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AAR4250

Architecture as a Technological Practice

Credits 7.5
Level Second degree level
Course start Autumn 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

By lectures,the course offers knowledge of structures’, materials’ and technical installations’ importance to architecture. It is particularly relevant to students that see the design of buildings in cooperation with architects as their future working area, as well as those students who take a particular interest in the design aspects of engineering. Also; the course is highly relevant for students of architecture who wish to learn more about the role of technology in architecture.The main aim of the course is to stimulate an interest in, and to develop an understanding of architecture as a technological practice, as well as to enable students to see structures and other engineering devices as expressions also of cultural phenomena.

Learning outcome

GENERAL COMPETENCE: The course aims at offering a competence in architecture and engineering as cultural phenomena, and the ability to see the relationship that exists between technological possibilities and architectural design decisions. The course will, in addition to a perspective on architecture as a technological practice,also give the students a basic competence in architecture seen as both a functional and a stylistic enterprise. KNOWLEDGE: After having finished the course students are expected to know important reference works within the history of architecture up to the present, and to understand the role played by engineering in these. Furthermore are the students expected to describe important aspects of the architectural development and the reasons behind this. SKILLS: The course is intended to prepare the students to “read” and understand the part played by structures and other engineering interventions in specific works of architecture, and thereby offering a basis for discussing structural form, the choice of materials and detailing, as well as technical installations, with professionals from other disciplines. The course also aims at offering the necessary skills to discuss and to evaluate design solutions within the engineering or architects professions as such.

Learning methods and activities

The core activity of the course is a lecture series on architectures that aims at communicating knowledge as well as stimulating an interest in the building culture which is common to architects and engineers, with a focus on presenting and discussing specific buildings. The teaching activities also consist of tutoring related to a written assignment. The assignment is to be developed throughout the semester and is submitted about 3-4 weeks before exams.

The teacher will inform students at the start of the semester if there will be a voluntary excursion. Students who participate in voluntary excursions will be expected to pay an individual sum. Students who choose not to participate in the voluntary excursion will be offered an alternative teaching plan.

Compulsory assignments

  • Semester test

Further on evaluation

The student will not be allowed to sit for the exam unless the essay is approved. The right to complain applies only after the final grade has been given. Postponed examinations are scheduled for August (week 32/33/(34)).

Subject areas

  • Building Technology
  • Architecture- and Design History
  • Structural Engineering
  • Architecture

Contact information

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code E Date 2025-11-25 Time 15:00 Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
Place and room for school exam

The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.

Sluppenvegen 14
Room SL510
2 candidates
Room SL310 turkis sone
18 candidates
Room SL311 brun sone
3 candidates
Room SL111 blå sone
1 candidate

Re-sit examination - Summer 2026

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code E Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.