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2021　Architectural Awareness & Design

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
Instructor(s)
Nasu Satoshi 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Intensive ()  
Group
-
Course number
UDE.D448
Credits
2
Academic year
2021
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2021/9/29
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
English
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Course description and aims

Architecture is developped and designed in reration to various conditions such as regionality, institution, technology, their users and so on. Architectural Design are kinds of representation of understanding and translation of those conditions. From the other point of view, architectural awareness, such as perception, recognition, experiment, usability and meanings will be given by these representation through its physical design. In this course, we will discuss user oriented design of architecture and built environment through comparative consideration of designl subjects on planning phase and the representation form on the phase of post occupancy.
The main theme of this course is spatial tolerance as peoples environment.

Student learning outcomes

"Through this course, students will understand architectural awareness on human' short and long term experiences, and be able to design architecture based on those subjects. In detail, by the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Clarify specific relationship between human behavior and built-environment on various aspects of architecture.
2) Research physical, social and cultural factors of architecture.
3) Design architectures and buil-environments by using the various point of view, such as human, social, historical, environmental and technical viewpoints."

Keywords

Architectural Design, Built Environment, Public Space, Human centered design

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills Intercultural skills ✔ Communication skills ✔ Critical thinking skills ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Classes are classified to five themes with independent or group work project.
Every five theme class are composed of lecture and student' presentation.Students should discuss actively.
Finally, students group practice Evidence Based Design study.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Concept of Architectural awareness and design System image and design model Make research groups and chose specific sites
Class 2 Usability in architectural design 1: group work Assignment "Environmental analysis with Human centered approach"
Class 3 Usability in architectural design 2: student' presentation Presentation and discussion
Class 4 Tolerance of space 1: lecture and student' group work Assignment "Tolerance of public space"
Class 5 Tolerance of space 2: student' presentation Presentation and discussion
Class 6 Tangible nature in architecture 1: lecture
Class 7 Tangible nature in architecture 2: group work Assignment "Design a tangible nature"
Class 8 Tangible nature in architecture 3: presentation Presentation and discussion
Class 9 Social and historical forces 1: lecture
Class 10 Social and historical forces 2: lecture+survey Assignment "Introduction of house museum"
Class 11 Social and historical forces 3: presentation Presentation and discussion
Class 12 Evidence Based Design 1: lecture
Class 13 Evidence Based Design 2: group work
Class 14 Evidence Based Design 3: presentation Presentation and discussion

Textbook(s)

Course materials will be given via OCW or in each class.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

References:　A. Rapoport, Culture, Architecture, and Design / W. Mitchel, Logic of Architecture / D.A.Norman, The Phsychology of Everyday Things,　R. Banham, Architecture of the well-tempered environment / E. Ford, The Details of Modern Architecture / K. Frampton, Modern Architecture: Critical History / C. Alexander, A Pattern language / J.Gehl, Cities for People
Course materials will be given via OCW or in each class.

Assessment criteria and methods

Presentation in classes (75%).
Report (25%).

Related courses

  • UDE.D442 ： Comfortable Built Environment I
  • UDE.D541 ： Comfortable Built Environment II
  • UDE.E432 ： Practice of Environmental Design based on Environment-Behavior Study I
  • UDE.E433 ： Practice of Environmental Design based on Environment-Behavior Study II

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Students should have basic knowledge and motivation for architectural or urban design.

Contact information (e-mail and phone)    Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).

nasu.s.aa[at]m.titech.ac.jp

Office hours

Contact by e-mail in advance to schedule an appointment.

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