Architecture and Urbanism in Asia - ARCH7220
Faculty: Built Environment
School: Architecture Program
Course Outline: Built Environment
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Description
This course is an introduction to architecture and urbanism in Asia, beginning with pre-modern architectural and urban developments in East Asia, and thematic exploration of the same themes in South-East and West Asia. The focus of study is the contribution of individual buildings to the urban morphology. Against this pre-modern background, modern architectural and urban developments in the Asian context are considered and interpreted, including the rise of the modern profession of architecture, cross-cultural exchange, colonialism, conservation, regionalism, landscape, infrastructure innovation and rapid urbanization in mega-urban centres.