Medien Aktionen Apparate
Geschichte und Theorie III
GTA II
Architektur – Theorie – Geschichte
Prof. Dr. Adria Daraban
Maurice Denechaud M.Sc. Arch.
Maurice Denechaud M.Sc. Arch.
Begin:
29.04.26, 12:15-13:45 Uhr
Place:
Raum 01-160
How do societal challenges affect the range of media used in architecture? Through what means does architecture articulate the tangible reorientation of socio-spatial practices? Which tools—media, actions, apparatus—are appropriate and effective in addressing the various tensions that arise between people and the environment? How are pressing collective concerns—the environmental and climate crisis, resource consumption and soil sealing, land use and distribution, and generationally equitable, equal-opportunity, and inclusive access to space as a resource—captured, addressed, and communicated in architecture?
Here, architectural theory, as a critical cultural theory, bears the responsibility of unfolding its potential both discursively and operationally.
Here, architectural theory, as a critical cultural theory, bears the responsibility of unfolding its potential both discursively and operationally.
Against this backdrop, the seminar “Media, Actions, Apparatus” is dedicated to reflecting on tools and methods that enable engagement in current discourses. Journals, pamphlets, or facsimiles; actions, interventions, or apparatus; protests or initiatives; performative appropriations of space or spontaneous transformations—all of these are reshaping the discourses, formats, and media of architectural criticism. In the course, we will explore, map, and analyze current media in working groups. Our aim is to understand how these forms of architectural criticism function and to appropriate them for ourselves. Architectural criticism is an important tool that is needed today more than ever to enable architects to develop a nuanced and self-critical approach to their own practice.