走向新建筑Towards a New Architecture

This session will discuss the Modernist movement in architecture in the early twentieth century and the worldwide transformation of architecture it brought about. What kind of environment gives rise to change? What does modern architecture stand for? What impact did it have on the world? How should we view the Modernist movement of the early twentieth century as a whole? Reading list: Modern Architecture: A Critical History, Kenneth Frampton Le Corbusier, Jean-Louis Cohen Bauhaus: Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Chicago, Hans M. Wingler Mies van der Rohe: A Critical Biography, Franz Schulze A History of Modern Foreign Architecture, Tongji University