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DetailedCourseOutline
CourseIntroduction:
Detailedlearninggoalsofthecourse:1.Todevelopabilitytocriticallyobserve,analyzeandelucidate
architecturalorurbanformwhileunderstandingitspresenceinaphysicalcontext.2.Todevelop
abilitytoexpressadesignconcern3.Todevelopabilitytostructure,articulateandnarrateaposition
usingvariousmeansofcommunication.4.Todevelopvariousmethodologytoapproachandarguea
proposition5.Todevelopabilitytocomeupwithdesignmethodologyanddemonstrateadesign
resolution.6.Tounderstandthevariousprocessesundergoingwithinthesocietyanditsimpacton
urbanform.7.Todevelopabilitytodescribetheformatvariousscalesintermsofitsphysical
attributesaswellasitssociocultural,environmental,technologicalrelationshiptowardsbuilt
environment.
WeeklyPlan:
Week1:
Theme:ReadingandInterpretationofSite:Anintensediscussionbasedonreadingofanurbansite
anddevelopingvariousinterpretationofthesite.Thestudentwillbeaskedtotakeupthestretchnear
erstwhileCalicoDome.Theissuesidentifiedwillbesystematicallyputinaframeworkthatpresents
certainaspectsofthesite.Thiswillbefollowedbyseriesofdiscussionwiththefacultyonvarious
disciplinaryviewpointsofanurbanspaceandplace.Inaway,thiswillbeabriefintroductiontothe
ideaofacity.Thiswillbeagroupwork.
Week2:
Theme:DevelopingFrameworksforInquiryandDesignResolutionSubsequenttothelastexercise
thestudentwillbuilduptheirownareaandmodeofinquiryforthesite.Theprogramwillemergeout
ofthediscussionanddebateaboutthephysical,social,economicandenvironmentalcontextofthe
site.Thestudentwiththehelpofthefacultygroupwillsharpentheirareaofinquiry.
Week3:
Theme:DevelopingFrameworksforInquiryandDesignResolutionSubsequenttothelastexercise
thestudentwillbuilduptheirownareaandmodeofinquiryforthesite.Theprogramwillemergeout
ofthediscussionanddebateaboutthephysical,social,economicandenvironmentalcontextofthe
site.Thestudentwiththehelpofthefacultygroupwillsharpentheirareaofinquiry.
Week4:
Theme:DevelopingFrameworksforInquiryandDesignResolutionSubsequenttothelastexercise
thestudentwillbuilduptheirownareaandmodeofinquiryforthesite.Theprogramwillemergeout
ofthediscussionanddebateaboutthephysical,social,economicandenvironmentalcontextofthe
site.Thestudentwiththehelpofthefacultygroupwillsharpentheirareaofinquiry.
Week5:
Theme:DevelopingFrameworksforInquiryandDesignResolutionSubsequenttothelastexercise
thestudentwillbuilduptheirownareaandmodeofinquiryforthesite.Theprogramwillemergeout
ofthediscussionanddebateaboutthephysical,social,economicandenvironmentalcontextofthe
site.Thestudentwiththehelpofthefacultygroupwillsharpentheirareaofinquiry.
Week6:
Theme:DevelopingFrameworksforInquiryandDesignResolutionSubsequenttothelastexercise
thestudentwillbuilduptheirownareaandmodeofinquiryforthesite.Theprogramwillemergeout
ofthediscussionanddebateaboutthephysical,social,economicandenvironmentalcontextofthe
site.Thestudentwiththehelpofthefacultygroupwillsharpentheirareaofinquiry.
Week7:
Theme:DevelopingFrameworksforInquiryandDesignResolutionSubsequenttothelastexercise
thestudentwillbuilduptheirownareaandmodeofinquiryforthesite.Theprogramwillemergeout
ofthediscussionanddebateaboutthephysical,social,economicandenvironmentalcontextofthe
site.Thestudentwiththehelpofthefacultygroupwillsharpentheirareaofinquiry.
Week8:
Theme:DevelopingFrameworksforInquiryandDesignResolutionSubsequenttothelastexercise
thestudentwillbuilduptheirownareaandmodeofinquiryforthesite.Theprogramwillemergeout
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ofthediscussionanddebateaboutthephysical,social,economicandenvironmentalcontextofthe
site.Thestudentwiththehelpofthefacultygroupwillsharpentheirareaofinquiry.
Week9:
Theme:DevelopingFrameworksforInquiryandDesignResolutionSubsequenttothelastexercise
thestudentwillbuilduptheirownareaandmodeofinquiryforthesite.Theprogramwillemergeout
ofthediscussionanddebateaboutthephysical,social,economicandenvironmentalcontextofthe
site.Thestudentwiththehelpofthefacultygroupwillsharpentheirareaofinquiry.
