GK1 Introduction to architecture and design (Studio 1+2) (18 credits), GK1 Introduction to architecture and design (Studio 3) (18 credits) and GK1 Material technology 1 (6 credits)

Lectures on architectural and design theory and history before 1900 (Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance/Baroque, and Historicism), as well as an introduction to “Space in Architectural History”. Parallel to the lecture series, the students make 3D models of key works in architectural history (studio 1 and 2) or writing assignments (studio 3).

The student shall have basic knowledge about pre-modern european architectural- design- and art history in a wide historical, theoretical and cultural context.

Lectures, literature studies, model building and essay writing.

Assignments. Exam week 24-2011.

The course is assessed subject to an A-F  grade scale. E  is the poorest pass mark, as stated in the Regulations for Master's degree programmes at Oslo School of Architecture and Design, § 6-14.

Mandatory reading  

Brekke, N. G., Nordhagen, P. J., & Lexau, S. S. (2003). Norsk arkitekturhistorie: frå steinalder og bronsealder til det 21. hundreåret. Oslo: Samlaget.

Gombrich, E. H. (2003). Verdenskunsten. Oslo: Aschehoug.  

Raizman, D. (2003). History of modern design: graphics and products since the industrial revolution. London: Laurence King.  

Thiis-Evensen, T., Nybø, K. N., & Christensen, G. (1995). Europas arkitekturhistorie: fra idé til form. [Oslo]: Gyldendal.  

Recommended reading:  

Curtis, W. J. R. (1996). Modern architecture since 1900. Oxford: Phaidon.  

Forty, A. (1986). Objects of desire: design and society since 1750. London: Thames and Hudson.  

Gunnarsjaa, A. (1999). Arkitekturleksikon. Oslo: Abstrakt forlag.  

Sutton, I. (1999). Western architecture: a survey from ancient Greece to the present. London: Thames and Hudson.