Sushant School of Art and Architecture

Masters in Architecture (Interior Architecture)

Subject Name: INTERIORITY OF THE CITY

Subject Code:
Year and Semester:2018 - 19
Name of Faculty: ARUNA BHARDWAJ
Contact Days / Hours: Fridays/ 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

The city is built of many fragmented experiences.

Buildings are the formative element of the city, and in their interior space the human dimension, physical and
spiritual, is to be re-established; they are a kind of fortress of reality in an ever-changing environment of new
needs and circumstances1.

The visual image of the city is built by its iconic buildings, the city line. But the association a person makes
with the city is the sum total of her/his experiences; the experiences, created by the spaces that are held
within and between the buildings. As population densities increases and the cities grow inward, architects &
city planners need to be able to read the city from inside out, to be able to covert innovate, morph, modulate,
existing spaces to cohesive relevant places The neighbourhood, its shops and the residence are essentially
the domain of the homemakers, children & elderly. For majority of the urban individuals, life is lived in
offices, institutions, malls, theatres and even in transit.

AIM

Through the medium of films, books and artwork the student will be exposed to the interiority of the
metropolis. By analysing the clips, excerpts from the books and specific imagery, objective inferences will be
drawn up for both the definitive, and the transitory urban spaces. Through the study they will identify
elements, classify spaces and assign values that add up to the experience of the city.
In an inverse process of the study done in the first stage a mixed media project will be done in groups, to
create a city that reads pre decided attributes. Values & functions would be assigned first and then the
outcome created in different mediums, a short film, short story and/or artwork.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. The students should be able to comprehend the different narratives that exist in an urban space.
2. The student should be able to decipher the layers of the city’s interior spaces.
3. The student should be able to apply subject-specific theoretical approaches to comparable context.
4. Critically assess textual and visual materials and synthesis the same.

1
Ronaldo Giurgola, “Reflections on Buildings and the City: The Realism of the Partial Vision”, Perspecta
9 (1965):111.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE(Subject to change)

WEEK TASK

Week 1 Orientation for 1st years/ Introduction. Exploration & experiencing through few
3/08/18
films
Week 2
10/08/18 Viewing of clips & reading book excerpts. Discussions
Week 3 17/08/18 Site visit to Art Gallery, NGMA
Week 4 24/08/18 Interpretation through writings, photo essay
Week 5
31/08/18 MID TERM INTERNAL ASSESMENT 01 (30%)
Week 6 7/09/10 Exploring the narrative & storyboarding
Week 7 14/09/18 Exploring expression, values, attributes of interiority
Week 8
21/09/18 HOLIDAY (Muharram)
Week 9
28/09/18 Different theories of urban culture
Week 10
5/10/18 INTERNAL ASSESMENT 02 (60%)
Week 11 12/10/18
Week 12 19/10/18 HOLIDAY (Dussehra)
Week 13
26/10/18
Week 14 2/11/18 FINAL INTERNAL ASSESMENT 03 (100%)

DELIVERABLES

1. Written assignments and photo essays

2. Participation in debates and group discussion

3. Presentation through film/story/artwork.

Summative Assessment Components and Criteria

Assessment Mid Individual The city in 30 Due Reading &
01 Semester films, books & percent week 5 interpreting the
Internal artwork. of total interiority
01 mark through
different
mediums
Assessment02 Internal Group/Individual The city in my 70 Due Assigning
02 mind percent week 10 attributes &
of total values,
mark
Assessment Final Group/Individual Showcasing 100 Due Storyboarding
03 Internal interiority of percent week 14 the assigned
03 the city of total values.
mark

Learning Learning Learning Learning

Outcome 1 Outcome 2 Outcome 3 Outcome 4
Assessment Fulfills Partly Fulfills N/A N/A
01

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02
Assessment _____________ ___________ Fulfills Fulfills
03

