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Modern Architecture: MoMo to PoMo (ARCH20003)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Stuart King (Subject Coordinator)
Bronwyn Stocks (Senior Tutor)
Overview
| Availability | Semester 1 - Dual-Delivery |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject will consider the development of modern architecture during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It will include: the origins and development of modernism; changing ideas of housing, urbanism and society; functionalism and expression; materiality and spatial organisation; the changing role of the architect; key ideas of seminal thinkers; reactions to and interpretations of modernism; post-modernism and deconstruction. Particular attention will be paid to global migrations of modernist ideas including Asia/Pacific modernities and the postcolonial condition.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of the subject students should be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of the sources and historical development of modern architecture;
- Appreciate the global migration of modernist ideas in a postcolonial context;
- Understand the key ideas of the seminal buildings and theories of modern architecture
Last updated: 8 November 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL10004 | Global Foundations of Design |
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL30050 | Modern Architecture: MoMo to PoMo | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 8 November 2023
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Drawn and/or written tutorial exercises (to the total equivalent of 400 words)
| From Week 2 to Week 11 | 20% |
An essay
| Week 9 | 40% |
An examination
| End of semester | 40% |
Last updated: 8 November 2023
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Stuart King Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 2X1 hour lecture and 1X1 hour tutorial per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 1 March 2021 to 30 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 12 March 2021 Census date 31 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 25 June 2021 Semester 1 contact information
Stuart King (Subject Coordinator)
Bronwyn Stocks (Senior Tutor)
Time commitment details
170 Hours
Last updated: 8 November 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Subject reader
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation Bachelor of Design Elective Subjects - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 8 November 2023