Adaptive Strategies Past, Present, Future: Topics in the History of Architecture and Urban Planning

History matters to design, yes, but in what way?

This course explores prominent themes in the history of architecture and urban planning in relation to contemporary challenges. Different ways of investigation (mapping, archival research, etc.) are used to discuss and question the relationship with current scientific and practical disciplines as well as the design discipline.

The course aims to activate the past for the design of the future. It does this through a focus on critical spaces, such as (but not limited to) port cities in times of transition. Previous case studies have included Beirut, Naples, Rotterdam, Venice, Dunkirk, Rabat/Sale, Casablanca, Tangier.

Check the catalogue for this year's theme or contact c.m.hein@tudelft.nl.

Analytical assignment consisting of research and design components. Evaluation based on overall performance in the course

The design project is awarded a grade that is a whole or half number between 1.0 and 10.0. Students pass the course with a 6.0 or higher. With a grade below 6.0: students who presented assessable work during the course are allowed to do a repair to change the grade into a ‘pass’. The repair is unsupervised and needs to be completed within 2 weeks after the end of the course. When the repair is unsuccessful, the student needs to follow the entire course again.