40 426 Elements of Architecture: The Corridor (Spring 2026)

Facts about the course

ECTS Credits:
6
Responsible department:
Institutt for arkitektur
Course Leader:
Mari Hvattum
Lecture Semester:
Spring
Study level:
Second degree level
Duration:
½ year
Reading list (Leganto)

Admission requirements

Students must have passed foundation level courses (BA-level) at AHO or equivalent, 180 ECTS.

The course is connected to the following study programs

Course description

The master seminar series Elements of Architecture studies the history of selected building elements and architectural types. The spring 2026 is dedicated to the corridor. Corridors are pervasive yet unloved parts of modern architecture, associated with bureaucracy, oppression and often (given their prevalence in horror movies) fear. And yet, not only is the corridor a prerequisite for modern building types such as schools, hospitals and hotels, it also harbours profound qualities of its own. Studying historical and contemporary corridors in film, literature, art and architecture, this seminar examines both the horror and the beauty of the corridor in the modern world.

Learning Outcome

After successfully completing the course, you have acquired the following knowledge:

  • You have an overview of the historical development of the corridor and its ambivalent role in modern architectural history.

After successfully completing the course, you have acquired the following skills:

  • You can read historical and academic texts in a critical and constructive manner.
  • You can design and build interpretative architectural models.
  • You can collaborate in a curator team, curating and building an architectural exhibition.

After successfully completing the course, you have acquired the following competence:

  • You can analyse and understand transformation processes in architectural history.
  • You can communicate complex historical processes by means of concrete examples.

Teaching

The seminar consists of lectures, reading seminars, case studies and local field trips, ending in an exhibition of architectural models at the end of the semester.

In order to achieve the course’s learning outcomes, physical attendance at lectures, seminars and exhibition work is necessary.

Examination

In order to be assessed in this course, you must have the following mandatory activities approved:

3 Case study presentations. At least two must be approved.

Form of assessment: Project

Grouping: Group

Grading scale: Pass/fail

Description of the assessment: The assessment is done on the basis of the final exhibition.

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