Architectural Design 2

Course Name: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 2 - CREATIVE DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS

Course Description: Design exercises involving anthropometrics, modular coordination, functional relationships and activity circuits including basic design techniques and tools.

Number of Units: Lecture – 1 unit and Studio – 1unit

Number of Hours per week: Lecture - 1 hour and Studio – 3 hours

Prerequisite: Architectural Design 1 & Theory 1

Related Textbooks and References:

• Architectural Graphic Standards: McGraw Hill. Latest Edition.
• Building Types: Time Savers: McGraw Hill. Latest Edition
• Architecture And Identity. Responses To Cultural And Technological Change. Abel, Chris.
• Architecture And Polyphony. Building In The Islamic World Today. 2004.
• Architecture And The World Outside. Woud, Auke Van Der.
• Architecture: Form, Space & Order. Ching, Francis D.K. Latest Edition
• Architecture In The Philippines: Filipino Building In A Cross-Cultural Context. Klassen, Winand.
• Architecture Is Elementary: Visual Thinking Through Architectural Concepts. Winters, Nathan B.
• Building Design For Handicapped And Aged Person. Haber, Gilda.
• Contemporary World Architecture. Pearman, Hugh.
• Environmental Design. Architecture And Technology. Coltom-Winslow, Margaret.
• The Culture of Building. Davis, Howard.
• The Elements of Style. Calloway, Stephen and Mitchell Beazley.
• The World Atlas of Architecture. Norwich, John Julius Ed.

Course Objectives:

• At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
• Learn the nature of architecture by enabling them to discover their ability to manipulate basic forms and shapes into the basis of architectural form.
• Apply lessons learned in shape manipulation and proper anthropometrics and ergonometrics to structures fit for human habitation.
• Develop their interest in architectural design.
• Express their creativity and skill through manipulation of shapes and forms to achieve the basis of architecture.

Course Outline:

• Anthropometrics, Ergonometrics, Behavioral Settings, Activity Analyses, Spatial Analyses
• Interrelationship of Spaces, Proximity Matrices and Programming
• Concepts of Simple Residential Design
• Concepts of Complex Residential Design

Studio Equipment:

• Drafting Table and drafting chair