A31H1A History and Theory of Architecture 3:1 World Architecture 6.0 credits

This course is an expansion and deepening of the content presented in prior years. It focuses on architecture, urban planning, and vernacular building traditions outside of Europe. Historically, the course spans from the dawn of history to today’s globalization. We work through the broad historical and geographic scope of the material with thematic perspectives that also include modern reception and historiography. The importance of the global field as a critical element both in the modern development of architecture and in the writing of history forms an underlying theme. The course delves primarily into a number of Asian, African, and early American architectural cultures, and ties into theories of global history and post-colonial studies.

The aim of the course is to provide students with insights into and an understanding of the historical development of architecture within a global context, and thereby also to offer in-depth critical and theoretical perspectives.

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

• describe the development of architecture from a broad global perspective
• discuss and conceptually engage with environments from a variety of geographical regions outside Europe
• analyse theoretical and historiographical texts from a global perspective and critically reflect on previous Eurocentric tendencies within architectural history
• reflect critically on the built environment from a sustainability perspective
• independently search for relevant information within the subject area
• reflect on their learning in written or oral form

You should pass the course A11HIB History and Theory of Architecture 1: Introduction to European Architecture 7.5 credits and A21HIC History and Theory of Architecture 2: Architecture and Modernity 9.0 credits

• MOM1 - Moment 1, 6.0 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.

Jennifer Mack

• 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.