SeminarCourses
FeministWritinginArchitecture
KatjaGrillner
Duringthisseminarwewillstudyfeministwritingwithintheoriesandcritical practicesofarchitecture.Thecoursecontainslecturesandpeergroup discussionsaroundassignedreadingsandyourownwriting.Thefollowing themesaredealtwithinthelectures:Writingfeminism;Voiceandaddress; Place,space,situationanddialogue;Academicconventions.Theseminar aimsatenablingstudentstodeveloptoolsforfeministinterpretationsof architectureandinanextendedsense,tocreatenewarchitectures.On completingtheseminar,thestudentwillhaveabasicorientationconcerning feministwritingpracticeswithinarchitecture,andhaveinitiatedthe developmentofapersonalrelationtoit.Theseminarwillbegiventogether withthecourse AD237VArchitectureandGender:Essay
Environmentallearningwithyoungpeople
MeikeSchalkr
Theseminarcourseaddressesurbanenvironmentallearningwith childrenandyouths.Itfollowstheassumptionthatthe(built) environmentcanbeseenasapedagogicaltool.Coursereadingsand lectureswillintroduceparticipantstohistoricalandcontemporary notionsofurbanpedagogiesandtheirmethodologicalapproaches, suchaswalking,drawing,mapping,narrating,recording,imaging, filming,andpodcasting.ThecoursewillpartlytakeplaceatTensta konsthallandincludesawhole-dayworkshop(onMarch1)with childrenandTenstakonsthall'spedagogues,aswellasteachersand artteacherstudentsofKonstfack(UniversityofArts,Craftsand Design).
ThePostmodernArchive
ThordisArrhenius
Whatisoftendefinedasthepostmodernturninarchitecturecoincides withtheintroductionofthedigitaldrawing-inthemid1980th architecturaldrawingturnedfromanoccupationwithshadowandline tooneofpixelandcolor.Ononelevelthecomputerandthenew renderedimageweretofundamentallytransformthearchitectural professionfromoneofbuilding-makingtodigitalimage-making.On anotherlevel,itstartedanewunprecedentedobsessionwiththe analoguehand-drawingasthearchitect’sprimarytoolofexpression andself-promotion.WithafocusonSwedishpostmodernism,this seminarcoursewillexploreasetofarchitecturaldrawingsatArkDes archivetodiscusstheentangledrelationshipbetweenthearchitect, thedrawing,andthebuilding.Asanassignment,youwillwriteabout onedrawingofyourchoicefromthearchive.
RaceandModernArchitecture:RevisitingCanon
HelenaMattsson
“Architecturalhistorianshavetraditionallyavoidedthetopicofrace.” Thisistheopeningoftheanthology RaceandModernArchitecture (Chengetal.2020.)Thisbookisoneofthefirstcollectionsoftexts discussingtheroleofraceasaconceptestablishinghuman differencesintheconstructionoftheWesterncanonofarchitectural modernism.ScholarshaverevealedWesternknowledgeasracialized inmostotherhumanitiesfields,buttherehasbeenaprofoundsilence inarchitecture.Takingthebookasthestartingpoint,thisseminar coursewilllistentothesoundsofthismutehistory.Wewillinvestigate howconceptssuchasorganicism,representation,colonialism,and urbanismintertwineracializedideasintheWesterncanon.
Focustimber
MarkusAerni
Weexploreaseriesoftimberproductsandtechnologiestounderstand theirlogicandfromagivenproductyouwilldevelopaprototypical spatialstructure.Sinceengineeredtimberandinnovativeengineered timberconstructionelementshavevitalisedtimberconstructionand triggeredthedevelopmentofnewdesignandproductionmethods, timberconstructionisslowlyturningfromacraftintoanindustry. Asystematicapproachtothesub-conceptsineco-tectonicworkwill giveyouthepossibilitytoactivelydealwiththenotionsof:basicmaterial properties,fromcoarsetore-fined,spatialstructure,structurallogic, materiallogic,thefamilyofforces,lightness,stabilityandconnectivity. Seminarreviewsanditerativeworkformourworkingmethod.
ArkitekturochRum
PålRöjgårdHarryan
Denarkitektoniskakompositionensyftartillattorganiseraochdefiniera gränsersomartikulerarrumsligarelationer.Samspeletmellanmassa, tomrum,orienteringochprojektionupplevsavvårtegetfysiologiskaoch psykologiskatillståndochverkarsomrumsligafenomensomdefinierar allaplatserpåolikasätt.Dennaseminarieseriekommerattfokuserapå hurmansorterar,ordnarochbeskriverolikarumsligakaraktärerföratt kunnaskapaverktygsomkangenereranyaarkitektoniska utgångspunkter.
Experimental
RumiKubokawa
Thestudioaspraxis:thedialogicalimaginationandconversationson studentsprojects.Thiscourseisconcernedwiththemethodand practiceofthestudiosystemthatunderliestheteachingofour architectureschool.Wewillexaminethewaysinwhichwelearn, gainingacriticalunderstandingofthepedagogyofthestudio,its potentialandlimitationsasaspaceoflearning.Thesessionswillbe basedondialogicdiscussions,exploringspecificthemesinrelationto studentscurrentprojects.Wewillinvestigateinpracticethemannerin whichapedagogyassumingitsbeginninginequalitymaytakeformand contributeinredressingtheimbalanceinpowerstructuresinherentin thestudio.
Nature,Culture,Space:
AnthropologicalApproachestoEnvironment
ElisaMariaLopez
Theaimofthiscourseistoexpandourunderstandingofthesociocultural dimensionsoftheenvironment:thediversespacesandplaceshumans build,live,andwork.Howmightweunderstandbuiltandunbuilt environmentsasexpressionsofsocialandculturalrelations?Howcanwe understandthesocialbeyondthehuman,andhumansandnon-human relationsshapetheworld?Inthisseminarwewillinterrogatetheconcept oftheenvironmentthroughthelensofsocioculturalanthropology.Wewill examinediverserelationsbetweennatureandculturethrough ethnographicaccounts,films,andtheoryfromaroundtheworldtogainan understandingofhowrelationsproduceenvironments–fromcitiesto protectedareas–asmaterializationsofthesocial.
LearningfromEverything
ErikSwahn
Architectureisinseveralwaysawalkingtargetforthemostdisruptive technologyoftoday–machinelearning.Throughaseriesofexperiments, lecturesandseminars,youwillencounterandgetyourhandsdirtywith someofthemostloathedandlovedcontemporaryAImodels. Wewilllookatthefoundationsofmachinelearning,theethicsofdata collection,theimplicationsforcreativepracticesandthequalitiesofthe machine-made.Inworkshops(nocodingskillsrequired),youwilluse currentmachinelearningmodelstofake,translateanddistortimage,text andform–inordertounderstandandrelatetotheever-growing presencethatismachinelearning.
Walkabout
MathewAshton
Thisseminarcoursepresentsabeginnersguidetowalking—that slow,yetreliableformofbipedalmotionthathasservedour specieswell.ItmaynotbethefastestwayofgettingfromAtoB, butforthoseinnorush,itoffersanexceptionalviewofthe spacesin-between.Thiscoursewillexplorethepracticeof walkingasamethodofartisticresearch,throughaseriesoftalks, seminars,andplayfulandexploratorywalksinandaround Stockholm.Wewillinvestigatehowcreative,performativeand embodiedartisticpracticescangivenewandunexpected readingsofarchitecture,andurbanspacesweinhabit.
Courses:A42SEV,A52SEV
