Academic year/semester: 2024/25/1

ECTS Credits: 4

Available for: Only for the faculty’s students

Lecture hours: 3
Seminarium:0
Practice: 1
Laboratory: 0
Consultation: 0

Prerequisites: none

Course Leader: Dr. Nagy Gergely

Faculty: Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, 1146 Budapest, Thököly út 74.

Course Description:
Aim of the subject is to give a broad understanding of the European and Hungarian history of architecture, and to deepen the knowledge of the correlation between architecture and culture. The above is introduced through the case study of Budapest, guided field trip in the City, presentations and workshops.

Competences:
able to comprehensively handle aesthetic, functional, technical, economic, social and legal expectations throughout the design process

Topics:
14 WEEKS SCHEDULE:
1. week: Semester’s tasks and information Architectural styles – structures, forms, periods - overview
2. week: Semester’s tasks and information Architectural styles – structures, forms, periods - overview
3. week: Hungarian History of Architecture 1
4. week: Hungarian History of Architecture 2
5. week: Workshop week, no lesson
6. week: Field Trip 1
7. week: Historicism 1: Basic information, Andrássy Avenue
8. week: Historicism 2: apartment houses
9. week: No lesson
10. week: Field Trip 2
11. week: 20th century Hungarian Architecture
12. week: Socialist Realist Architecture
13. week: LAST CONSULTATION
14. week: Presentations, closing of semester

Assessment: Midterm assignment and exam

Exam Types:

Mid Term Exam

Compulsory bibliography: none

Recommended bibliography: none

Additional bibliography: none

Additional Information: none