Theory of Architecture detail TNDTE Diploma syllabus for Architectural Assistantship (AA), M scheme is extracted from TNDTE official website and presented for diploma students. The course code (31232), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below. The syllabus PDFs can be downloaded from official website.
For all other architectural asst 3rd sem syllabus for diploma m scheme tndte you can visit Architectural Asst 3rd Sem Syllabus for Diploma M Scheme TNDTE Subjects. The detail syllabus for theory of architecture is as follows.
Rationale:
Students of Architectural Assistantship at diploma level are supposed to understand basic principles of theory of architecture while designing some building. All students should know the physical aspects of Architecture like: form, function, balance, light and shadow, shape, plane, volume, line, proportions, rhythm, texture, emphasis, contrast, color and other related elements. Therefore, the subject theory of architecture is very important for students undergoing diploma course in Architectural Assistantship because it is the basis of Architecture. Teachers while imparting instructions are expected to teach various elements used in designing buildings. Teachers may make use of models and audio-visual aids to clarify the concepts. Group discussions and seminars may also be organized to discuss various concepts and principles involved in the design. It is recommended that teachers may organize visits to work sites to clarify the concepts and principles involved.
Objectives:
- To know about the principles of architecture
- To know about the elements of architecture
- To understand the concepts of various buildings.
- To study the organization of forms and spaces
- To gain knowledge about the articulation and circulation of buildings.
Unit I
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Unit II
Architectural Forms & Space
Form & space – Unity of opposites, Shapes, visual and emotional effects of geometric forms – The sphere, the cube, the pyramid, the cylinder and cone and their derivatives, Subtractive & additive forms – linear, radial, centralized, clustered, grid – various building examples – Form defining space – horizontal elements, vertical elements – Space defining elements, openings in space-defining elements.
Unit III
Components Of Design And Principles Of Composition
- Components:
- Principles Of Composition:
Proportion, scale – Ordering principles – balance, rhythm, symmetry, datum, hierarchy, pattern, and axis with building examples.
Unity, harmony and specific qualities of design to include dominance, punctuating effect, dramatic effect, fluidity, climax, texture, color and contrast with building examples.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Articulation And Circulation
- Articulation Of Form: Types:
- Edges and corners,
- Surfaces articulation
- Circulation :
Works of contemporary architects and their ideologies and philosophies using the forms and space – Louis Sullivan, Philip Johnson.
Function of building circulation- components of building circulation – The building approach, the building entrance, configuration of the path, path space relationship, form of circulation space with examples – Simple circulation diagram for buildings – Examples – Circulation as a component in the works of modern and post modern architects – Louis Khan, Charles Correa,
References:
- V.S.Pramar, Design Fundamentals in Architecture, Samaiya Publications Private Ltd., New Delhi.
- Paul Alan Johnson – The Theory of Architecture – Concepts and themes, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York.
- Francis D.K.Ching, Architecture-Form, Space and Order, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1979.
- Helm Marie Evans and Caria David Dunneshil, An initiation to design,Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc., New York
- Ernest Burden – Elements of Architectural Design – A visual resource, VanNostrand Reinhold, 1994.
- Sir Bannister Fletcher – A History of Architecture, Butterworths, London, 1987.
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