Course Code：MS001330
Course Name：
Advanced Studies in Architecture and Culture：From Social and cultural Theories to the Material Architectural Spaces: Exploring Research Entry Points
Course Name in Chinese：
建筑文化前沿：从社会文化理论到物质建筑空间——寻找研究的切入点
Credit：2
Course Introduction：
This graduate-level course (for master’s and doctoral students) introduces multiple research entry points in architectural studies, establishing concrete connections between sociocultural theories and material architectural spaces. It aims to reconstruct rich social life contexts and expand new research horizons.
The core framework of this course applies social theories and cultural studies to investigate micro-scale material architectural spaces, revealing the dynamic interplay between micro-architecture and macro-society while excavating the resistance mechanisms and unique values embedded in material architectures.
Key topics include: Architecture as Social Institutions, Prisons and Micro-Spaces, Wartime Architectures, Architectural Media and Mediation, Landscape Openness, Everyday Life and Design Practices, Painting and Art-viewing Communities, among others.
The primary objective is to cultivate students’ methodological awareness, abstract thinking, and acute observational skills, providing conceptual frameworks and analytical approaches for both design practices and academic research.
Course Introduction in Chinese：
本课程向研究生（硕、博）介绍建筑研究的若干切入点，在社会文化理论与物质建筑空间之间，寻找具体的关系，还原丰富的社会生活，拓开研究新视野。
本课程的核心构架是用社会理论和文化研究理论，研究物质的微观的建筑空间，显示微观建筑与宏观社会之间不确定的互动关系，挖掘微观物质建筑的抵抗和独特价值。
课程探讨的议题包括：建筑作为社会机构、监狱及微观空间、战争中的建筑物、建筑的媒介与媒体、风景园林的开放、日常生活与设计、绘画与观画群体，等。
本课程的核心目的是培养研究生的方法意识、抽象思维和敏锐观察，为设计创作和学术论文提供方法和思路。
Course Director：
朱剑飞
ZHU Jianfei
纽卡斯尔大学，教授
Newcastle University, Professor
Coordinating Teacher：朱昊昊 ZHU Haohao
Course Level：Master program
Semester Offered：Autumn Semester
