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On completion of this module students will be able to identify the individual contributions made by the leading architects and designers that created Dublin’s eighteenth-century urban landscape; understand the complex range of social, cultural, political and economic forces that helped shape the built environment; describe and analyse the principal characteristics of the various architectural and decorative styles practiced during the period; and appreciate both the material and ideological aspects of the city's architecture in its historical contexts.
Indicative Module Content:Indicative lecture schedule:
Week 1.
Introduction: setting the scene
Case Study: Royal Hospital
Week 2.
Urban renaissance
Case Study: St Stephen’s Green
Week 3.
Palladianism
Case Study: Parliament House
Week 4.
Urban iconography
Case Study: Trinity College
Week 5.
Town houses
Case Study: Henrietta Street
Week 6.
Social and civic improvements
Case Study: Lying-in Hospital
Week 7.
Urban scenography
Case Study: Merrion Square
Week 8.
SITE VISIT: Domestic Architecture
Week 9.
Decorative plasterwork
Case Study: 20 Dominick Street
Week 10.
Neoclassicism
Case Study: Custom House
Week 11.
The Wide Streets Commissioners
Case Study: St George’s, Hardwicke Place
Week 12.
SITE VISIT: Public Architecture
Conclusion: a golden age?
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Specified Learning Activities | 38 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 38 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Individual feedback on Written Assignment will allow students the opportunity to gauge their understanding of the module themes in advance of the final exam.
Name | Role |
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Ms Carla Briggs | Tutor |