Philosophy of Architecture
Philosophy of Architecture
Study Programmes
Masterstudiengang Architektur (MSc AR 14)
(01.09.2014)
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
‘Philosophy of Architecture’ discusses and explains essential philosophical concepts within architecture and the various positions taken with regards to contemporary cultural phenomenas. This enables students to discover their own position within a philosophical debate and to place their work within a well-grounded understanding of philosophical concepts.
The first block starts with the comparison of fashion trends with architectural design connecting both with semiotic component analysis. The question is, whether and to what extent the analogy between architecture, fashion (popular culture) and language actually works. Possible answers arise from the examples given by Jencks, Baudrillard, Eco, Barthes, Alexander, Lynn and Barthes.
Architecture only becomes modern in its engagement with new media, and that in doing it radically displaces the traditional sense of space and subjectivity. Students should learn to understand their design in the same terms as drawings, photographs, writing, film and advertisements by developing new programs for their architectural models on the basis of philosophical texts (Koolhaas, Vidler, Foucault, Colomina) and film plots.
The third block deals with human attachment to landscape and how we find identity in landscape and place. Furthermore the lecture explores the relationship between innovation, medialisation (f.e. Bollywood in the Alps), individualisation and the new emerging ‘sportscapes’, it focuses on the impact of migration and globalisation on a territory (Latour, Deleuze, Appadurai, Hagerstrand) .
The fourth block is dedicated to the cross-fertilisation of technology, art, pop culture and architecture. The course starts with mainstream philosophy of the Sixties (Critical Theory, Mc Luhan, Marcuse) and provides students with a wider perspective concerning problems that come up in contemporary architectural debates.
The first block starts with the comparison of fashion trends with architectural design connecting both with semiotic component analysis. The question is, whether and to what extent the analogy between architecture, fashion (popular culture) and language actually works. Possible answers arise from the examples given by Jencks, Baudrillard, Eco, Barthes, Alexander, Lynn and Barthes.
Architecture only becomes modern in its engagement with new media, and that in doing it radically displaces the traditional sense of space and subjectivity. Students should learn to understand their design in the same terms as drawings, photographs, writing, film and advertisements by developing new programs for their architectural models on the basis of philosophical texts (Koolhaas, Vidler, Foucault, Colomina) and film plots.
The third block deals with human attachment to landscape and how we find identity in landscape and place. Furthermore the lecture explores the relationship between innovation, medialisation (f.e. Bollywood in the Alps), individualisation and the new emerging ‘sportscapes’, it focuses on the impact of migration and globalisation on a territory (Latour, Deleuze, Appadurai, Hagerstrand) .
The fourth block is dedicated to the cross-fertilisation of technology, art, pop culture and architecture. The course starts with mainstream philosophy of the Sixties (Critical Theory, Mc Luhan, Marcuse) and provides students with a wider perspective concerning problems that come up in contemporary architectural debates.
Teaching Method
Lecture and seminar: discourse, writing, peer review
Learning Results
Professional competence
Methodological competence
Social competence
Personal competence
- Understand philosophical concepts and their impact on own work
- Explain competently, discuss and critique own work through oral presentations, writing or visual communication
Methodological competence
- Identify key elements of problems and choose appropriate methods for their resolution in a considered manner
- Develop activities and self-organisation that will promote learning
Social competence
- Discuss and articulate ideas and information fluently
Personal competence
- Assess own work and put it into a historical, theoretical and philosophical context
Literature
Apparurai A.: Global Ethnoscapes, in: Modernity at Large. Cultural Dim. of Globalisation, New York 2005
Arnheim R.: The Dynamics of Architectural Form (Elements of Space) 1975
Barthes R.: Myth today, New York 1984
Barthes R.: The Language of Fashion, Sydney: Power Publications 2006
Baudrillard J.: The Language of Things. Understanding the World of Desirable Objects, New York 2001
Baudrillard J.: Simulacra and Simulations, New York 1983
Beck U.: Individualisation. Institutionalised Individualism and its Social and Political Consequences, London: Sage Publications 2001
Colomina B.: The Split Wall and Domestic Voyeurism, Princeton 1996
Colomina B.: Privacy and Publicity. Modern Architecture as Mass Media, MIT Press 1996
De Certeau M.: Walking in the City. Poetry and Semiotics (online document)
Deleuze G. & Guattari F.: The smooth and the striad space, from: A Thousand Plateaus. Capitalism and Schizophrenia, London: Univ. of Minnesota Press 2005
Eco U.: A Theory of Semiotics, New York 1976
Eco U.: The myth of superman. How to create a narrative (online document)
Foucault M.: Of Other Spaces, Heterotopias (Architecture, Mouvement, Continuitè) 1984
