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Theory of Architecture

This document discusses several key topics in architecture including communication through space, the role of architects, metaphors in design, architectural concepts, and principles of design. It argues that architecture involves managing the entire building process and communicating across disciplines. Metaphors can help designers define problems and concepts act as the initial approach to a design problem, though a concept may evolve throughout the process. Principles of geography, structure, and abstract forms can all influence architectural design.

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Theory of Architecture

This document discusses several key topics in architecture including communication through space, the role of architects, metaphors in design, architectural concepts, and principles of design. It argues that architecture involves managing the entire building process and communicating across disciplines. Metaphors can help designers define problems and concepts act as the initial approach to a design problem, though a concept may evolve throughout the process. Principles of geography, structure, and abstract forms can all influence architectural design.

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LANGUAGE IS A FORM OF COMMUNICATION AND ARCHITECTURE IS ALSO A FORM OF

COMMUNICATION. SPACE IS AN ESSENTIAL ENTITY WHEN COMMUNICATING THE


ARCHITECTURE DESIGNED. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ARCHITECTS TO ENGAGE WITH OTHER
FIELDS. ARCHITECTS ROLE IS NOT JUST TO BUILD BUILDING BUT ALSO TO MANAGE THE
WHOLE PROCESS TILL THE END OF BUILDING IS COMPLETED .OUR CHALLENGE MUST BE TO
GO BEYOND ARCHITECTURE AND SPEAK THE LANGUAGES OF THESE OTHER DISCIPLINES. IT
IS AN EVENT AS THE MULTIMEDIA TEXTUAL MANIFESTATION OF ARCHITECTURE OCCURS IN
TIME INTERVALS OF CONSTITUTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE EVERYDAY LIFE.

METAPHORS AND SIMILES FRAME AND ASSIST THE DESIGNERS IN DEFINING THE DESIGN
PROBLEM. THEY HELP MAKE SENSE TO THE LISTENER THE PHYSICAL CHARACTER FROM THE
SOURCE OF INSPIRATION. THEY ACT AS A TOOL TO MAKE THE LISTENER UNDERSTAND THE
STRANGE. THEY HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNICATION ABILITY WHICH PROVIDES THE
MEANING TO A DESIGN SITUATION. THEY ACT AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE LANGUAGE
BARRIER OF ARCHITECTURE AND VERBAL COMMUNICATION . METAPHOR CAN BE VERY
MUCH HELPFUL IN THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF THE ARCHITECT FO EX-

MY FRIENDS DESIGN ONCE WAS INSPIRED BY THE SOLAR SYSTEM FUNCTIONING WHICH HE
CHOOSE AS HIS IDEA FOR THE DESIGN WHICH HELPED HIM RELATING HIS SPACES WITH THE
DIFFERENT PLANETS AND SYSTEMS OF SOLAR SYSTEM LIKE HE COMPARED REFRIGERATOR
AREA WITH NEPTUNE WHICH IS COOL PLANET EARTH WITH THE MAIN LIVING AND LIVELY
SPACES

ARCHITECTURE IS THE ART OF BUILDING. THE THEORY BEHIND IT IS BASED ON SOME BASIC
PRINCIPLES WHICH DISTINGUISH THE WORK OF AN ARCHITECT FROM ANY OTHER PERSON.

PHILOSOPHY OR THEORY IN ARCHITECTURE IS AS IMPORTANT AS PRACTICAL AS THEORY IS


SOMETHING WHICH FORCES THE ARCHITECT TO THINK IN A PERTICULAR DIRECTION AND
THEN CONVERT IT INTO PRATICAL. N THE TRADITIONAL SENSE WAS UNDERSTOOD AS A
VIEW WHICH WITHIN ITSELF DEVELOPED THE REFLECTION AND SELF-REFLECTION OF
ARCHITECTURE AS SEPARATE AND GENERAL PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUE.
ARCHITECTURE IN CULTURAL STUDIES PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT SAMPLE FOR STUDYING,
INTERPRETATION AND PRODUCTION OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DEMONSTRATION OF
MICROSOCIAL AND EVERYDAY EXECUTIONS, FUNCTIONS AND EFFECTS OF PRODUCTION OF
THE LIVING SPACE IN THE GLOBAL POST INDUSTRIAL AND POST-BLOCK WORLD.

