Admission requirements
See Teaching and Examination Regulations.
Description
In this course students investigate the supposed influence of the theory on relativity of Albert Einstein on 20th−century architecture. The questions we will try to answer: when and where do notions of ‘space’ and ‘time’ invade western architectural theory and practice? In which buildings there can be found attempts to incorporate these notions? Which spatial solutions derive from these experiments with space and time?
Course objectives
Students will have an overview of new approaches to architecture in the Netherlands, Europe and USA in the late 19th and 20th century;
Students will be conversant with recent developments in architectural theory and history in relation to the subject (including recent ideas concerning sustainability);
Students will gain facility with primary and secondary source research;
Students will develop their skills in (spatial) analysis.
Timetable
Please consult the timetable on the MA Arts and Culture website.
Mode of instruction
(Guest-) Lectures: introductory lectures on the theme;
Research (students can select a topic from a list or suggest a topic themselves);
Excursion (min. half day).
Attendance is compulsory. Students are allowed to miss a maximum of two seminars.
Course Load
Total course load for the course (10 EC x 28 hours): 280 hours
Hours spent on attending lectures and seminars, 2 hours per week x 14 weeks: 28 hours
Time for studying the compulsory literature and time for completing assignments: 142 hours
Time to write a paper (including reading / research): 110 hours
Assessment method
Presentation with powerpoint (15 minutes + 10 minutes questions and discussion) (30%);
Active participation (texts, excursion) (20%);
Written paper, 5000 words, excl. notes and bibliography (50%).
Blackboard
A Blackboard site will be available and used for information (schedules, excursion), documents (summaries, powerpoints lectures) and discussion.
Reading list
Reader
Registration
Students are required to register for this course via uSis, the course registration system of Leiden University. General information about uSis is available in English and Dutch.
Exchange and Study Abroad students: Please see the website Study in Leiden for information on how to apply/register for this course.
Students who are not in the MA Arts and Culture programme, but who would like to take this course as an optional course, please contact Mrs. Joëlle Koning MA the co-ordinator of studies.
Contact
Remarks
This course can be taken for the MA Arts and Culture specialisation: Architecture;
It can also be taken as a specialist course for the MA Arts and Culture free component of any specialisation (10 EC) or MA program of Leiden University.