Works of architecture consist of a material bearer and a discursive element that foregrounds and justifies some aspects of the physical thing while suppressing others. The goal of this course is to examine how the discourse does not only co-constitute architectural objects but also orients and delimits creative thinking in architecture by selecting paradigmatic cases, establishing themes, dismissing questions.
As our present concept of architecture is inadvertently constituted from the intersections and overlaps of ideological theories, representational practices, legal and financial structures, and discourses borrowed from the arts and literary criticism, the effects of architectural discourse on the design practice can be both surprising and problematical. Hence, it is important to understand how the discourse functions, how it is formed and how it may be changed.
"Constitutive discourses" examines philosophical and sociological theories regarding the artistic and architectural discourse, the structure of the field and the creation of specifically architectural values.
01.10.2014, 7.00 pm Presentation "Modul Meta-Architektur", Böckl-Saal
08.10.2014, 11:00 am - Presentation "Modul Meta-Architektur", Seminar room at architecture theory
starting 15.10.2014 wednesdays 10:30 am as communicatied in the introduction, Seminar room at architecture theory