A CONCEPT IS AN IDEA, A THEORY OR NOTION, BUT IN ARCHITECTURE WE COULD ALSO


DESCRIBE A CONCEPT AS ‘AN APPROACH’ TO THE DESIGN.

CONCEPT IS A FIRST THOUGHT OR INTENT OF THE DESIGN WHICH HELPS US PROCEED IN


ONE DIRECTION IN OUR DESIGN AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF OUR DESIGN THERE MIGHT BE
CHANCES THAT YOUR CONCEPT MAY BE LOST AT END BUT A GOOD DESIGN IS SOMETHINGS
WHICH COMPLETES WITH THE INTENT THAT WAS THOUGHT AT STARTING

WHEN WE THINK OF AN ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT, WE THINK OF AN ABSTRACT IDEA, ONE


THAT IS UNCHANGING THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN PROCESS. THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY THE
CASE, A CONCEPT CAN BE LINKED TO MANY FACTORS, AND CAN EVOLVE AS THE DESIGN
GROWS.

ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTS ARE THE DESIGNERS WAY OF RESPONDING TO THE DESIGN


SITUATION PRESENTED TO THEM. THEY ARE A MEANS OF TRANSLATING THE NON-PHYSICAL
DESIGN PROBLEM INTO THE PHYSICAL BUILDING PRODUCT. EVERY PROJECT WILL HAVE
CRITICAL ISSUES, CENTRAL THEMES OR PROBLEM ESSENCES, AND THE GENERAL ISSUES OF
DESIGNING A BUILDING CAN BE APPROACHED IN A NUMBER OF WAYS . ARCHITECTURE
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AN ART.

THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ARCHITECT COMES FROM THE WHICH COMES FROM THE
GREEK IS COMPOSED OF TWO BE THE FIRST, WHO COMMANDS) AND MASON, BUILDER).
THAT IS, THE BOSS WHO SENDS THE MASONS. "PERSON SKILLED IN THE ART OF BUILDING,
ONE WHO PLANS AND DESIGNS BUILDINGS AND SUPERVISES THEIR CONSTRUCTION,
THE STRUCTURE PROVIDES STABILITY TO THE BUILDING. ALSO IN CASES OF LACK OF
COORDINATION BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND ARCHITECTURE AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE BUILDING, IT WOULD TOTALLY RUIN QUICKLY BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE OF
ADEQUATE STRENGTH AND STABILITY. STRUCTURE MAINLY REFERS TO THE PRACTICAL PART
OF THE DESIGN THAT IS THE TRANSITION OF DESIGN FROM PAPER OR REEL WORLD TO REAL
WORLD.

THE GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY MUCH LIKE THE STRUCTURE INFLUENCES ARCHITECTURE.
GEOGRAPHY IS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THAN MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS AND MAPS. IT’S
ABOUT HOW NATURAL SURROUNDINGS AFFECT CULTURES AND SOCIETIES

CARTOGRAPHY DEALS WITH THE DEPICTION OF SPATIAL OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA


THROUGH MAPS

SCENOGRAPHY IS CONSIDERED AS A SPATIAL ART, IN THAT IT PUTS INTO FORM THE


REPRESENTATION SPACE FOR A GIVEN WORK OF ART. SCIOGRAPHY IS THE PERSPECTIVE
DEALING WITH THE PROJECTION OF SHADOWS, OR DELINEATION OF AN OBJECT IN
PERSPECTIVE WITH ITS GRADATIONS OF LIGHT AND SHADE. IN ARCHITECTURE IT IS DEFINED
AS A STUDY OF SHADES AND SHADOWS CAST BY SIMPLE ARCHITECTURAL FORMS ON PLANE
SURFACES. IN GENERAL THE LIGHT SOURCE IS IMAGINED AS THE SUN INCLINED AT 45
DEGREES TO BOTH VERTICAL PLANE AND HORIZONTAL PLANE COMING FROM LEFT HAND
SIDE. THE RESULTANT SHADOW IS THEN DRAWN.
PHOTOGRAPHY AIMS TO CAPTURE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN LIGHT AND THE PHYSICAL
FORM TO CONVEY A MESSAGE.

