This lecture series examines in chronological order the development of architecture and urban planning across the ages. We will analyze the driving forces and factors that have determined the cultural change in both the production and the interpretation of the relationship between architecture and the city. Buildings will be addressed as components of the broader urban system and the latter will be interpreted in its intertwining with the territorial structure.This module addresses the fundamental changes in architecture and the city from Early Modern Times and Enlightenment up to early Modernism around 1900.The focus is on the deep socio-cultural, economic and ecological consequences of industrialization and capitalist production on the modern conceptions of the disciplines of architecture and urban planning.

Exam: 05.03.2026