CC1:AHISTORYOFARCHITECTURE

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, 3000-2000 BCE; Terracotta Army, Xian, 200 BCE; Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, 1314; RoqueMap,London,1746; HomeInsuranceBuilding,Chicago,1896;CamiloCienfuegos City,Havana,1961.

ILLUSTRATEDESSAY

Theillustrated essay represents the conclusion of your contribution to CC1 andgives youthe opportunitytoworkonsome ofyourfavouritebuildings, ideas, or questions we discussed in this module.

Itshouldshowyouracquiredcapacityto:

1. Use appropriate VOCABULARY to identify and describe significant works of

2. Analyse a range of ARTEFACTS and DOCUMENTS related to architecture, including buildings, drawings, and

3. Contribute to EVIDENCE-BASED DISCUSSIONS on the historical meaning of architecture.
4. Compare and contrast historical architectural THEORIES AND PROPOSITIONS.

5. Practice INDEPENDENT STUDY AND

RESEARCHindistinctmodesofdelivery.

6. Offer interpretations of distinct architectural historical PERIODS and their social, political, cultural, environmental and economic CONTEXTS.

Submissiondate:Thursday20FEBRUARY2025before1 pm Assessment weight: 60% of the final grade

Assessmentlength:2,000words

YoumustrespondtooneofthesuggestedESSAYQUESTIONS

YoumustemploythesuggestedSTRUCTURE

Youmustinclude:

• ILLUSTRATIONS and CAPTIONS

• SCHOLARLYSOURCES
  • FOOTNOTES and BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • LISTOFFIGURES

You must avoid PLAGIARISM

Thursday20FEBRUARY2025before1pmisaharddeadline.

Ifyouhavereasonableadjustments,youmighthaveoneormoreweeks extension on the deadline.

Ifyouareexperiencinganyextenuatingcircumstances,youcan APPLYFOR ANEXTENSIONthroughthislinkbutpleasealsospeaktoyourpersonaltutor about it.

If you have any doubts about SUBMISSIONS and PENALTIES for late submissions, you can check thislink.

In any case, please make sure to PLAN YOUR WORK WELL IN ADVANCE of the deadline.

CAUTION! Quite often Blackboard experiences glitches on submission days, so if you want to be sure to avoid any technical issues, do submit a few hours in advance.

Theillustratedessayrepresents60%ofthefinalgrade.

TheMARKINGRUBRICisattachedattheendofthispresentation.Getfamiliar withittounderstandWHATISEXPECTEDwhatis expectedfromthis assignment.

Theareasyouwillbe markedonwillbe:

• CONTENT
• STRUCTURE
• ARGUMENT
• EVIDENCEOFSTUDY
  • PRESENTATION
• WRITING

Theillustratedessayisa2,000-worddocument.

Everyessayhasa10%tolerance,whichmeansthatyourworkcanbebetween

1,800and2,200words.

PleaseALWAYSADDTHEWORDCOUNTtoyoursubmission.

This is an individual assignment, so all students are supposed to SUBMIT INDIVIDUALLY their illustrated essay, either as a Word or as a PDF document.

Theillustratedessayresponds tooneofthesuggestedquestions listedbelow. ThequestionrepresentstheTITLEOFYOURESSAY.You havetheoptionto

ADDASUBTITLEwhichreflectsyourownargument,butthisisnotamust.

The questions engage with theLECTURES, SEMINARS, AND SITE VISITS of this module and are an opportunity for you to explorethe topicsdiscussed in this essay more personally.

If you havea very, very, very strong interest in a different question, or in a different approach to one of the suggested questions, you can request to change the question, but this must be agreed upon by your seminar tutor during your firsttutorial.You will need to support this request with avalid argumentandshow thescholarlysourcesyouplantoemploy.Itisuptothe tutor to confirm the validity and the feasibility of your proposal.

Anessaysubmittedwithaquestionthat wasnot agreeduponbyyourtutor will be considered off-topic.

