Course Details

1. Define general ideas related to the human body and scale in architecture and design.
2. Identify the parameters involved in the design and construction of small scale structures.
3. Apply analysis, observation, drawing, model making and photography skills in order to develop a methodology toward solving specific programmatic, compositional and conceptual problems.
4. Analyze and document through scale drawings and 3-dimensional models a set of given parameters and recognize their significance towards identifying architectural issues.
5. Create a 1:1 scale 3-dimensional structure that satisfy’s both aesthetic and simple programmatic requirements.
6. Evaluate the outcome of their work, justify their proposed solutions and appraise the significance of the architectural process towards the invention and expression of innovative ideas and problem solving.

An introduction to the general principles involved in designing small scale structures.

A comprehensive investigation and analysis of a given text, idea or theory relating to the human body and scale.

Analysis and documentation of a given site through scale drawings, conceptual drawings and models.

Development of a proposed site specific structure with a basic program & use.

Materials investigation and 1:1 construction of a proposed structure.

An intensive focus on experimentation, methodology and exploration of various methods of making 3-dimentional space as a vehicle of personal expression, thought and creative discourse.

• Francis D.K. Ching, Architecture Form & Space, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1979.
• Sophia Vyzoviti, Folding Architecture, Spatial, Structural & Organizational Diagrams, Bispublishers, 2008.
• Acconci Vito, Schachter Kenny, Art Becomes Architecture Becomes Art, Springer, 2005.

• Adrian Forty, Words and Buildings: a vocabulary of modern architecture, London: Thames&Hudson, 2000

The course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, demonstrations, workshops, drawing & model making exercises, written and aural presentations. Students work in studio through personal tutoring, group critiques and final assessments.