Undergraduate Course: Le Corbusier and 20th-Century Architectural Culture (ARHI10014)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
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 |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course will provide the basis for a critical engagement with the work of Le Corbusier, one of the leading figures in twentieth-century architectural culture. It will follow his career, examining his writings, art and architecture through a series of significant themes. These will include the modern city, the primitive, space, perception, metaphor and the fragment, the role of tradition, and the status of thematic content in modern architecture. Le Corbusier's work and thought will be compared and contrasted with that of other prominent contemporary figures. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Students must have honours entry to History of Art or its combined degrees or honours entry to Music or by agreement of Head of Subject Area. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The students will gain an understanding of the work of Le Corbusier, situated in the context of twentieth-century architectural culture. Through the study of primary texts, works of art and of architecture, they will develop their powers of interpretation.
The honours course requires that students read and research in a more self-directed way than in previous years. They are called upon to organise more diffuse and challenging material, constructing more sophisticated architectural-historical argument, informed by analysis of primary sources and corrected by critical awareness with regard to secondary texts. |
Assessment Information
1x2500 word essay (50%)
1x2 HOur examination (50%) |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Dagmar Weston
Tel: (0131 6)50 2327
Email: Dagmar.Weston@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Claire Davies
Tel: (0131 6)51 5925
Email: c.davies@ed.ac.uk |
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