TheessaywillbedividedintoTHREEPARTS:

• INTRODUCTION(approximately200words)

• MAINBODY
  • DESCRIPTION(approximately600words)
  • ANALYSIS(approximately600words)
  • CRITIQUE(approximately400words)

• CONCLUSION(approximately200words)

Pleasenotethatin thiscaseword lengthsarejustindicative.

Always USE SUBHEADINGS to indicate the progression from one section to the other. Subheadings should be titled as above but can also have a different SUBTITLE (e.g. Description. The Emergence of London Terraces)

TheintroductionisyourFIRSTMOMENTOFCONTACTwithyourreader.

Use this section to offer a COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW of the entire essay and its content.

Inyourintroduction,youdonot needtoexplainindetail anyfeaturesofyour work,but onlyCLEARLYCOMMUNICATEWHATYOU WILLBEEXAMINING,

andtheapproachyouwillemployinyourdiscussion,includingkey historiographical references.

Beforedelving into the in-depth analysis in the main body of the essay, succinctly OUTLINETHEESSAY'SSTRUCTURE and highlightyour main points.

Inyourdescription,youaresupposedtoprovideaDETAILEDEXAMINATION OFYOUROBJECTOFSTUDY,usingthemostappropriatevocabulary.

Inthissection,youmightrespondtoquestionsreferringtoyourobjects

FORM,FUNCTION,STRUCTURE,CONTEXTANDCHANGE.Itisnotimportant

thatyoucoverallthesefeaturesequallybutthat you:

• discusswhatisOBJECTIVELYimportantforthebuilding;

• discusswhatisSUBJECTIVELYinterestingforyou(butstillwitha methodic and scientific approach).

Inthissectionyoushould:

• useATLEASTTWOIMAGEStoillustrateyourpointvisually;

• use AT LEAST ONE SCHOLARLY SOURCE from the module reading list to provide the historical and theoretical foundations for your

Inyouranalyticalsection,youare supposedtoexamine yourobject ofstudy byEXPLORINGSOMEOFITSformal,technical,urban,social,economic, political,cultural,environmental,historical,theoreticalCONTEXTS.

Youmightwanttoaccomplishthistaskby:

• illustratingtheSPECIFICFEATURESofthiscontext;

• explainingtheSCIENTIFICREASONSforitsimportance;

• referring to SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURES from the same context;

• exploringitsRELATIONSHIPSTOOTHERCONTEXTS;

• includingOTHERSOURCESwithadifferentpointofviewonthe same issue.

In this section you should find (by yourself) AT LEAST ONE SOURCE TO USE INYOURANALYSIS.

Thiscanbeabook,anarticle ora chapter,but itMUSTBEASCHOLARLY SOURCE FROM YOUR DIGITAL OR PHYSICALLIBRARY. It can be the same

authorbut not the sameworkas the source youemployedinthedescription section.

Inthissection,youaresupposedtodisplayyourcapacitytoORIGINALLYAND CRITICALLY ENGAGE with your description and your analysis.

Todothat,youcanreflectonthefollowingquestions:

• whatisitpossibletolearnfromobservingyourOBJECTOFSTUDYIN LIGHT OF YOUR ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK?

• whatistheMEANINGOFTHISCONNECTIONinlightof

contemporarychallengesforarchitectureandthe historyofarchitecture?

• whatFURTHERQUESTIONSdoesthisconnectionraise?

• canyouidentifyanypotentialLIMITATIONOR COUNTERARGUMENT

toyourthesis?

TheconclusionisyourLASTMOMENTOFCONTACTwithyourreader.Useit toSUCCINCTLY RECAP THE KEYPOINTSof theessay, butalso to finally and coherently RESPOND TO THE ESSAY QUESTION.

TheessayisILLUSTRATED,that is,itusesbothwordsandimagestoconvey your argument.

Illustrations may include any of the following: plans, sections, elevations, sketches,digitalmodels,photographs,paintings oranyothervisualmaterials. They can beyour own or taken fromthe internet, but their source must be acknowledgedin theLISTOFFIGURES(seebelow).

