Aim
The course aims at providing the student with insight about the multitude of the experimenting architect’s line of work. To offer a broad knowledge of contemporary architecture and the methods and concepts used by the most successful architects in their practice. To take part of their work, theories and also provide a basic knowledge of the problems faced by experimental, investigating architecture.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• show understanding of the background of architectural creative processes

• show understanding of different architectural theories and their application

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

• actively take part in discussions about architectural creative reseach

• actively be able to discuss architecture’s role in, and relation to, society

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to resent his or her thoughts on the architect’s role in global society in a short paper

Contents
Architecture has changed dramatically and fundamentally in the latest 30 years. From being a conceited and mirroring form of expression during the late modernism, architecture has re-emerged into anxiousness and discomfort when facing the new and unknown present. Architecture has wrought havoc, searching for meaning and function in a time of violent change. In the future architecture could play the part of activist or agitator, locally as well as globally, which would demand continual development and improvement of the tools and methods that architects use in their design process.

The course is a series of lectures. Invited lecturers are mainly architects of high international standards, spanning from representatives of contemporary global currents of architecture to researchers and professors from Lund university.

Literature
Each lecturer has the opportunity to present literature and information on his subject..