Postgraduate Course: Advanced Studies in Twentieth-Century German Architecture (ARCH11238)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | During the tumultuous first half of the 20th century, Germany was both the crucible of architectural modernism and the site of the megalomaniac city-rebuilding schemes proposed by the National Socialists. After the widespread destruction wrought by World War 2 the cities in the two German states, East and West, were rebuilt according to the dictates of their masters in Moscow and Washington, respectively, with the former capital divided in two by the Berlin Wall. The reunification of 1989 prompted further massive rebuilding programmes in the old Eastern states and in Berlin, which was presented with the challenge of creating a new capital on the fragmented foundations of the old, divided city. In the span of the twentieth century, no other state or architectural culture can point to such design creativity and to such destruction and rebuilding. This is the subject of the course. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Advanced knowledge of 20th-Century German Architecture, with particular emphasis on Berlin
- Knowledge of German political and social history from the Imperial Reich to the Weimar Republic, National Socialist, national division in the Cold War and reunification post 1989
- Ability to critically evaluate the relationship between architecture, urbanism, and political ideology
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | Architecture,Germany |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Iain Whyte
Tel: (0131 6)50 2322
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Course secretary | Mrs Charlotte Iliakis
Tel: (0131 6)51 5740
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