A21HIC History and Theory of Architecture 2: Architecture Modernity 9.0 credits

This course provides a deeper look at the development of architecture and architectural theory, with an emphasis on the twentieth century but with a look back at the eighteenth and nineteenth as well. We study the historiography of modern architecture, and the course reflects on how we can broaden our perspectives in the writing of history and the models we use for analysis. We also address urban planning issues, with particular emphasis on the relation between modernity and urbanism. The course illuminates architectural practice and theories from various perspectives, including politics, gender, class, ethnicity, media, and consumption.

The course is divided into two parts.

The aim of the course is to provide students with an in-depth understanding of how architectural theory and history have been formulated in relation to the development of modern society, and to develop students’ ability to engage in independent critical reflection on the conditions of architecture.

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

• describe changes in architecture in relation to the emergence of modern society
• discuss, analyse and contextualise literature and the built environment with a focus on the 20th century
• account for the theoretical and practical development of architecture during the 20th century
• discuss and independently reflect on the concept of modernity and its relationship to architectural theory and practice
• reflect on the historiography of modernism from the perspectives of power and identity
• critically reflect on architecture and the built environment from a sustainability perspective
• reflect on their learning in written or oral form

 You should have passed the course A11HIB History and Theory of Architecture 1: Introduction to European Architecture 7.5 credits

• MOM1 - Moment 1, 6.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
• MOM2 - Moment 2, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Learning outcomes are assessed through presentations of the process and results in assignments specified at the start of the course. To receive a grade, students must submit all required assignments and maintain 80% attendance at lectures, seminars, tutorials, and review sessions. Students must also submit a reflection on their own learning.

Course module supplementation means that a student who has received a grade of F and is deemed to be close to meeting the requirements for a passing grade of P may be given the opportunity to complete supplementary work to achieve a passing grade. The course examiner decides whether supplementation is possible. The supplementary assignment is designed based on the learning objectives the student has not achieved. The student shall be given 15 working days to complete the supplementary work. After that, supplementary work may not be done, in accordance with KTH’s guidelines on course syllabi, grading systems, and examination.

Helena Mattsson

• All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
• In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
• In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.