Content
The module Architecture Theory/Criticism deals with the reflection of concrete architecture at the interface between expert knowledge and public opinion, as it is conveyed in the feuilleton of daily newspapers and in architecture magazines. Teaching is based on written and pictorial works on concrete architectures, their authors, and documents of their reception in specialist journals and feuilletons. An important didactic element is the viewing and description of architectural objects and urban situations on site. The readings and in-depth discussions provide insight into the link between theory and practice, as well as between reception and mediation in the public, which is indispensable for dealing with architecture in modern, pluralist societies. The teaching content includes creative writing in its various formats as criticism, review, glossary, editorial. The focus is on critical reflection on built works or architectural designs. The focus of the teaching is to recognize the specifics of the individual building or the individual architectural situation, to elaborate on its characteristics linguistically, and to formulate it in vivid images. The teaching content is based on the technique of ekphrasis, the transfer of pictorial experience into the terminology of language.