Week10:
Theme:IdeasandExchangeAsmallprojectwillbetakenwherestudentwillinteractandexchange
theirreadings,ideaswithstudentsofotherdisciplinee.g.management,anthropologyetc.Theywill
worktogethertodeveloptheproject.Theexchangeofideasisintendedtotuneupthestudentsto
furthersharpentheirposition,aswellasunderstandmanyotherperspectives.
Week11:
Theme:DemonstrationTobeworkedoutbasedontheresponseoftheearlierstudioproject.
Week12:
Theme:DemonstrationTobeworkedoutbasedontheresponseoftheearlierstudioproject.
Week13:
Theme:DemonstrationTobeworkedoutbasedontheresponseoftheearlierstudioproject.
Week14:
Theme:DemonstrationTobeworkedoutbasedontheresponseoftheearlierstudioproject.
Week15:
Theme:DemonstrationTobeworkedoutbasedontheresponseoftheearlierstudioproject.
Week16:
Theme:DemonstrationTobeworkedoutbasedontheresponseoftheearlierstudioproject.
References/Reading:
1.Akbar,JamelA.CrisisintheBuiltEnvironment:TheCaseoftheMuslimCity.Singapore:Concept
Media,1988.2.Bateson,Gregory.MindandNature:ANecessaryUnity.NewYork:Dutton,1979.3.
Banerjee,Tridib.CompaniontoUrbanDesign.London:Routledge,2011.4.Bachelard,Gaston,and
M.Jolas.ThePoeticsofSpace.1994ed.5.Batty,Michael.CitiesandComplexity:Understanding
CitieswithCellularAutomata,AgentbasedModels,andFractals.Cambridge,Mass.:MIT,2005.6.
Carmona,Matthew.UrbanDesignReader.Oxford:Architectural,2007.7.Frampton,Kenneth.
ModernArchitecture:ACriticalHistory.3rded.London:ThamesandHudson,1992.8.Forty,
Adrian.WordsandBuildings:AVocabularyofModernArchitecture.NewYork:Thames&Hudson,
2000.9.Hays,K.Michael.ArchitectureTheorysince1968.Cambridge,Mass:MIT,1998.10.
Habraken,John,andJonathanTeicher.TheStructureoftheOrdinary:FormandControlintheBuilt
Environment.Cambridge,MA[etc.:MIT,1998.11.Harvey,David.TheConditionofPostmodernity:
AnEnquiryintotheOriginsofCulturalChange.Oxford[England:Blackwell,1990.12.Harvey,
David.SpacesofHope.Berkeley:UofCalifornia,2000.13.Inam,Aseem.DesigningUrban
Transformation.NewYork:Routledge,201314.Jencks,Charles,andGeorgeBaird.Meaningin
Architecture.NewYork:G.Braziller,1970.15.Lang,JonT.CreatingArchitecturalTheory:The
RoleoftheBehavioralSciencesinEnvironmentalDesign.NewYork:VanNostrandReinhold,1987.
16.Leach,Andrew.WhatIsArchitecturalHistory?Cambridge,UK:Polity,2010.17.Lynch,Kevin.
TheImageoftheCity.Cambridge,Mass.:MIT,1960.18.Lynch,Kevin.ManagingtheSenseofa
Region.Cambridge:MIT,1976.19.Lynch,Kevin.ATheoryofGoodCityForm.Cambridge,Mass.:
MIT,1981.20.McDonough,William,andMichaelBraungart.CradletoCradle:RemakingtheWay
WeMakeThings.NewYork:NorthPoint,2002.21.Papanek,Victor.TheGreenImperative:Ecology
andEthicsinDesignandArchitecture.London:ThamesandHudson,1995.22.Papanek,VictorJ.
DesignforHumanScale.NewYork:VanNostrandReinhold,1983.23.Papanek,VictorJ.Designfor
theRealWorldHumanEcologyandSocialChange.NewYork:Pantheon,1972.24.Rykwert,
Joseph.TheSeductionofPlace:TheCityintheTwentyfirstCentury.NewYork:Pantheon,2000.25.
Sennett,Richard.TheCraftsman.NewHaven:YaleUP,2008.26.Shane,DavidGrahame.Urban
Designsince1945:AGlobalPerspective.Chichester,WestSussex:Wiley,2011.
EvaluationMethod:
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60%internalstudioperformanceand40%externalorfinaljuryperformance.Theinternalassessment
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