Theory of Architecture I (ARCH303)
Offered By:
Engineering and Materials Science Faculty
Description
This course aims at introducing theories of architectural design dealing with needs, design goals, design standards, potentials and constraints; in addition to function: anthropometric data, building typologies, service and circulation spaces; horizontal circulation: corridors, lobbies and entrances; vertical circulation: ramps, staircases, lifts and escalators; spatial organization: spatial relationships and spatial continuity.
The course also introduces the theories and philosophies of the international styles of the 20th century and the modern movement: the organic theories of Sullivan and Wright; the functional formalism of Le Corbusier; the functional technological theories of the Bauhaus and Gropius; the structuralism of Mies van der Rohe and the expressionism of Mendelsohn