Making of Pfalz. Entdeckung einer Region in Architektur, Kunst und Literatur

Discovering architecture, art and literature of the Palatinate region Regions can provide a geographical and cultural framework for architecture. Which elements turn an area into a region? Do such elements exist for our region – the “Pfalz” (Palatine) –, and how are they defined and created? With the tools of a Critical regionalism (K. Frampton) the seminar will investigate the cultural creation “Pfalz”. As the Palatine region only came into being as late as 1816, one focus of discussion will be the visual forming processes of a specific palatine (architectural) image during the 19th Century. Therefore, one of the prominent architectural features defining our image of the Pfalz, its medieval castles (“Burgen”), will be a central topic of the seminar. Not overlooking its antipodes – the huts –, we will take a closer loo