PROJECT PART I: ANALYSING SELF
THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM (ARC2224) (ARC61303)
Part 1 of the project is to provide information on the architect in order to comprehend personal attributes that contribute to the construction of architectural theory. This is taking account the fact that “the way in which people organize their place is related to their beliefs and their aspirations, their world view.”(Unwin, 2002)
Requirement on architect: Asian, contemporary and practice in Asia.
This project attempts to convey an understanding of architect’s architectural theory through a direct observation and analysis of his/her buildings. Using architecture as primary text, this project claims that the world of form is not arbitrary but displays an internal logic that has the capacity to convey meaning. Analytical illustrations are used extensively to reveal the conceptual and experiential order of the architecture.It will support students’ learning since doing architecture can be developed by studying the work of others.
Learning outcomes of Project
1.Analyse architecture and urban forms in relation to
relevant architectural theories
2.Analyse and critique the relationship between
architecture and its social, cultural and intellectual
context
3.Produce, orally and in writing, a critical
interpretation of architecture and urbanism in
relation to relevant theories within the
contemporary discourse of architecture
PROJECT PART II: ANALYZING AND THEORIZING ARCHITECTURE
Part 2 of the project emphasises architecture is like language with vocabulary, grammatical structure; both physical and intellectual. Through certain arrangement, it carries messages and communicates meanings. Nevertheless, in order to understand architecture, one must be aware of the conditions within which they are employed.
INTERPRETINGARCHITECTURE
Synopsis: Interpreting Architecture
This synopsis attempts to interpret architecture according to established architectural theory and conditions within which architecture is done.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Describe the theoretical issues related to design through study of architecture and urbanism and its related studies
2. Relate architectural theories to contemporary architecture and urban forms
“Is architecture merely sculpture – the 3 Dimensional Compositions of forms in space? Is it the application of aesthetic considerations onto the form of buildings – the art of making building beautiful? Is it the decoration of buildings? Is it the introduction of poetic meaning into buildings? Is it the ordering of buildings according to some intellectual system – classicism, functionalism, post-modernism, etc?
(Unwin, S. 2014)
