Programma

This course covers a temporal space between the last decade of the XIX century and the end of the XX century and gets through the complexity of historical tangles, which carried out to the birth of the modern forms and their rise. It is considered as a wide-ranging space that comprises not only the works of the innovative architects, bound up with the avant-garde or with the great ideals (like the design of machinery or the organicism), but also the works sometimes revolutionary that refers to the vernacular tradition.
This course is divided into different lines: the great, general themes (the historical contest, the programmes, the ideas, Modern and Tradition); the great figures of architects; the philology and constructive analysis of works (both realized and only planned) and the historiographical interpretations.

Testi Adottati

Elie G. Haddad, David Rifkind (ed.), A Critical History of Contemporary Architecture: 1960-2010, Routledge, Oxford 2014.

Modalità Erogazione

The course will be held through in-class lectures. The lectures will be given by the course holders and, in some cases, by visiting professors.

Modalità Frequenza

attendance is mandatory for 75% of the course.

Modalità Valutazione

The evaluation is based on an oral examination. The student will have to answer some questions related to the course program and will have to demonstrate a good knowledge of the topic addressed. The student must also prove to be able to draw plans and elevations of the buildings discussed.

Programma

This course aims at providing a critical approach towards the “changing ideals” of contemporary architecture, starting from the opposing forces of the notions of classical and modern during the Age of Enlightenment. Through descriptions of different historical and geographical contexts, a selected series of masterworks from XIX to XX Century will be discussed in terms of form, structure, functions, specifically considering how they have contributed to past and contemporary architectural debate. This path will include the "architecture parlante" by C.-N. Ledoux up to Le Corbusier, the Arts and Craft Movement and the organic approach by Frank Lloyd Wright, from the British 2ndPost-war Neoavant-gardes to the Dutch architecture of diagrams in the 1990's.

Testi Adottati

P. Burger, Teoria dell’avanguardia, Torino 1990 (1974)
W.J.R. Curtis, L’architettura moderna dal 1900, Milano 1999 (1982)
E. Kaufmann, Da Ledoux a Le Corbusier: origine e sviluppo dell'architettura autonoma, Milano 1973 (1933)
R. Middleton, D. Watkin, Architettura dell’Ottocento, Milano 1977
N. Pevsner, J. Fleming, H. Honour, Dizionario di architettura, Torino 1981 (1966)
H. Sedlmayr, Perdita del centro: le arti figurative del diciannovesimo e ventesimo secolo come sintomo e simbolo di un'epoca, Torino 1967 (1947)
M. Tafuri, La sfera e il labirinto, Torino 1980

Modalità Erogazione

The course is conceived as a series of lessons in chronological sequence, preferably by unstreamed classes when allowed by competent authorities. Each week, objects, ideas, and events of the History of Contemporary Architecture will move in and out of the European and North American frame, with a strong emphasis on relational thinking and contextualization and encouraging student participation and dialogue. Classes may happen in joined courses (canal A and B) and seminars, both in class and on sites, being announced in advance. An optional excursion is organized to experience selected topic and architectural works discussed during the semester. Students enrolled have at their disposal a dedicated web site (Moodle e-learning) providing all the materials necessary to prepare the final exam.

Modalità Frequenza

Students must attend at the least the 75% of lessons to be admitted to the final exam.

Modalità Valutazione

The final exam is individual and oral on the Bibliography (general and specific) and it is required the reading of two essays picked from the list provided below (Essays). Every student is asked to elaborate sketches and freehand diagrams - best in plan - inspired by the architectures discussed during the course. All the drawings must be collected in an individual sketchbook or “Taccuino”, which testifies to the attendance of the student and will be evaluated at the end of the course. In the case of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions that regulate the methods of carrying out the teaching activities and student assessment will be implemented. Oral exam (70%) Active participation (10%) Sketchbook or "Taccuino" (20%)