Lesson 1 - Architectural Theory and Influences

Glossary

Architecture - The art or practice of designing and constructing

buildings.
Climate - The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general
or over a long period.
Comfort - A state of physical ease and freedom from pain or
constraint.

Design - A plan or drawing produced to show the look and

function or workings of a building, garment, or other
object before it is built or made.

Home - The place where one lives permanently, especially as a

member of a family or household.

Materials - The matter from which a thing is or can be made.

Nature - The basic or inherent features of something, especially

when seen as characteristic of it.

Profession - A paid occupation, especially one that involves

prolonged training and a formal qualification.

Style - A distinctive appearance, typically determined by the

principles according to which something is designed.

Ten Books on Architecture - A treatise on architecture written by the Roman

architect and military engineer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar
Augustus, as a guide for building projects.

Theory - A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain

something, especially one based on general principles
independent of the thing to be explained.

Topography - A detailed description or representation on a map of

the natural and artificial features of an area.
Art - The conscience use of skill, craft, and creative
imagination in the production of what is beautiful,
appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
Aesthetics - The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of
art, beauty, and taste, with a view to establishing the
meaning and validity of critical judgment concerning
works of art. Also, esthetics.
Beauty - The aggregate of qualities in person or thing that gives
intense pleasure to the senses or deep satisfaction to
the mind or spirit, whether arising from harmony of
form or color, excellence of craft, truthfulness,
originality, or other, often unspecifiable property.
Delight - A high degree of pleasure or enjoyment.
Taste - Critical judgement, discernment, or appreciation of
what is fitting, harmonious, or beautiful prevailing in a
culture or personal to an individual.
Commodity - something value, use, or convenience.
Environmental design - The ordering of the physical environment by means of
architecture, engineering, construction, landscape
architecture, urban design and city planning.
Urban design - The aspect of architecture and city planning that deals
with the design of urban structures and spaces.
City planning - The activity or profession of determining the future of
physical arrangement and condition of a community,
involving an appraisal of the current conditions, a
forecast of future requirements, a plan for the
fulfillment of these requirements, and proposals for
legal, financial, and constructional programs to
implement the plan. Also called town planning, urban
planning.
Space planning - The aspect of architecture and interior design that
deals with the planning, layout, design and furnishing
of spaces within a proposed or existing building.
Interior design - The art, business, or profession of planning the design
and supervising the execution of architectural
interiors, including their color schemes, furnishings,
fittings, finishes, and sometimes architectural features.
Science - A branch of knowledge dealing with a body of facts or
truths obtained by direct observation, experimental
investigation, and methodical study, systematically
arranged and showing the operation of general laws.
Technology - Applied science, the branch of knowledge that deals
with the creation and use of technical methods and
materials, and their interrelation with life, society and
the environment.
Technics - The science of an art or of the arts in general.
 Tectonics - The science or art of shaping, ornamenting, or
assembling materials in construction.
Architectonics - The unifying structure or concept of an artistic work.
Engineering - The art and science of applying scientific principles to
practical ends in the design and construction of
structures, equipment, and systems.
Firmness - The state or quality of being solidly constructed.
Behavioral science - Any of the sciences, as sociology and anthropology
that seek to discover general truths from the
observation of human behavior in society.
Sociology - The science of human social institutions and
relationships: The study of the origin, development,
structure, functioning, and collective behavior of
organized groups of human beings.
Anthropology - The science of human beings: The study of the origin,
physical and cultural development, and environmental
and social relations of humankind.
Landscape architecture - The art, business or profession of designing, arranging,
or modifying the features of a landscape for aesthetic
or practical reasons.

References:

• Salvan, G. (1999). Architectural Theories of Design. (Influences in

Architecture) Page 1-17.
• Malgrave, H. (2006). Architectural Theory. (Introduction)

Further Readings:

1. Read the following material:

• Salvan, G. (1999). Architectural Theories of Design. (Influences in

Architecture) Page 1-17.
• Malgrave, H. (2006). Architectural Theory. (Introduction)
• Vitruvius (December 31, 2006 [EBook #20239]). The Project
Gutenberg eBook of Ten Books on Architecture. Book 1, Page 3-
31.
2. Watch the following videos online.

• Theory in Architecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=V6WVco92Icw
• Sarah Whitting on Architecture Theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw1zlo3hqTw

Task:

Submit a reaction paper on Wednesday (September 9, 2020), discussing the

following:

1. Importance and application of theory of architecture in the actual

practice of architecture.
2. Different influences that affects architecture theory.

Instruction:
• Submit a reaction paper with 1000 words (at least 3 pages –
complete with Cover page, Introduction, Reaction to the topic, and
Conclusion) to be typed written in an A4 size paper.

Rubrics of Reaction paper:

The chart below will be your guidelines in composing your reaction paper as the
rubric chart will be used to grade your work.
Closure:

During the scheduled Google Meet the students will be asked to share their
knowledge and experience on the lessons presented in Lesson 1. The
following question will be used as guide.

1. What is your understanding of architecture theory?

2. Why do we you to study design theory?
3. What are its implications on the architecture profession?
4. What are the scopes covered by architecture theory?
5. Are there any other concerns with regards to the topic that needs
clarification?
6. Preview of the next topic.

Timeline:
6 hours
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Lesson 2 – Elements of Design

Aesthetic - A set of principles underlying and guiding the work of a

particular artist or artistic movement.

Composition - The act of putting something together, or the

combination of elements or qualities.

Element - A part or aspect of something abstract, especially one

that is essential or characteristic.

Influence - The capacity to have an effect on the character,

development, or behavior of someone or something,
or the effect itself.

Line - A long, narrow mark or band.

Overhead -

Plane - A flat surface on which a straight line joining any two

points on it would wholly lie.

Point - An exact location. It has no size, only position.

Volume - The amount of space that a substance or object

occupies, or that is enclosed within a container,
especially when great.