BAR1003 (C)

Futuristic Architecture

L-T-P1-0-2 Session2024-25 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

B.Arch · Sem 10 (Elective - III (Miscellaneous))

Syllabus

4 units
Unit1

Unit 1: Theoretical and Imaginative Ideas

Overview of the theoretical texts and drawings of the ideas by architects over the ages, who have imagined beyond today. E.g. Scholari, Archigram (Peter Cook), Raimund Abraham, Boullee, Ledoux etc.

Unit2

Unit 2: Alternate Sustainable Ideas through Design and Technology

Enumerating the varied innovative energy alternatives and their harnessing through design ideas, materials, techniques and functions. Prefabrication as a basic module for building.

Unit3

Unit 3: Social and Practical implications of a new world

Comprehending the new social order, modes of transport, physical dimensions of an alternate world.

Unit4

Unit 4: Futuristic Geometry

  • Understanding a higher geometry (minimal surfaces) and its eventual spatial order. Fractals, Fuzzy Logic in architecture. APPROACH:
  • Presentations would be made by the teacher. The students are expected to do library studies and seminars on varied topics to supplement the information base and make it more interactive.
Course Objectives2 points
  • To have an overview of the innovative concepts for future in terms of design, infrastructure and latest technology.
  • To understand the limitations in terms of energy and area to build and sustain.
REFERENCE BOOKS4 books
  1. Fantasy Architecture: 1500-2036 [Neil Bingham, Clare Carolin, Rob Wilson, Peter Cook]
  2. Visions of the Future: Architecture for the 21st Century, Loft Publications.
  3. Futuristic : Visions of Future Living, Caroline Klien (Editor), Stefanie Lieb (Text by)
  4. Future Architectue by Eduard Broto CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT OF SESSIONALS NO. OF MARKS PER S.NO. PARTICULARS TOTAL ASSIGNMENTS ASSIGNMENT 1 Tutorial of Module 1 - 4 4 5 20 Seminar/Presentation 2 1 15 15 of Module 1 - 4 TOTAL 35

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