The course objective is to gain knowledge of architectural history through intellectual process. The course aims at developing awareness on the development and continuity of certain elements of urban form through buildings and architectural typologies. Reading on and making analysis of exemplary urban settings and buildings will make the students better comprehend how and with what means do the buildings relate to their surroundings.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to
1) Understand the emergence of certain elements of urban form through history including cultural and regional differentiations and variations
2) Acquire the essential skills for critical reading, interpreting and understanding history of architecture
3) Develop an awareness of the formal and spatial characteristics of urban context as constituting the basis for buildings and as made by buildings
4) Reveal formal structure of a selected urban setting and related buildings
5) Start to develop an intellectual opinion and a personal reflection on architecture/s of the cities.