Course Code：DB001137
Course Name：Readings in Architecture
Course Name in Chinese：西方建筑学经典文献选读
Credit：2
Course Introduction：
The purpose of this course is to provide to students who are embarking on careers in scholarship in architecture a re-introduction to the primary texts of the discipline written by architects in European languages. In addition to introducing themes and texts, this course aims to increase and ease the student’s familiarity with the practices that are typical of scholarship, the forms and habits of scholarly inquiry, particularly when that scholarship seeks interconnections with design practice. The theme for Fall 2025, Theory in Word and Image, will explore how architects use both writing and drawing to develop and present their understanding of and proposals for architecture. The course’s basic premise—that theory is developed verbally and visually—runs against the grain of common conceptions, which tend to assume text-based thinking stands at the center of theory. The aim is not to subordinate text-based thought, but to put image-based thought at the same level, discovering the potentials and limitations of both kinds of ‘theorizing.’ A consequence of this re-ranking and pairing of word and image is that practicing architects, for whom drawing is a fundamental form of thought and communication, will resume their central role in the history of theory.
Course Introduction in Chinese：
本课程旨在充分使用亚洲建筑档案中心的图书和档案资源，向准备从事建筑学术研究的学生重新介绍欧洲语言中的建筑学主要文献。在主题和文本的介绍之外，课程还将帮助学生熟悉学术研究的典型方法、方式和习惯，尤其关注学术研究与设计实践的相互关系。课程由两部分组成：1）细读从古代到 20 世纪建筑理论史上具有作者和建筑师双重身份的著作；2）介绍作者/建筑师的著作通常涉及的一些关键主题，它们已经在建筑、艺术史和哲学等不同类型的文本中都有阐述。每节课讨论一到两位建筑师的作品，包括对其著作和设计（无论是建成作品、设计呈现还是文字描述）的研读和诠释，及其背后更为广泛的学术脉络。学期开始时将引入一个中心主题，据此搭建研究框架，指导对单个案例的研究，并指出它们之间的关联和差异。2025年秋季学期的主题是“文字与图像中的理论”（Theory in Word and Image），将探讨建筑师如何利用写作和绘图来发展和展示他们对建筑的理解。与那些认为基于文本的思维才是理论之核心的通常认识不同，本课程有一个基本前提——理论同时通过言说和视觉的方式得到发展。如此认知的目的不是要让文本居于从属地位，而是重新将基于图像的思维与它置于同等地位，并发现这两种“理论化”路径各自的潜力和局限性。这种将文字和图像的重新排序和配对的结果是，实践建筑师（对他们来说绘图是一种基本的思维和交流形式）将在理论史上重新发挥核心作用。
Course Director：
戴维•莱瑟巴罗
David Leatherbarrow
巴卡漫画 建筑国际化示范学院，教授
Architecture Internalization Demonstration School，Professor
艾丝拉·萨赫欣·布拉特
Esra Sahin Burat
巴卡漫画 建筑国际化示范学院，副教授
Architecture Internalization Demonstration School, Associate Professor
史永高
SHI Yonggao
巴卡漫画 ，教授
School of Architecture, Professor
安东尼奥·托迪斯
Antonios Thodis
巴卡漫画 建筑国际化示范学院，助理教授
Architecture Internalization Demonstration School, Assistant Professor
Coordinating Teacher：史永高 SHI Yonggao
Course Level：PhD program, also open to master students
Semester Offered：Autumn Semester
