YEARBOOK 2016 - 2017 | XJTLU DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

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Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics
2016-2017 YEARBOOK Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Department of Architecture 西 交 利 物 浦 大 学 建 筑 系
Field Trip to the James Turrell exhibition ‘Immersive Light’
at the Long Museum, 2017.
From left to right: Dong Yiping, Zhang Wen and Chen Yukun.
Photograph by Claudia Westermann.
Level 3
( Year 4 | Semester 2 )
Module Credits
5
Module Leader
Claudia Westermann
Teaching Team
Tordis Berstrand
Guest Speakers
Adam Brillhart (CAA, Hangzhou)
Number of Students
52
Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics provides an introduction to the wider
cultural framework that forms the basis for architecture and architectural
design. It introduces critical reflections at the border of architectural
discourse, from both East and West, in order to facilitate a better
understanding of cultural contexts and their influence on positions and
expressions in the fine arts and architecture. Students demonstrate their
understanding of how philosophy, art, and architecture mutually influence
each other in short coursework exercises related to the seminar discussions,
as well as in an essay, which offers an optional link to the Final Year Studio
Project.
This year’s course responded to the theme ‘Beyond Form: Plays with the
Formless in Art and Architecture’ with a specifically designed series of
lectures and seminars, addressing notions of formlessness in art, design
and architecture. Philosophical writings, reflecting the theme in an
explicit or implicit way, were given as reading assignments and discussed
in the seminars in relation to selected works of art, such as paintings,
installations, films, poetry and other forms of creative writing, but also to
works generally categorised as design. An excursion to the James Turrell
exhibition ‘Immersive Light’ at the Long Museum in Shanghai offered an
additional opportunity for reflection.
Level 03 – Year 4
B Eng Architecture Programme