MH4111 Process Based Design Studio Syllabus:
MH4111 Process Based Design Studio Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES
To enable understanding of complex situations through engaging appropriate tools that help analyse different aspects of the situations.
To help incorporate appropriate processes into design- social, environmental, parametric/ contemporary process, computational process, etc., in order to get a holistic design/ address the most crucial aspects of a given design situation.
CONTENT
The increasing complexity of the world today needs a richer analysis to understand interconnected layers. Also, this complexity is correspondingly reflected in the needs of buildings and the built environment. Appropriate design processes can help in study, analysis and integration of specific inputs and needs into the projects. The studio will focus on engaging processes for study/ analysis and for incorporating complex inputs/ data into design so that architecture can address human needs in a holistic manner. Processes such as diagramming, mapping, participatory approaches, collaboration, statistics, data, etc., would be used to understand situations such as macro environment, socio-cultural aspects, user behaviour, aspects of contemporary life, activity and movement, landform, urban form, etc., as required. The projects could be of macro scale involving large campus/ township oriented architectural projects and/ or architectural design interventions in the urban context. The idea of process in design can be deterministic/ generative/ innovative as appropriate for a particular studio project situation.
In the study and proposition stage, focus would be on how to study and analyse/ understand a situation through appropriate processes based on the design project and context given. At the end of this, the nature of the problem and the nature of the solution would be arrived at.
In the design stage, the aim is to project a solution from the process. The outcome will be a workable, ingenious, innovative solution of any scale based on the project. The emphasis would be on how the design solution is connected to the intent through the process and is generated through the process.
TOTAL: 150 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES
CO1 Ability to identify, study the effects and connections of complex forces and project a desired scenario for a given situation through appropriate processes and tools
CO2 Ability to find innovative and workable transformations of the existing from the projections in an organic manner.
REFERENCES
1. Branko Kolarevic, ‘Architecture in the Digital Age: Design and Manufacturing, Spon Press, 2003.
2. Achim Menges, Sean Ahlquist, Eds, ‘Computational Design Thinking, AD Reader’, John
3. Wiley & Sons, 2011.
4. Robert Woodbury, ‘Elements of Parametric Design’, 1st Edition, Routledge, 2010.
5. Paul Coates, ‘Programming Architecture’,1st Edition, Routledge, 2010.
6. Wassim Jabi, Brian Johnson, Robert Woodbury, ‘Parametric Design for Architecture’, Laurence King Publishing, 2013.
7. Katherine Melcher, Barry Stiefel, Kristin Faurest, Eds, ‘Community-Built: Art, Construction,
8. Preservation, and Place’, 1st Edition, Routledge, 2016.
9. Nishat Awan, Tatjana Schneider, Jeremy Till, ‘Spatial Agency: Other Ways of Doing Architecture’, Routledge, 2011.
10. Philip Plowright, ‘Revealing Architectural Design: Methods, Frameworks and Tools’, Routledge, 2014.
11. Wendy Gunn, Ton Otto, Rachel Charlotte Smith, ‘Design Anthropology: Theory and Practice’, Berg, 2013.
12. C. Thomas Mitchell, ‘Redefining Designing: From Form to Experience’, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992.