Architekturstars

At the same time as archi­tec­tu­re has beco­me a topic of dis­cus­sion among the gene­ral public, the figu­re of the star, ori­gi­nal­ly situa­ted in popu­lar cul­tu­re, has ente­red the field of archi­tec­tu­re. What are the social and cul­tu­re-spe­ci­fic deve­lo­p­ments that under­lie the star sys­tem in archi­tec­tu­re? What is a star any­way, and why do we need them? And what does the star sys­tem teach us about how the field of archi­tec­tu­re works? Based on the­se ques­ti­ons, the phe­no­me­non of the archi­tec­tu­ral star is explo­red from dif­fe­rent angles. The­se include an ana­ly­sis of the star figu­re in various cul­tu­ral fields, expl­ana­to­ry approa­ches that draw on pro­ces­ses affec­ting socie­ty as a who­le, and theo­ries on the uni­que natu­re of archi­tec­tu­re. The cour­se has the cha­rac­ter of a rese­arch pro­ject in which stu­dents actively par­ti­ci­pa­te. Pre­re­qui­si­tes for par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on are a wil­ling­ness to read and dis­cuss texts and to con­duct a small rese­arch pro­ject or inter­view. Stu­dents will be intro­du­ced to the rele­vant rese­arch methods.

Tea­ching: Chris­ti­na Schu­ma­cher, Ber­na­dette Fülscher