Undergraduate Course: German Architecture in the Twentieth Century (ARHI10022)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Arts, Culture and Environment |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Architecture - History |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
During the tumultuous first half of the 20th century, Germany was both the crucible of architectural modernism and the site of the megalomaniac city-rebuilding schemes proposed by the National Socialists. After the widespread destruction wrought by World War 2 the cities in the two German states, East and West, were rebuilt according to the dictates of their masters in Moscow and Washington, respectively, with the former capital divided in two by the Berlin Wall. The reunification of 1989 prompted further massive rebuilding programmes in the old Eastern states and in Berlin, which was presented with the challenge of creating a new capital on the fragmented foundations of the old, divided city. In the span of the twentieth century, no other state or architectural culture can point to such design creativity and to such destruction and rebuilding. This is the subject of the course. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 09:00 - 10:50 | | | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 09:00 - 10:50 |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 09:00 - 10:50, Zone: Central. The Geddes Room, Minto House |
| Additional information |
1 x 2 hour lecture
1 hour tutorial (in two groups) |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
Stationery Requirements |
Comments |
| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | 20 sides | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students will be introduced to 20th-century German architecture and urbanism in all its diversity and with particular reference to Berlin. As the essential context, German political and social history will be detailed as it evolved from the Imperial Reich of the Kaiser to the Weimar Republic, National Socialism, the national division of the Cold War, and reunification post 1989. On the basis of a set of extreme and exemplary conditions, the students will investigate closely the relationship between architecture, urbanism, and political ideology. |
Assessment Information
COURSEWORK @ 50%
1 X 2 HOUR EXAM @50% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords |
Germany, East Germany, West Germany, architecture, urbanism, Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg, Munich, Expre |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Iain Whyte
Tel: (0131 6)50 2322
Email: I.B.Whyte@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Claire Davies
Tel: (0131 6)50 2309
Email: c.davies@ed.ac.uk |
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