11255 Theory, Analysis and Architecture

6cp
Undergraduate

Starting from a base that questions what might be understood by the terms 'theory' and 'analysis', this subject explores potential relations between and applications of contemporary theory to architectural thinking. The central aim is the continued development of skills in reasoning, argument and critical thinking, and the exploration of the ways that these skills may be applied to the analysis of architecture and design. Specific consideration is made of the ways in which much of our thinking, not the least about architecture, is structured by and predicated upon foundations that are, despite their transparency and naturalisation, at best conventional and contingent rather than necessary. The main objective is not [merely] to think about architecture, but to think about how we think about architecture; hence, the subversive power of analysis and criticism; [re]thinking architecture.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $889.75
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,370.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
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