., Murray, C. A., & Owen, S. (2019). Greek Colonization in Local Contexts : Case Studies in Colonial Interactions. Oxford: Oxbow Books. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2144778
• Ngara, K. M. (2011). Imagining and imaging the city – Ivan Vladislavić and the postcolonial metropolis. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsndl&AN=edsndl.oai.union.ndltd.org.netd.ac.za.oai.union.ndltd.org.uwc.oai.etd.uwc.ac.za.11394.3353
• Peggy Deamer. (2013). Architecture and Capitalism : 1845 to the Present. Routledge.
• Penick, M., Doordan, D. P., Kulić, V., & Parker, T. (2014). Sanctioning Modernism : Architecture and the Making of Postwar Identities: Vol. First edition. University of Texas Press.
• Ляшенко, Е.Н. Architecture and Architects : учеб. пособие / Е.Н. Ляшенко, Т.Г. Первиль, Ю.В. Шинкаренко ; Южный федеральный университет. - Ростов-на-Дону ; Таганрог : Издательство Южного федерального университета, 2018. - 126 с. - ISBN 978-5-9275-2888-2. - Текст : электронный. - URL: https://znanium.ru/catalog/product/1039747

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Ashley Maher. (2020). Reconstructing Modernism : British Literature, Modern Architecture, and the State: Vol. First edition. OUP Oxford.
• Peter Scriver, & Amit Srivastava. (2015). India : Modern Architectures in History. Reaktion Books.

Authors

• Kalemeneva Ekaterina Alekseevna
• LYUBAVINA SVETLANA VYACHESLAVOVNA