Between Cosmos and Chaos: Gottfried Semper’s Theory of Architecture
Lecture History and Theory of Architecture IX (063-0803-02)
Organizer: Chair of Prof. Ursprung
Lecturers: Michael Gnehm
Time: Autumn 2021 | Fridays 11:45–12:30
Location: HIL E 8
Organizer: Chair of Prof. Ursprung
Lecturers: Michael Gnehm
Time: Autumn 2021 | Fridays 11:45–12:30
Location: HIL E 8
The lecture course discusses Gottfried Semper’s complex approach to architecture as the «small world» created by mankind within a global scope framing history and the present between a cosmological totality and chaotic fragmentation.
Course Catalogue
Livestreaming
Recordings
Slides
▬ 24 September 2021 | Outline
▬ . 1 October 2021 | Cosmology
▬ . 8 October 2021 | Politics
▬ 15 October 2021 | Darwinism
▬ 22 October 2021 | Ethnology
▬ . 5 November 2021 | Linguistics
▬ 12 November 2021 | Mathematics
▬ 19 November 2021 | Aesthetics
▬ 26 November 2021 | Psychology
▬ . 3 December 2021 | Retrospect and Outlook
▬ 10 December 2021 | Exam
Optional Readings ▭
▭ CONTAINING CONCISE INTRODUCTIONS
▬ Haag Bletter, Rosemarie «Gottfried Semper», 1974.
▬ Kruft, Hanno-Walter «The Leading German Architectural Theorist of the Mid-Nineteenth Century», 1994.
▬ Mallgrave, Harry Francis «Tectonics and Style in Germany», 2006.
▭ ON SPECIAL TOPICS
▬ Cache, Bernard «Gottfried Semper: Stereotomy, Biology, and Geometry», 2002.
▬ Davis II, Charles L. «Beyond the Primitive Hut», 2019.
▬ Forty, Adrian «Language Metaphors to Describe the Historical Origins of Architecture», 2000.
▬ Forty, Adrian «Forget Material», 2020.
▬ Gaus, Joachim «Die Urhütte», 1971.
▬ Gnehm, Michael «Bekleidungstheorie / Stoffwechseltheorie», 2015.
▬ Rykwert, Joseph On Adam’s House in Paradise : «Thinking and Doing / Necessity and Convention», 1972.
▭ OF GENERAL INTEREST
▬ D’Alleva, Anne «Thinking about Theory», 2005.
▬ Grosz, Elizabeth «What is ‹Origin›?», 2004.
▬ Grosz, Elizabeth «Chaos. Cosmos, Territory, Architecture», 2008.
Michael Gnehm
Course Catalogue
Lectures
Livestreaming
Recordings
Slides
▬ 24 September 2021 | Outline
▬ . 1 October 2021 | Cosmology
▬ . 8 October 2021 | Politics
▬ 15 October 2021 | Darwinism
▬ 22 October 2021 | Ethnology
▬ . 5 November 2021 | Linguistics
▬ 12 November 2021 | Mathematics
▬ 19 November 2021 | Aesthetics
▬ 26 November 2021 | Psychology
▬ . 3 December 2021 | Retrospect and Outlook
▬ 10 December 2021 | Exam
Optional Readings ▭
▭ CONTAINING CONCISE INTRODUCTIONS
▬ Haag Bletter, Rosemarie «Gottfried Semper», 1974.
▬ Kruft, Hanno-Walter «The Leading German Architectural Theorist of the Mid-Nineteenth Century», 1994.
▬ Mallgrave, Harry Francis «Tectonics and Style in Germany», 2006.
▭ ON SPECIAL TOPICS
▬ Cache, Bernard «Gottfried Semper: Stereotomy, Biology, and Geometry», 2002.
▬ Davis II, Charles L. «Beyond the Primitive Hut», 2019.
▬ Forty, Adrian «Language Metaphors to Describe the Historical Origins of Architecture», 2000.
▬ Forty, Adrian «Forget Material», 2020.
▬ Gaus, Joachim «Die Urhütte», 1971.
▬ Gnehm, Michael «Bekleidungstheorie / Stoffwechseltheorie», 2015.
▬ Rykwert, Joseph On Adam’s House in Paradise : «Thinking and Doing / Necessity and Convention», 1972.
▭ OF GENERAL INTEREST
▬ D’Alleva, Anne «Thinking about Theory», 2005.
▬ Grosz, Elizabeth «What is ‹Origin›?», 2004.
▬ Grosz, Elizabeth «Chaos. Cosmos, Territory, Architecture», 2008.
Contact
Michael Gnehm