Institute of Architectural Sciences– Department of Architecture Theory

251.017 Elective seminarCurrent issues in

architectural theory2014W, SE, 3.0h, 4.0EC

First meeting: Tuesday, October 7th, 2014, 12:00 pmSeminar room @ a-theory

Ana-Maria Simionovici

“EVERYONE HAS THREE LIVES:a public life, a private life and a

secret life.”

Doing „theory“

Doing „theory“

Adolf Loos, „Ornament and Crime“, lecture in Berlin, March 3rd, 1910

Christopher Long‘s search for the origin of Ornament and Crime (2009), probably originally orated 1909-1910Theories by:

- Cesare Lombroso, Criminal man, 1878- Max Nordau, Degeneration, 1892- Ernst Haeckel, Art forms of nature, 1904

The usual way of ‚looking‘ at Loos‘ „Ornament and Crime“

- drawings, sketches- photographs- newspaper articles- texts by other, mostly male, writers and artists of the time (Karl Kraus)- theoretical discussions of the time

- court case proceedings from two sexual harassment cases- letters- diaries

What about these sources?

- drawings, sketches- photographs- newspaper articles- texts by and about other, mostly male, writers and artists of the time (Karl Kraus, Peter Altenberg, Egon Schiele, Arnold Schönberg, etc.)- theoretical discussions of the time

- court case proceedings from two sexual harassment cases- letters- diaries- stage-play scripts- aphorisms

These sources can be found in:

These sources can be found in:

These sources can be found in:

Aim of the course

STUDENTES WILL WRITE AN ACADEMIC PAPER AND CONSTRUCT AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY CONCERNING THE RELEVANCE OF PRIVATE ARCHIVAL SOURCES.

PICK AN ARCHITECT OR AN ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT THAT INTERESTS YOU AND FIND SOME PIECE OF ARCHIVAL SOURCE.

FORMULATE A RESEARCH QUESTION.

RESEARCH, DISCUSS, RESEARCH, DISCUSS.

WRITE A PREMILINARY ABSTRACT.

DISCUSS, RESEARCH, DISCUSS, RESEARCH, PRESENT.

WRITE AN ESSAY USING ACADEMIC WRITING STANDARDS (FORM AND CONTENT).

GET GRADED.

Course schedule

07.10. introduction, task 1: find a source and formulate a research question

14.10. discussion schwartz paper

21.10 discussion sources and questions, task 2: write an abstract

28.10 discussion, friedman book chapter

04.11 discussion abstracts, task 3: present your work

11.11 how to research, how to argue, how to cite,

18.11 oral presentations 1, 2, 3

25.11oral presentations 4, 5, 6

02.12 oral presentations 7, 8, 9

09.12 oral presentations 10, 11, 12

16.12 oral presentations 13, 14, 15

13.01 optional appointment

31.01 hand-in final paper

Institute of Architectural Sciences– Department of Architecture Theory

251.017 Elective seminarCurrent issues in

architectural theory2013W, SE, 3.0h, 4.0EC

First meeting: Tuesday, October 7th, 2014, 12:00 pmSeminar room @ a-theorySeminar room @ a-theory

Ana-Maria Simionovici