Koolhaas R.: Delirious New York. A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan, New York 1994
Latour B.: The Reassembling of the Social. An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory, New York 2005
Marcuse H.: One-Dimensional-Man. Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society, 1964
Mc Luhan M.: Understanding Media. The Extensions of Man, New York 1964
Sassen S.: The Global City. Introducing a Concept (Elements in a New Conceptual Architecture), 2005
Vidler A.: The Architectural Uncanny. Essays in the Modern Unhomely, London: MIT Press 1996
Virilio P.: Bunker Archeology, New York: Princeton Architectural Press 1994
Arnheim R.: The Dynamics of Architectural Form (Elements of Space) 1975
Barthes R.: Myth today, New York 1984
Barthes R.: The Language of Fashion, Sydney: Power Publications 2006
Baudrillard J.: The Language of Things. Understanding the World of Desirable Objects, New York 2001
Baudrillard J.: Simulacra and Simulations, New York 1983
Beck U.: Individualisation. Institutionalised Individualism and its Social and Political Consequences, London: Sage Publications 2001
Colomina B.: The Split Wall and Domestic Voyeurism, Princeton 1996
Colomina B.: Privacy and Publicity. Modern Architecture as Mass Media, MIT Press 1996
De Certeau M.: Walking in the City. Poetry and Semiotics (online document)
Deleuze G. & Guattari F.: The smooth and the striad space, from: A Thousand Plateaus. Capitalism and Schizophrenia, London: Univ. of Minnesota Press 2005
Eco U.: A Theory of Semiotics, New York 1976
Eco U.: The myth of superman. How to create a narrative (online document)
Foucault M.: Of Other Spaces, Heterotopias (Architecture, Mouvement, Continuitè) 1984
Koolhaas R.: Delirious New York. A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan, New York 1994
Latour B.: The Reassembling of the Social. An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory, New York 2005
Marcuse H.: One-Dimensional-Man. Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society, 1964
Mc Luhan M.: Understanding Media. The Extensions of Man, New York 1964
Sassen S.: The Global City. Introducing a Concept (Elements in a New Conceptual Architecture), 2005
Vidler A.: The Architectural Uncanny. Essays in the Modern Unhomely, London: MIT Press 1996
Virilio P.: Bunker Archeology, New York: Princeton Architectural Press 1994
Assessment Methods
Paper, exercises, minimum 75% mandatory presence
C12_International Economics
C12_International Economics
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelorstudiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre (BSc BWL 12)
(01.09.2012)
Project Description
Following a short introduction to international economics, the module provides an understanding of the basic principles of international trade, trade policy and international finance. In detail the contents of the module include:
- Definition and scope of international economics
- Fundamentals of international trade theory and policy
- actors and patterns in world trade
- trade models (Ricardian, Heckscher-Ohlin, Standard)
- imperfect competition and international trade
- international factor movements
- international trade policy instruments, arguments and controversies
- Exchange rates and open economy macroeconomics
- national income and balance of payments
- money, interest and exchange rates
- International monetary system and policy
- policy goals and options
- international coordination
Requirements (formal)
Voraussetzung für die Anmeldung zum Modul:
- erfolgreicher Abschluss von English I
- erfolgreicher Abschluss von weiteren Modulen des 1. Regelstudienjahres im Umfang von weiteren 45 Credits.
C12_Grundlagen der Finanzierung, insb. Unternehmensfinanzierung
C12_Grundlagen der Finanzierung, insb. Unternehmensfinanzierung
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelorstudiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre (BSc BWL 12)
(01.09.2012)
Project Description
Finanzwirtschaftliche Modelle, Finanzmathematik, Investitionsrechnung, Finanzierung, Finanzinstitutionen, Derivative Finanzinstrumente, Unternehmensfinanzierung, Unternehmensbewertung
C12_English II
C12_English II
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelorstudiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre (BSc BWL 12)
(01.09.2012)
Project Description
- Academic writing in English
C12_English I
C12_English I
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelorstudiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre (BSc BWL 12)
(01.09.2012)
Project Description
- Communication skills
- Introduction to academic writing in English
- Business English
C12_E-Commerce
C12_E-Commerce
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelorstudiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre (BSc BWL 12)
(01.09.2012)
Project Description
Fundamentals of online trading (esp. e-commerce), economical, legal and ethical aspects of e-commerce. Business models differentiation of Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Consumers (B2C), architectures and functionalities (especially marketing, security and payment systems), technologies (intranet, extranets, web shops, collaboration systems and social media), e-government, case study
Requirements (formal)
Voraussetzung für die Anmeldung zum Modul:
- erfolgreicher Abschluss von English I
- erfolgreicher Abschluss von weiteren Modulen des 1. Regelstudienjahres im Umfang von weiteren 45 Credits.
