Institute of Architectural Sciences– Department of Architecture Theory Elective seminar Current issues in architectural theory 2014W, SE, 3.0h, 4.0EC First meeting: Tuesday, October 7th, 2014, 12:00 pm Seminar a-theory Ana-Maria Simionovici

“EVERYONE HAS THREE LIVES: a public life, a private life and a secret life.”

Doing „theory“

Adolf Loos, „Ornament and Crime“, lecture in Berlin, March 3rd, 1910 Christopher Long‘s search for the origin of Ornament and Crime (2009), probably originally orated Theories by: - Cesare Lombroso, Criminal man, Max Nordau, Degeneration, Ernst Haeckel, Art forms of nature, 1904

The usual way of ‚looking‘ at Loos‘ „Ornament and Crime“ - drawings, sketches - photographs - newspaper articles - texts by other, mostly male, writers and artists of the time (Karl Kraus) - theoretical discussions of the time - court case proceedings from two sexual harassment cases - letters - diaries

What about these sources? - drawings, sketches - photographs - newspaper articles - texts by and about other, mostly male, writers and artists of the time (Karl Kraus, Peter Altenberg, Egon Schiele, Arnold Schönberg, etc.) - theoretical discussions of the time - court case proceedings from two sexual harassment cases - letters - diaries - stage-play scripts - aphorisms

These sources can be found in:

Aim of the course STUDENTES WILL WRITE AN ACADEMIC PAPER AND CONSTRUCT AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY CONCERNING THE RELEVANCE OF PRIVATE ARCHIVAL SOURCES. PICK AN ARCHITECT OR AN ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT THAT INTERESTS YOU AND FIND SOME PIECE OF ARCHIVAL SOURCE. FORMULATE A RESEARCH QUESTION. RESEARCH, DISCUSS, RESEARCH, DISCUSS. WRITE A PREMILINARY ABSTRACT. DISCUSS, RESEARCH, DISCUSS, RESEARCH, PRESENT. WRITE AN ESSAY USING ACADEMIC WRITING STANDARDS (FORM AND CONTENT). GET GRADED.

Course schedule introduction, task 1: find a source and formulate a research question discussion schwartz paper discussion sources and questions, task 2: write an abstract discussion, friedman book chapter discussion abstracts, task 3: present your work how to research, how to argue, how to cite, oral presentations 1, 2, oral presentations 4, 5, oral presentations 7, 8, oral presentations 10, 11, oral presentations 13, 14, optional appointment hand-in final paper

Institute of Architectural Sciences– Department of Architecture Theory Elective seminar Current issues in architectural theory 2013W, SE, 3.0h, 4.0EC First meeting: Tuesday, October 7th, 2014, 12:00 pm Seminar a-theory Ana-Maria Simionovici