Critical Design Studio 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 7th sem scheme and its subjects, do visit B.Arch 7th sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of critical design studio is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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CONTENT
Architecture as a discipline balances many concerns in the creation of buildings. However, it also represents ideas and production reacting to/ reinforcing/ anticipating/ transforming specific aspects of the existing world towards a more desirable future. This could spring from individual perspectives as well as through concerted efforts which then become movements. Architecture can thus seek to understand, reflect, strengthen, question, change status quo. The process of design can thus offer a possible, intended future. Projects/ design situations will be given in this regard which address issues/ programmes of current society with a larger impact in terms of scale or importance. Different realms/ aspects of contemporary life can be explored. Some possible projects/ area of inquiry are institutional campuses of significance, mixed use projects involving diverse user groups, culturally and socially important buildings, urban life, technological developments, culture, globalisation, place, meaning, identity, appropriate architecture, etc., Suitable processes can be engaged for critical and creative thinking which could include wide and interdisciplinary reading to take critical positions, social processes, contemporary processes such as mapping and diagramming, methods related to technical or empirical aspects, etc., The particular line of thought will be taken through to completion through the processes. It is preferable to have one major project with small exercises under it if required.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Kate Nesbitt, ‘Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture’, Princeton Architectural Press, 1996.
- Neil Leach, ‘Rethinking Architecture’, Routledge, 2005.
- Harry Francis Mallgrave and David Goodman, ‘An Introduction to Architectural Theory- 1968 to the Present’, Wiley Blackwell, 2011.
- Stephen A. Kliment, Editor ‘Building Type Basics’ Series, Wiley.
Reference Books:
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