After successful completion of the course, students are able to...
- gain an understanding of the current critical architectural discourse in relation to planetary challenges
- contextualise and develop their own critical position within current architectural practice
The course Kritische Architekturpraxis / 'Critical Architectural Practice’ aims to address broader issues, impacts and responsibilities of architecture and architects within society and the planet at large.
This year, the course will outline its discourse through a series of public lectures and discussions, focusing on three main topics:
0. introduction to critical architectural practice
discussing the importance of ‘critical architectural practice’ as a term and as a way of thinking and working as well as outlining three focus topics of this year’s course: nanotourism, design emergency and critical design.
Lecture by Prof. Tina Gregorič and Jakob Travnik
1. nanotourism exploring the concept and work of the research platform nanotourism - a creative critique to the current environmental, social and economic downsides of conventional tourism, as a participatory, locally oriented, bottom-up alternative.
Lecture by Prof. Tina Gregorič and Jakob Travnik
Links:
https://nanotourism.org/
https://nanotourism.aaschool.ac.uk/
https://www.rethinkingtourismforaplanetincrisis.com/
2. design emergency
exploring the notion of design as an attitude and speculate on the role of design as a way of responding to global crisis such as COVID-19 and other urgent planetary challenges.
Lecture by Alice Rawsthorn
Links:
https://www.instagram.com/design.emergency/?hl=en
http://alicerawsthorn.com/
https://jrp-editions.com/art/books/art-theory/documents-series/design-as-an-attitude/
3. critical design
exploring the notion of designing every life and outline distinctions between critical design, social design, speculative design and design as a form of learning and education.
Lecture by Jan Boelen
Links:
http://50.bio.si/en/
http://aschoolofschools.iksv.org/
https://www.designacademy.nl/p/study-at-dae/masters/social-design
https://www.hfg-karlsruhe.de/en/
https://www.atelier-luma.org/
