1st Sem, B.Arch

AR5121: Foundational Design Studio Syllabus for B.Arch 1st Sem 2019 Regulation Anna University

Foundational Design Studio detailed syllabus for Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) for 2019 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 1st Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit B.Arch 1st Sem 2019 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of foundational design studio is as follows.

Foundational Design Studio

Course Objectives:

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Content

Architecture As a Discipline Starts With Morphology As the Answer to Questions and Needs of Human Society. While the Needs are Multifarious, Including Shelter and Comfort, Social and Psychological Wellbeing, Culture and Meaning, Expression of Time and Context, Etc., the Means are Negotiated Through the Fundamentals of Form in its Various Attributes. in the Foundational Studio, the Exploration Would be On Understanding These Fundamentals As Universals As Well As in Terms of Particular Manifestations in Specific Cultural and Temporal Contexts. the Word Form Here Means All Physical Manifested Aspects.

The Explorations in the Foundational Studio Would be of Two Types. One Would be to Understand and Break Down Form to its Component Elements and Principles in Order to Get Insight Into the Most Important Aspects That Give a Totality of Cognitive Effect(Perceptive, Behavioural, Cultural Etc.,) or Use (Anthropometrics, Activities, Scale, Etc.,).Design Exploration Would Continue After This to Create a Form for Use/Effect. Another Would be to Explore Component Elements Like Point, Line, Planes, Volume, Shape, Colour, Texture Light, Pattern, Etc., Using Principles Such As Balance, Unity, Dominance, Transparency, Proportion, Scale, Solid, Void, Fluidity, Movement, Fractal, Order, Chaos, Gestalt, Etc., This Exploration Could be An End in Itself or Could Lead to the Creation of a Higher Level of or Composite Form/Design Through Using Elements and Principles in Conjunction Towards Human Need/ Use ( Perceptive, Behavioural, Cultural, Anthropometrics, Activities, Scale, Etc.,).

The Whole Studio Would be conducted Through a Series of Related Design Exercises With Multiple Stages As Well As Standalone Independent Exercises. Observational/ Analytical Study and Design Exploration Could Go Hand in Hand or One Could Precede the Other, Based On the Specific Project. the Exercises Would be Mediated Through Situations and Contexts, Historic and Contemporary References, Local or Global Character, Aesthetics, Basics of Human Response and Behaviour, Etc., Different Media Would be Explored in 2D and 3D. the Final Exercise(S) Would be Focussed Towards Small Product/ Furniture/ Architectural Design/ Component Design in Urban Context, Etc.,

Course Outcomes:

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Required Reading:

  • Kumar Vyas, “Design and Environment- A Primer”, National Institute of Design, 2009.
  • Pierre von Meiss, “Elements of Architecture: From Form to Place”, Routledge, 2014.
  • James F. Eckler,” Language of Space and Form: Generative Terms for Architecture”, Wiley, 2012.
  • Owen Cappleman and Michael Jack Jordon, “Foundations in Architecture: An Annotated Anthology of Beginning Design Project”, Van Nostrand Reinhold New York, 1993.
  • Charles Wallschlacgerm and Cynthia Busic-Snyder, “Basic Visual Concepts and Principles for Artists, Architects and Designers”, McGraw Hill, New York 1992.
  • Victor Papanek, “Design for the Real world, Human Ecology and Social Change”, Chicago Review Press, 2005.

Reference Books:

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For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Bachelor of Architecture, 2019 regulation curriculum do visit B.Arch 1st Sem subject syllabuses for 2019 regulation.

For all Bachelor of Architecture results, visit Anna University B.Arch all semester results direct link.

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