Elective I Syllabus for VTU BE/B.Tech Architecture Engineering third sem complete syllabus covered here. This will help you understand complete curriculum along with details such as exam marks and duration. The details are as follows.
CONTACT PERIODS: 3 per week
PROGRESSIVE MARKS: 50
A. ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY
OBJECTIVE
- To impart the skills of taking aesthetically appealing and creative architectural photographs through the use of appropriate cameras/ lenses and lighting conditions.
OUTLINE
- Introduction to architectural photography. Various types of compositions framing, silhouette photography.
- Use of various cameras, lenses and accessories, handling of equipment.
a. SLR,DSLR cameras, lenses for different focal lengths for various contexts
b. Use of wide angle, normal, tele, zoom, macro, close up lenses.
c. Filters- UV, Skylight, colour filters, special effect filter. - Shutter speeds- slow, normal and high and their various applications.
- Apertures- use of various apertures to suit different lighting conditions and to enhance depth of fields.
- Selection of ISO rating to match various lighting conditions.
- Optimizing selection of shutter speed, aperture and ISO.
- Twilight and night photography.
- Various uses of photography- documentation, presentations, competitions, lectures, etc.
- Creative photography/ photo renderings, for special effects using software.
- Play of light and shadows to achieve dramatic pictures.
- Effects of seasons, inclusion of greenery, foliage, clouds, human scale etc.
- Architectural photography as a profession, law on photography.
REFERENCES:
- Schulz, Adrian. Architectural Photography: Composition, Capture, and Digital Image Processing, Rocky Nook, 2012.
- McGrath, Norman . Photographing Buildings Inside and Out, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1993.
B. VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
OBJECTIVE:
- To inculcate an appreciation of vernacular architecture; as an expression of local identity and
indigenous traditions of the culture
OUTLINE:
The course would be conducted through seminars and field work.
- A critical review of the relevance and application of vernacular ideas in contemporary times. An appraisal of architects who have creatively innovated and negotiated the boundaries of ‘tradition’ while dynamically responding to the changing aspirations and lifestyles of the world around.
REFERENCES:
- Carter, T., & Cromley, E. C. Invitation to Vernacular Architecture: A Guide to the Study of Ordinary Buildings and Landscapes. Knoxville: The Unversity of Tennessee Press. 2005
- Cooper, I. Traditional buildings of India. Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, 1998
- Oliver, P. Encyclopaedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World, Cambridge University Press, 1997
C. VISUAL COMMUNICATION
OBJECTIVE: To impart the techniques of visual communication.
OUTLINE:
- Visual communication used in day to day life, print, electronic media, advertisement and in art / architecture context – differences and similarities.
- Understanding meaning generation process in visual language.
- Devices of visual language – space, context, scale, associate, transform, crop, frame, distort, abstract, fragment, exaggerate, and subvert, irony.
- Pictograms and ideograms.
- Understanding the differences between logo and symbol. Process of logo creation.
- Hierarchy in visual content being presented.
- Relationship between text and images and their interrelationships.
- Cultural context of meaning generation and aesthetic principles involved.
REFERENCES:
- Barnes, Susan B. An Introduction to Visual Communication: From Cave Art to Second Life, Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2011
- Bergström, Bo. Essentials of Visual Communication, Laurence King Publishing,
2009
For all other BE/B.Tech 3rd Sem Subject syllabus do follow VTU 3rd Sem BE / B.Tech Syllabus CBCS (2015-16) Scheme for Architecture Group.
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