Barcelona, its history and its architecture

Càrrega lectiva: 5,5 ECTS
Idioma: English

Dates:             from September 16 to December 4, 2024

                        Lectures (at ETSAV): Mondays, 9:15h to 11:15h

                        Field Trips/labs (outside ETSAV): Wednesdays, 16:00h-18:30h

                        To be decided: closing session in December, date to be determined.

Places ETSAV: 5
Places incomings: 7

Professorat: Monica Sambade

Departament: 756 - Teoria i Història, assignatura vinculada al programa Illinois Architecture Study Abroad program at Barcelona – El Vallès IASAP

Descripció:

The present course will examine the history of Catalan architecture, understanding it from two methodological perspectives, which will mark two distinct parts of the course. On one hand, the architecture of Catalonia will be examined from its roots in the ancient world to the modern age, ending in the 18th century, with special emphasis on the architecture and urbanism of the city of Barcelona. The teaching strategy will emphasize both the context and the compositional resources of the most important works from each historical period. On the other hand, any course on history of architecture needs to provide the students with a set of analytical tools to structure their knowledge on the fundamental concepts of composition. Therefore, an introductory workshop aimed at learning and practicing compositional analysis techniques will be conducted.

                        As a result, the course will be structured in two parts. The first part will address the ‘Fundamentals of Composition’, together with introductory classes and walking tours on the city of Barcelona, ‘From Barcino to Barcelona’. After that, in the second part, we will examine the history of Catalan architecture within the aforementioned chronological framework.

Guia docent:

Consult the teaching guide for the subject here