C12_Controlling
C12_Controlling
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelorstudiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre (BSc BWL 12)
(01.09.2012)
Project Description
Grundlagen und Abgrenzung des Controlling (Funktion und Rolle des Unternehmens, Konzepte der Unternehmensführung, Unternehmen als komplexes System, Steuerungsmechanismen für Unternehmen), Grundlagen der Bilanzanalyse, Kennzahlensystem ROI, finanzielles Rechnungswesen als Analyse- und Informationsinstrument (Bewegungsbilanz, direkte und indirekte Cashflow-Ermittlung, Kapitalflussrechnung, Fallstudien), operative Steuerung mit Finanzkennzahlen (Liquidität, Stabilität, Rentabilität), Kapitalbedarfs- und Gründungsplanung, zukunftsgerichtete finanzielle Steuerung (Planungsinstrumente, Abgrenzung der operativen Planung, Leistungsbudget, Finanzplan, Planbilanz), wertorientierte Unternehmenssteuerung, Kostenplanung und Abweichungsanalyse.
C12_Bilanzierung
C12_Bilanzierung
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelorstudiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre (BSc BWL 12)
(01.09.2012)
Project Description
Technik des Jahresabschlusses (mit/ohne Abschlusstabelle); Elemente des Jahresabschlusses (Bilanz, Gewinn- & Verlustrechnung, Anhang, Lagebericht); Bilanzierung im Allgemeinen; Bewertungsmassstäbe (Anschaffungskosten, Herstellungskosten, beizulegender Wert); Bilanzierungsgrundsätze (Vorsichtsprinzip, Realisationsprinzip, Niederstwertprinzip, Höchstwertprinzip); Gewinn- & Verlustrechnung nach Gesamtkosten- und Umsatzkostenverfahren; Ergebnisverwendung bei Kapitalgesellschaften (mit/ohne Ausschüttungssperren) und bei Personengesellschaften, Aktivierungswahlrechte; Passivierungswahlrechte; Anlagenspiegel; Forderungenspiegel; Fremdwährungsforderungen und -verbindlichkeiten; Rückstellungenspiegel; Verbindlichkeitenspiegel; ausgewählte Sonderformen der Rückstellungen; Eventualverbindlichkeiten; Verbuchung verschiedener Zuschüsse; gewinnabhängige Steuern und Mehr-Weniger-Rechnung; Unternehmen in der Krise (Überschuldung); latente Steuern (aktive und passive latente Steuern) .
C12_Angewandte Mikroökonomie
C12_Angewandte Mikroökonomie
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelorstudiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre (BSc BWL 12)
(01.09.2012)
Project Description
Die Veranstaltung dient dazu, die Studierenden mit den Themen der Produktionstheorie, Wettbewerbstheorie und Spieltheorie vertraut zu machen. Die Studierenden sind in der Lage, quantitative Antworten auf ökonomische Fragestellungen zu geben, Preis-, Angebots-, und Wettbewerbsstrategien zu entwickeln und diese in einen betriebswirtschaftlichen Kontext zu übertragen.
- Technologie:
Produktionsfunktionen, Grenzprodukt, TRS, Skalenerträge
- Kostenminimierung:
kurz- und langfristige Kostenminimierung, Kostenkurven
- Unternehmensangebot bei vollkommener Konkurrenz:
Gewinnmaximierung, Angebotsentscheidung, kurz- und langfristiges Angebot
- Monopoltheorie:
Gewinnmaximierung, Wohlfahrtsverlust, natürliches Monopol, Preisdiskriminierung
- Spieltheorie:
Simultane Spiele, gemischte Gleichgewichte, sequenzielle und wiederholte Spiele
- Oligopoltheorie:
Mengen- und Preisführerschaft, Kartellabsprachen
- Asymmetrische Information:
Moralisches Risiko, Prinzipal-Agenten Beziehung, adverse Selektion
- Auktionen:
Auktionsformen, Spieltheoretische Analyse von Auktionen, Auktionsdesign
C15 MasterLAB in Financial Services - Creation of portfolio and asset allocation for sustainable investors - A case study
C15 MasterLAB in Financial Services - Creation of portfolio and asset allocation for sustainable investors - A case study
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Masterstudiengang Finance (MSc FI 15)
(01.09.2015)
Teaching Method
Practical project work
Learning Objectives
After completion of the module, the students have at their disposal practical experiences in handling a consulting project in the area of finance.
In the course of the assignment, they utilize a range of advanced procedures and techniques incorporated in the discipline and apply theoretical insights to practical solutions, so that they are directly prepared for their professional life.
Students develop original and creative answers for topics and problems and are able to evaluate the situation even without complete information.
They are able to reflect and enlarge their knowledge and capabilities. In addition, they master professional project assignment and presentation techniques and are trained to function in a team.
They are also able to assume responsibility within the team and to coordinate team assignments while taking into account the interest of the business.
In the course of the assignment, they utilize a range of advanced procedures and techniques incorporated in the discipline and apply theoretical insights to practical solutions, so that they are directly prepared for their professional life.
Students develop original and creative answers for topics and problems and are able to evaluate the situation even without complete information.
They are able to reflect and enlarge their knowledge and capabilities. In addition, they master professional project assignment and presentation techniques and are trained to function in a team.
They are also able to assume responsibility within the team and to coordinate team assignments while taking into account the interest of the business.
Assessment Methods
See lectures within the module.