Theory of Architecture and Urban Form I
The aim of this course is to understand the reflections of the 20th C. social, economic and political movements within the scope of modern Architecture. It aims also to explore the developments that followed the 19th C. and the industrial revolution into the 20th C. theories of Modern Architecture and its rising to set global trends in the design or buildings and cities.
The course provides a detailed insight into the classification of different architectural movements and their pioneers, as well as the essential characteristics of “Modernism” and its different phases. A detailed introduction to the history of modern architecture from its intellectual and artistic origins in the nineteenth century the course proceeds to cover the emergence of technological, theoretical and aesthetic principles of modern design beginning with the socio-cultural impact of industrialization through innovations in materials (iron and glass) and new functions. Based on an understanding of the seminal views that shaped the Modernist era, those world trends were subjected to regional interpretations including the Egyptian experience led by national pioneer architects.
The aim of this course is to understand the reflections of the 20th C. social, economic and political movements within the scope of modern Architecture. It aims also to explore the developments that followed the 19th C. and the industrial revolution into the 20th C. theories of Modern Architecture and its rising to set global trends in the design or buildings and cities.
The aim of this course is to understand the reflections of the 20th C. social, economic and political movements within the scope of modern Architecture. It aims also to explore the developments that followed the 19th C. and the industrial revolution into the 20th C. theories of Modern Architecture and its rising to set global trends in the design or buildings and cities.
The course provides a detailed insight into the classification of different architectural movements and their pioneers, as well as the essential characteristics of “Modernism” and its different phases. A detailed introduction to the history of modern architecture from its intellectual and artistic origins in the nineteenth century the course proceeds to cover the emergence of technological, theoretical and aesthetic principles of modern design beginning with the socio-cultural impact of industrialization through innovations in materials (iron and glass) and new functions. Based on an understanding of the seminal views that shaped the Modernist era, those world trends were subjected to regional interpretations including the Egyptian experience led by national pioneer architects.