ASSESSMENT RUBRIC

LEARNING Exemplary Developed Developing Satisfactory Unsatisfactory

OUTCOMES
Learning Outcome 1 Seen three movies Seen three Seen two Seen two movies Seen less than
The students should set in a specific city movies on a city movies on a on a city and two movies on
be able to comprehend and clearly and identified city and identified the a city and not
the different narratives identified the the relationship identified the relationship identified the
that exist in an urban relationship between the relationship between the relationship
space. between the spaces spaces places & between the places & the between the
places & the story. I the story spaces places & story places & the
the story story

Read three books Read three books Read two Read two books Read less than
and clearly and clearly books and and related its two books and
expletively related related its clearly related narrative to city unable to
its narrative to narrative to its narrative to space related its
identify spaces & identify spaces & identify spaces narrative to city
places in that city places in that city & places in that space/place
city
Learning Outcome 2 Excellently Clearly Adequately Adequately In adequate
The student should elucidated through elucidated elucidated elucidated presentation
be able to decipher text & verbal through text & through text & through text & that is unable
the layers of the presentation verbal verbal verbal to define/
city’s interior various attributes presentation presentation presentation identify any
spaces. & value that places various various various attributes or
in the city have by attributes & attributes & attributes & values.
analysis of the value that places value that value that places
different mediums. in the city have places in the in the city have
by analysis of the city have by by analysis of the
different analysis of the one medium
mediums. different
mediums.
Learning Outcome 3 Has read 3 to 5 Has read 2 to3 Has read 1 to 2 Has read 1 Has not read
The student should be suggested suggested suggested suggested any suggested
able to apply subject- theoretical theoretical theoretical theoretical theoretical
specific theoretical readings and readings and readings and reading and reading.
approaches to identified identified identified identified
comparable context. relationship with relationship with relationship relationship with
studies being done studies being with studies studies being
done being done done
Learning Outcome 4 Presentation Presentation Presentation Presentation No
Critically assess through film, text through film and through film, through text and Presentation
textual and visual and artwork an text an and artwork an artwork an
materials and interesting story is interesting story interesting interesting story
synthesis the same told that brings to is told that story is told is told that
life the urban brings to life the that brings to brings to life the
characteristic of urban life the urban urban
the city of their characteristic of characteristic characteristic of
imagination the city of their of the city of the city of their
imagination their imagination
imagination

Plagiarism

What is Plagiarism?

The theft of ideas (such as the plots of narrative or dramatic works) or of written passages or
works, where these are passed off as one's own work without acknowledgement of their true
origin; or a piece of writing thus stolen. -- The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. 2008. Oxford
University Press.

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Common Forms of Plagiarism

• Copying directly from others without acknowledgement of the original source

• Using ideas or rephrasing text from without acknowledgement of the original source
• Using charts, tables, pictures or diagrams from others without referencing
• Reusing some parts of your previous work
• Submitting other people’s work as your own

How to avoid plagiarism?

• Use your own ideas.

• Paraphrase + give proper credit to the original source.
• Use quotation marks when using exact words from other authors + give proper credit to the
original source.
• Organise and track your sources and materials

RECOMMENDED REFERANCES

Movies- Annie Hall(Woody Allen), Boys in the Hood ( Spikely), London Synphony, Roman
Holiday, Gangs of New York, Manhattan, Am

Kiran Nader Museum visit

ONLINE SOURCES

RECOMMENDED DATABASES
JSTOR Full Text
Web of Science Full Text
Oxford Art Online (trial till October)
These and other databases can be found in http://libguides.lib.xjtlu.edu.cn/architecture

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Assignments:
Reviews & Journals Students are required to write short pieces of written work (at least one film
review). They are expected to reflect on and critically analyse what they have learnt. Group
Project Presentation Students are required to work in a group setting and present on a given topic
on film appreciation. Their ability to present information and ideas orally can be assessed. In-class
Assignments Students’ understanding and comprehension of the course materials will be assessed
by in-class assignments.

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