Module Code - Title:
AR4055
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CULTURE, PLACE AND ENVIRONMENT 1
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
AR4032
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
In most cases nowadays, one cannot simply go out and start building. Things must be planned, consents sought, materials organised. The overall architectural project will take time, and will move through a series of modes, and a series of technological, regulatory and economic inputs. The module offers a critique of this 'parts-based' approach, which, it seems, interferes with and determines our capacity to generate spatial, or pictorial, order through a greater understanding of visual world as operated upon by artists, with a particular focus on their means of engagement.
Syllabus:
In the history of art and architecture, there are moments when a new order emerges. This module, through an examination of drawings, built work and work practices, traces the links between the emergence of a new order and the practice of the person who brings it into being. This module investigates in some detail the work of several practitioners through time, and as a specific example, will also examine the relationship of three practitioners, the painter Bridget Riley, the sculptor Donald Judd and the architect Kazuyo Sejima, to the progress of their work and situates this in the context of the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
Discern concepts in Modern and contemporary art relevant to architecture;
Demonstrate a capacity to work within and on architectural proposals from a visual standpoint;
Trace the major influences and confluences in the contemporary practice of art and architecture;
Work collaboratively across disciplines, discussing and presenting design ideas;
Establish a self-motivated approach to issues of conception, research and production in the design process, with an emphasis on visual matters.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
N/A
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
N/A
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
In periodic lectures and seminars, and through an examination of drawings, built work and work practices.
The module will engage students in a collaborative project with lecturers, tutors and students from the Limerick School of Arts and Design, namely the Public Arts programme.
Continuous Assessment - Grading is based on module assignments. Students repeating the module must resubmit assignments as per repeat exam timetable.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Kevin Kieran Arts Council OPW Bursary for Research in Architecture 2009
Prime Texts:
Hassett, Grainne (2009)
The Necessary Contract
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Other Relevant Texts:
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Module Leader:
javi.burongarcia@ul.ie