Architectural Design 4

Course Name: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 4 - SPACE PLANNING 1

Course Description: Design exercises involving innovative approaches on vernacular architecture including energy conservation and space management.

Number of Units: Lecture - 1 unit and Studio – 2 units

Number of Hours per week: Lecture - 1 hour and Studio – 6 hours

Prerequisite: Architectural Design 3

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.
• 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 forms.
• Apply lessons learned in shape manipulation and proper anthropometrics and ergonometrics to structures fit for human habitation.
• Understand human behavior and human interrelationships as viewed in architectural design.
• Understand vernacular architecture and how it is designed to fit the tropical environment.
• Design spaces for the various human behaviors.
• 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:
• Construction Materials & Systems as Design considerations, Relation of Form to structure, Utility systems as Design consideration
• Indigenous Building Technologies and their influence to design, New Bldg. Technologies,
• Adaptive Reuse and Restoration

Studio Equipment:

• Drafting Table and various drafting tools