Wednesday 8 July 2015

Theories of Architecture and Urbanism

Project 1 - Analysing "Through the eyes" of an Architecture / Urban Designer / Theoretician

Part 1 & Part 2

This project is to select a defined area of our hometown and see it through our eyes of one architec, urban designer or theoretician that was discussed in the lecture series and asked to apply and translate the design theories and historic urban design approaches onto this area and imagine how the architect have analysed and interpreted in this chosen area.

This project required us to produces a graphical language or sketch design about our analysis to the site and choose an architect or urban designer accompanied by short reflective text of 500 words.




                                                                     Project 1 - Part 1




                                         Project 1 - Part 2 ( Analytic diagrams and sketch )




                                          Project 1 - Part 2 ( Reflective text )


 Project 2 - Analysis Diagrams & Essay ( 2000words )

This project is about empahasizes architecture 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.

This project required to decide a particular building area in the city from project 1 and decide the three external contributing factors of the site and also the analysis diagram of the site for example the plan, section and also elevation of the building or the area that have been chosen. the analysis is also must be relate back and relate to the theory that the architecture and also urban designer that already chosen in project 1.



                                                          Project 2 - A3 Board 



                                                  Project 2 - Report and Analysis Paper


Learning Outcomes :
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

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