Notes on the past and present teaching of aesthetics and the theory of arts and architecture at the ETSAB Barcelona School of Architecture - UPC

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https://doi.org/10.35305/23626097v9i17.396

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architecture, construction, studies, learning, schools of architecture

Abstract

Is teaching intended to build, or to think; to project and to build, or to reflect? Does architecture require walls and ceilings? Are building materials only those that are usually used? Can graphic and written images evoke images of well-being that are able to shape dreamed spaces; places where to dream, i.e., where to dream that it would be possible to dream?
Architecture studies are at the crossroads between practice and theory, construction and reflection, active life and contemplative life. The action-reflection conjunction is uncertain and complex, especially when architects in Spain are required technical knowledge. Thus, one might wonder if studies should also teach to take a step back to consider or reconsider the building work in progress or the already built work.

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Author Biography

Pedro Azara, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, España

Es doctor en arquitectura y profesor titular de estética en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (España). Director del Departamento de Teoría e Historia de la Arquitectura (THATC) de dicha Escuela. Es miembro de la misión arqueológica de Qasr Shemamok (Kurdistan, Iraq), y ha comisariado exposiciones y ha escrito sobre arquitectura y ciudad en el Próximo Oriente antiguo. Estuvo becado por la Fundación Getty de Los Ángeles y la fundación Gerda Henkel de Düsseldorf.

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Published

2022-12-12

How to Cite

Azara, P. (2022). Notes on the past and present teaching of aesthetics and the theory of arts and architecture at the ETSAB Barcelona School of Architecture - UPC. A&P Continuidad, 9(17). https://doi.org/10.35305/23626097v9i17.396

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