Human Behaviour and Built Environment 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 human behaviour and built environment is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 9 Introduction to the term environmental psychology as relation between human behaviour and natural and built environment. Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary aspect of environmental psychology. Outline of history of study of human behaviour with respect to context.
Unit II
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Unit III
ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOUR 12 Proxemics, Personal space. Defensible space. Territoriality. Privacy. Ambient Environment. Stress. Density. Crowding. Behaviour Setting. Patterns and activities. Archetypical spaces. Place identity and place attachment. Human behaviour in different contexts- nature, residential, work, urban public space, city, etc., Human behaviour and geometry of spaces/ buildings.
Unit IV
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Course Outcomes:
- An overall understanding of the relationship between human behaviour and built environment.
- Knowledge about various terms and aspects related to human behaviour.
- An ability to study physical situations with respect to human behaviour.
- Sensitivity to apply knowledge of human behaviour in design situations.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Robert Gifford, Environmental Psychology: Principles and Practice, Optimal Books, 2007.
- RikardKuller, Architectural Psychology, McGraw Hill, 1978.
- Robert Sommer, The Behavioural Basis of Design, Englewood Cliffs, 1969.
- Christopher Alexander, A Pattern Language, Oxford University Press, 1977.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Bachelor of Architecture 5th Sem, visit B.Arch 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Bachelor of Architecture results, visit Anna University B.Arch all semester results direct link.