AR3501: Architecture and Urbanism of Colonialism and Modernity syllabus for B.Arch 2021 regulation

Architecture and Urbanism of Colonialism and Modernity detailed syllabus for Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University 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. The detailed syllabus of architecture and urbanism of colonialism and modernity is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Unit I

COLONIALISM, INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND MODERNITY 9 Voyages of trade, colonialism, political and economic strategies and socio-cultural intersections. Modernity as historical phenomenon and its various aspects and manifestations, encompassing social, cultural, technological, economic and political changes. Strands of modernity in architecture. Enlightenment ideals, Neo Classical architecture and its types. Outline of Industrial Revolution and associated changes. Urban transformations in Europe and America. Housing projects. New building types and spaces. Industrial material of steel, glass and concrete. New construction techniques and standardisation. Split of design education into architecture and engineering streams. Industrial exhibitions. Chicago School, skyscraper development and Louis Sullivan.

Unit II

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Unit III

EVOLUTION OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE – IDEOLOGIES, MOVEMENTS AND STYLES 10 Early modernism in Europe and America. Critique of ornamentation and Raumplan of Adolf Loos. Peter Behrens and Werkbund. Modern art and architecture – Expressionism, Futurism, Constructivism, Cubism, Suprematism and De-Stijl. Art Deco. Functionalism. Bauhaus. CIAM. International Style. Outline of works and architects associated with all the above. Ideas, works and evolution of Gropius, Corbusier, Aalto, Wright, Mies, Neutra.

Unit IV

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Unit V

MODERN ARCHITECTURE – SPREAD AND LATER DIRECTIONS 10 Brutalism. Team X. Ideas, works and evolution of Philip Johnson, Louis Kahn, Paul Rudolph, Eero Saarinen, SOM, Eames, I.M.Pei. Modern architecture and post independence India – national building, institutions and PWD architecture. Chandigarh and Corbusiers other works in India. Outline of evolution of the architectural profession in India, influences on architects. Outline of modernist architecture of India. Works of Kanvinde, Habib Rehman, Raje, early works of B.V. Doshi, Charles Correa, Uttam C.Jain, Hasmukh Patel

Course Outcomes:

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Text Books:

1. Kenneth Frampton, ‘Modern Architecture: A Critical History’, Oxford University Press, 2016.
2. William J. Curtis, ‘Modern Architecture since 1900’, Phaidon Press, 1996.
3. Manfredo Tafuri, ‘Modern Architecture’, Rizzoli Publications,1991.
4. Leonardo Benevolo, ‘History of Modern Architecture Vol 1 and 2’, Reprint, MIT Press, 1977.
5. G. H. R. Tillotson, ‘The Tradition of Indian Architecture: Continuity, Change, and the Politics of Style since 1850’, Yale University Press, 1989.
6. Miki Desai et. al., ‘Architecture and Independence: The Search for Identity- India 1880 to 1980’, Oxford University Press, 2000.

Reference Books:

1. Thomas Metcalf, ‘An Imperial Vision’, Oxford University Press, 2002.
2. Christian Norburg-Schulz., ‘Meaning in Western Architecture’, Rizzoli, Revised Edition, 1993.
3. Bill Risebero, ‘Modern Architecture and Design: An Alternative History’, MIT Press, 1985.
4. Norma Evenson, ‘The Indian Metropolis: A View Toward the West’, Yale University Press, 1989.
5. Francis D. K. Ching, Mark M. Jarzombek, Vikramaditya Prakash, ‘A Global History of Architecture’, John Wiley and Sons, 2017.
6. K.R.Sitalakshmi, ‘Architecture of Indian Modernity- The Case of Madras’, Palaniappa Brothers, 2015.

For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Bachelor of Architecture, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit B.Arch 5th sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.

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