You need to use AT LEAST TWO ILLUSTRATIONS.You are welcome to use more,butmakesurethatallyourillustrationsareRELEVANTtoyourargument. Inordertodothat,makesurethatyourillustrationsisREFERENCEDand CAPTIONED:

• inthetext,youshouldrefertotheimage

e.g.TheParthenonislocatedontheAthenianAcropolis[Fig.1].

• belowthe image,youshouldbrieflyexplainwhat theimage

e.g.Fig. 1:TheAthenianAcropolis.

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The Parthenon is located on the Athenian Acropolis [Fig. 1]. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecatcupidatatnonproident,sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Fig.1:TheAthenianAcropolis.

The illustrated essay should highlight your capacity to contribute to EVIDENCE-BASED DISCUSSIONS on the historical meaning of architecture and to practice INDEPENDENT STUDY AND RESEARCH.

Inthis sense,it isnot amonologue,the pureproduct ofyourindependent and abstractthinking.Onthecontrary,itisaDIALOGUEbetweenyouandthe other past, present and future researchers, based on the existing body of literature and oriented to transform it.

YouneedtouseATLEASTTWOSCHOLARLYSOURCES:

• onefromtheREADINGLIST,providingyouwithkeyarchitecturaland historical details on your object of study;

• one of your own choice fromthe DIGITAL ANDPHYSICALLIBRARY; this must either be a book, or a book chapter or an article.

CAUTION!Youcanuseasmanysourcesasyoulike,butmakesurethatyou do not use Wikipedia or other internet blogs.

FootnotesandbibliographyareimportanttoLOCATEYOURWORK WITHIN THEEXISTINGBODY OFLITERATURE. They prove you have been engaging with the work of other researchers and they let your readers, who are interested in reading more about the subject, know where to find further information

WeusetheCHICAGOCITATIONSTYLE;youcanfindmoreinformationhere:

• ChicagoCitationQuickGuide:link;

• CiteThemRight:link.

ATTHEBOTTOMOFEACHOFYOURPAGE:

ATTHEENDOFYOURTEXT:

ATTHEENDOFYOURDOCUMENT:

Pleasenotethatthelistoffigures:

• uses the same style as footnotes;
• comes after the text and the bibliography;

• allows using Wikipedia or any other internet

CAUTION!Referencingtakesalotoftime,soitisbesttostartinadvance!

Plagiarism iswherea studenteither:

• presents work for assessment which contains the UNACKNOWLEDGED PUBLISHED OR UNPUBLISHED words thoughts, judgements, ideas, structures or images OF SOME OTHER PERSON OR PERSONS;

• presents for assessment WORK WHICH THAT STUDENT HAS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED for assessment as part of the same or another

module or course, or at another institution.

Why avoid it:

• because of your MORAL INTEGRITY;
• because it is going to be PENALISED;
• because it is going to be DETECTED:

In line with other higher education institutions, the University employs text- matchingsoftware,suchasSafeAssignandTurnitin,tohelpidentifypotential plagiarisminassignments.Thesoftwaredoes notdetectplagiarism per sebut does highlight text similarities. Academic judgement will still be used to decide whether or not potential plagiarism exists in an assignment.

CAUTION!Dontworrytoomuch.Youperfectlyknowifyouarecommitting plagiarismor not. Justmakesurethateverything you getfrom other sources either as a direct quotation or as a paraphrase is correctly referenced.

Please note that the Turnitin similarity rate does not represent a final evaluationifyoucommittedplagiarism ornot itonlyseeswhat youtook from existing sources, it does not see what you cited and what not.

09DECEMBER IntroductiontotheIllustratedessay

Essaywritingskills

27JANUARY Seminartutorials

TBCFEBRUARY Optionalone-to-onetutorialswithPALs

17FEBRUARY Seminartutorials

20FEBRUARY Finalsubmission