Postgraduate Course: STUDIO THE CITY (ARCH11145)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (n/a) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
The second term thematic assignment engages with the representation of the City as public space. Public space is a complex terrain that demands intelligent analysis and cooperation between various disciplines. Students are encouraged to make site specific work in response to the urban context. The studio will result in an exhibition within the context of the city of Edinburgh.
Aims of course
1 To define concepts of art / space / nature and science within the urban context.
2 To extend the student's ability to research, analyse and critically investigate theories and methods of making and placing work in the urban context.
3 To participate in group exhibition.
Mode of delivery
Field Work, Group Crit, Individual mentoring, Tutorial |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Pre-requisites
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Co-requisites
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| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Explore space and context through drawing, design and installation.
2. Synhesise art, space and nature in urban context
3. Construct and present work in group exhibition context. |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
GEDDES, PATRICK. Cities in Evolution Williams and Norgate London 1949 CAREI, FRANSESCO Walkscapes $ú walking as an aesthetic experience GG Barcelona 2002 MAROL, SEBASTIEN. Su-urbanism and the Art of Memory AA London, 2003 CASTELLS, MANUEL. The Information City: Information Technology, Economic Restructuring and Urban Regional Process. Blackwell 1989 CROS, SUSANNE. The Metapolis Dictionary of Advanced Architecture- city, technology and society in the information age, Actar 2003 URSPRUNG, PHILIP Ed. Herzog & De Meuron Natural History, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Lars Muller Publishers, 2002 FOUCAULT, MICHEL. Of Other Spaces: Utopias and Heterotopias published in ArchitectureCulture 1943 -1968 Joan Ockman (ed), Colombia University BAUDRILLARD, JEAN. Excerpts from the &«Evil Demon of Images&ª Published by the Power Institute of Fine Arts, University of Sydney, Australia, 1988 MUMFORD, LEWIS $ùThe City in History . Its Origins, its Transformations and its Prospects&©. Secker and Warburg. London. 1963 |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 25 hours
Directed study 25 hours
Self-directed study 150 hours
Total 200 hours |
| Keywords | Not entered |
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