Discussion of several Theories on the construction of space in architecture theory, e.g. the theories of the modern movement, the avantgardes, phenomenology, post-structuralism, and social space.

Circumscribing concepts of space witch are of influence on the contemporary architecture discourse and production, with there relations to the arts, philosophy, and the cultural sciences. The context is set up by Theories of space in various sciences, the Precursors of the modern movement, the Modern Avantgarde, Phänomenology, concepts of the philosopher Gilles Deleuze, Social Space and Virtual Architecture. Discussion of ideas and theories of: Husserl Heidegger Sartre Lefebvre Deleuze Foucault. John Ruskin Gottfried Semper Moholy-Nagy El Lessitsky Marinetti, alias Antonio Sant Elia Umberto Boccioni Hendrik Petrus Berlage Peter Behrens El Lessitsky László Moholy-Nagy Friedrich Kiesler August Schmarsow Mies van der Rohe Bruno Taut Paul Scheerbart Pierre Chareau Eugène Viollet-le-Duc Marcos Novak Peter Eisenman MVRDV UN Studio Greg Lynn Frank Gehry KolMac and others.

Start SS12: 13.3. 10:30; Seminarraum der Architekturtheorie (Wiedner Hptstr. 7, Stiege 2, 1. Stock)

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The Fate of Place - A Philosophical history by Edward S. Casey, University of California Press Klassische Texte zum Raum by Ulf Heuner, Parodos Verlag Space in architecture: The evolution of a new idea in the theory and history of the modern movements by Cornelis Van De Ven, Van Gorcum Raumtheorie. Grundlagentexte aus Philosophie und Kulturwissenschaften by Jörg Dünne, Stephan Günzel, Suhrkamp Einfühlung und phänomenologische Reduktion: Grundlagentexte zu Architektur, Design und Kunst, LIT