Design Process and Thinking detailed syllabus for Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the B.Arch students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Bachelor of Architecture 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit B.Arch 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to B.Arch Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of design process and thinking is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN 7 Definition and understanding of design as a fundamental activity of humans. History of design process -earliest times through Renaissance, Beaux Arts, Bauhaus, contemporary processes. Classification of design – according to scale, process, mode of production, etc., Self-conscious and unselfconscious design. Design through drawing and design through craft. Pragmatic design, iconic design, analogic design, canonic or syntactic design.
Unit II
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Unit III
CREATIVE THINKING 12 Understanding the term creativity. Theories on thinking – left brain/ right brain, convergent/ divergent thinking, lateral/ vertical thinking. Blocks in creative thinking. Techniques to generate creativity -brainstorming, reversal, metaphor, analogy, generation of alternatives, role playing, attribute listing and morphological analysis. Role of inspiration in creativity. Architectural inspirations. Concept of Creative Flow.
Unit IV
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Course Outcomes:
- Ability to think about architecture as one of the many fields under the broader ambit of design as a fundamental human activity.
- Self awareness with respect to the creative process.
- Ability to engage different processes to give creative output in an appropriate manner.
- Awareness of the importance of considering people/ stakeholders in the design process.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Victor Papanek, ‘Design for the Real world, Human Ecology and Social Change’, Chicago Review Press, 2005.
- Paul Alan Johnson, ‘Theory of Architecture- Concepts, Themes, Practices’, VNR; 1994.
- Christopher Alexander, ‘A Pattern Language’, Oxford University Press, 1977.
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, Harper 2008
- Jeremy Till et al, ‘Spatial Agency: Other Ways of Doing Architecture’, Routledge, 2011.
- Philip Plowright, Revealing Architectural Design: Methods, Frameworks and Tools, Routledge, 2014.
- Anthony Antoniades, ‘Poetics of Architecture- Theory of Design’, VNR,1992.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Bachelor of Architecture 5th Sem, visit B.Arch 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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