ARCT20040 History & Theory of the Designed Environment III - Survey Course 2

Academic Year 2020/2021

The course sets out to present the development of the modern and contemporary designed environment in order to build a common knowledge base for future architects, designers, landscape architects, planners and others involved in the procurement and management of the designed physical environment. Not withstanding this perspective, it is accessible to all.

The time span of the study is the latter half of the nineteenth century to the latter half of the twentieth. While concentrating on key figures and movements, the course situates changes in the design environment over this time in a wider social, cultural and technological context. Often underpinned by a political agenda, modernity has its roots in a critical reaction to the squalor and inequality of the nineteenth-century industrial city. This module traces how this develops, examining those projects from the modernist canon which are most significant and influential. Furthermore it examines how modern architecture, urbanism and landscapes adapted to changing technologies and structural theories.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Identify the various ways and means in which modern architecture, urbanism and landscape responded to the problem of the dwelling.
2. Discuss how political, ideological and philosophical factors influenced the production of modern designed environments and illustrate how these were made manifest in buildings, urban plans and landscapes.
3. Analyse and discuss the role of technology in the creation of new living and working spaces.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24

Autonomous Student Learning

80

Total

104

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The primary mode of learning is through the weekly lectures
The course also encourages independent research and learning through its essay-like examination questions.
The course encourages the application of historical knowledge to creative activity 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Essay: Two 1500 word essays, to be submitting following the end of trimster, final submission date tbc Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded No

100


Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback is offered based on student performance in examination, and relative to learning outcomes for module

Name Role
Dr Livia Hurley Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Samantha Martin Lecturer / Co-Lecturer