AR3004 Contemporary Processes in Architectural Design Syllabus:
AR3004 Contemporary Processes in Architectural Design Syllabus โ Anna University Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES
๏ท To introduce theories of media and its influence on the perception of space.
๏ท To enable study of the various aspects of digital architecture and its exploration through emerging phenomena that relies on abstraction of ideas.
๏ท To give understanding of the works of contemporary architects who have illustrated the influence of digital media in architecture.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION
Investigation of contemporary theories of media and their influence on the perception of space and architecture. Technology and art. Technology and architecture. Digital technology and architecture.
UNIT II ASPECT OF DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE
Aspects of digital architecture. Design and computation. Difference between digital process and non-digital process. Architecture and cyberspace. Qualities of the new space. Issues of aesthetics and authorship of design. Increased Automatism and its influence.
UNIT III CONTEMPORARY PROCESS
Emerging phenomena such as increasing formal and functional abstractions. Diagrams, diagrammatic reasoning, diagrams and design process. Animation and design. Digital hybrid.
UNIT IV GEOMETRIES AND SURFACES
Fractal geometry. Shape grammar. Hyper surface. Liquid architecture. Responsive architecture.
UNIT V CONTEMPORARY PROCESS AND ARCHITECTURAL WORKS
Ideas and works of architects related to contemporary processes. The architects to include Greg Lynn, Reiser + Umemotto, Lars Spuybroek / NOX Architects, UN studio, Diller Scofidio, Dominique Perrault, Decoi, Marcos Novak, Foreign Office Architects, Asymptote, Herzog and de Meuron, Neil Denari, Serie Architects, BIG Architects. Study to be undertaken in the form of assignments/discussions/seminars/presentations.
OUTCOME
๏ท An understanding of the effect of contemporary theories of media on contemporary architectural design.
๏ท Insight into contemporary design process/theories and their relation to computation.
๏ท Ability to understand specific aspects of contemporary processes appropriate to a design situation.
๏ท Familiarity with architectural works derived from contemporary processes.
TEXTBOOKS
1. Walter Benjamin, โThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproductionโ, in Illuminations, Schocken Books, New York, 1969
2. Ignaci de Sola Morales, Differences: Topographies of Contemporary Architectureโ, MIT Press,1997.
3. William J Mitchell, โThe Logic of Architecture: Design, Computation and Cognitionโ, MIT Press, 1995.
4. Ali Rahim, โContemporary Process in Architectureโ, John Wiley and Sons, 2000.
5. Ali Rahim (Ed), โContemporary Techniques in Architectureโ, Halsted Press, 2002.
6. Peter Eisenmann; Diagram Diaries, Universe,1999.
7. Grey Lynn, โThe Folded, The Pliant and The Supple, Animate formโ, Princeton Arch. Press,1999.
REFERENCES
1. Gillian Hunt, โArchitecture in the Cyberspace IIโ, John Wiley and Sons, 2001.
2. L. Convey et al, โVirtual Architectureโ, Bats ford, 1995.
3. Rob Shields (ed.), โCultures of the internet: Virtual Spaces, Real Histories, Living bodiesโ,Sage, London, 1996.
4. John Beckman, โThe Virtual Dimension, Architecture, Representation and Crash Cultureโ, Princeton Architecture Press, 1998.
5. William J Mitchell, City of Bits: Space, Place and the Infobahnโ, MIT Press, Cambridge, 1995.
6. Marcos Novak, โInvisible Architecture: An Installation for the Greek Pavilionโ, Venice Biennale, 2000.