IN ARCHITECTURE PHOTOGRAPHY FOR ME MEANS TO CAPTURE THE CONTRAST OF THE


SPACES LIKE THE DEPTH SHADOWS CASTING ON THE SPACES AT DIFFERENT TIME ZONES,ETC
WHICH PROVIDE THE NATURE OF THAT SPACE AT DIFFERENT TIME PERIOD.

ABSTRACT IS ALSO ONE PART OF EARLY STAGES OF THE DESIGN .MANY ARCHITECTS LIKE
PETER EISENMAN ARE SOMEONE WHO TRIES TO BEGIN THE DESIGN WITH SCRATCH OR
ABSTRACT FORM LIKE SOME ASBSTRACT PAINTING AND TRIES TO GET INSPIRED FROM THAT
INTO THE BUILDING DESIGN.
ABSTRACT IN THE FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE AND ART THE DESIGN OF ANY SPATIAL MODELS
SHOULD ADOPT IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATION OF AN INTEGRATED MODEL: ONE
OR MORE PRINCIPLES CAN USED TO GENERATE THE SAME SHAPE OR AN OBJECT , AND
MANY OBJECTS CAN BE CREATED EMPLOYING ARCHITECTURE AND ARTS PRINCIPLES.

IN THE FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE AND ART THE DESIGN OF ANY SPATIAL MODELS SHOULD
ADOPT IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATION OF AN INTEGRATED MODEL: ONE OR
MORE PRINCIPLES CAN USED TO GENERATE THE SAME SHAPE OR AN OBJECT , AND MANY
OBJECTS CAN BE CREATED EMPLOYING ARCHITECTURE AND ARTS PRINCIPLES. THE COLOR
AND TEXTURE GIVE A MODEL A SENSE OF FORM AND THE POSSIBILITY OF RECOGNIZING IT
FROM THE MORE SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE: AS AN EXAMPLE, STUDENTS FROM THE FIRST
YEAR OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING HAVE USED SEVERAL DIFFERENT MODELS OF ART
AND ARCHITECTURE; THESE MODELS HAVE BEEN ANALYZED USING GEOMETRICAL
METHODS TO FIND THE STRATEGIES FOR CREATING THOSE MODELS. AFTER GEOMETRICAL
ANALYSIS HAD BEEN COMPLETED, THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT MODELS USED MORE THAN
ONE PRINCIPLE TO GENERATE THEM. THE PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN USED ON TWO LEVELS: AT
THE FIRST LEVEL THE MACRO COMPOSITION WAS CREATED; THE SECOND LEVEL INCLUDED A
MICRO COMPOSITION TO CREATE ONE UNIT. THIS UNIT HAS FORMAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT
LINKED TO THE OTHER UNIT. IN ADDITION TO USING A SELECTION OF COLOR
(HOMOGENEITY AND CONTRAST) , THIS PAPER PROVIDES AN INSIGHT INTO THE PRINCIPLES
OF INSTALLATION FORM SUCH AS ADJACENCY AND PROPORTIONALITY AT THE FIRST LEVEL,
AND AT THE SECOND LEVEL, THE PRINCIPLES OF PRIVATE RELATIONS AS WELL AS
STRUCTURAL DESIGN HAVE BEEN USED, SUCH AS THE GRADIENT BALANCE. THE FOCUS HAS
BEEN ON EXPLORING SHAPE AND DESIGN ALTERNATIVES, WHERE PRODUCING MANY
SHAPES FROM DIFFERENT COLORS AND DIFFERENT RELATIONS DEPENDS ON THE
PRINCIPLES OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE, WHICH, IN TURN, PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR THE
FORMATION OF DESIGN MODELS.

JATIN DHINGRA
3-A
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE

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