YEARBOOK 2016 - 2017 | XJTLU DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

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Humanities and Architecture
2016-2017 YEARBOOK Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Department of Architecture 西 交 利 物 浦 大 学 建 筑 系
Sample images of the work produced by students during the module.
Level 1
( Year 2 | Semester 2 )
Module Credits
2.5
Module Leader
Glen Wash Ivanovic
Number of Students
229
Humanities and Architecture introduces students to architecture and
the built environment as a broadly humanistic concern, and supports
their future studio work by introducing them to theories and methods
on the relationship between humans and place, aiming not only to give
students more analytical approaches to architecture and design, but also
to emphasise the relationship between architecture, people, and society.
Through the application of theoretical approaches and tools of spatial
analysis students engage with real sites in the city of Suzhou,
understanding architecture, urbanism, space, and the built environment
as subjects crucially connected to the humanities and social sciences,
including geography, sociology, anthropology and history.
In this version of the module students had three routes in Suzhou
available for them to explore. Students had to undertake three different
research projects in their selected route. In their first project they had
to work in groups of four to five students, later progressing to their
individual exercises. Each project familiarises students with specific
theories and methodologies and requires them to apply them in their
chosen route. The results are compiled in the module report: a sort of log
book which collects the student’s work and their reflections on it.
Level 01 – Year 2
B Eng Architecture Programme