Week 9 – Postwar Challenges: Architecture between the Atom and the Universe

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 Lecture slides

Week 9 – Oct 8 – Postwar Challenges: Architecture between the Atom and the Universe 

Lecture slides are based on the course textbook by Frampton, K. (1992). Modern architecture: A critical history (3rd ed.). London: Thames and Hudson. (Image selection  : Prof. John Stuart)

Suggested Readings 

Richard Buckminster Fuller, “4D Time Lock (1929),” In William W. Braham and Jonathan A. Hale, Rethinking Technology: A Reader in Architectural Theory (London and New York: Routledge, 2007), pp. 46–50.

Frederick J. Kiesler, “On Correalism and Biotechnique: A Definition and Test of a New Approach to Building Design (1939),” In William W. Braham and Jonathan A. Hale, Rethinking Technology: A Reader in Architectural Theory (London and New York: Routledge, 2007), pp. 66–79.

Additional Reading

Simon Sadler, Archigram: Architecture without Architecture, (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2005), pp. 10–51. (Chapter 1. “A New Generation: Archigram’s Formation and Its Context) Biblioteca Digital Campus Qro

Required Activity

Please give your response to the readings here 

You will be evaluated on..
a. Understanding the Content
b. Conceptualizing your Opinion

This weeks readings contributes a total of 4 Marks towards the final grade.
The deadline to submit your responses is Oct 15 at 7:00am. You are allowed to edit your response after submission.

Late responses receive a 20% deduction per week.

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