ANNA UNIVERSITY B.ARCH 1ST SEMESTER SYLLABUS
REGULATION 2013
AR6102 THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE - I
OBJECTIVES : To introduce the various facets of architecture and its influencing factors.
To introduce the formal vocabulary of architecture as one of the ways to experience
the built environment.
To understand and appreciate the universals of architectural form and space in terms
of elements and principles within particular historical, cultural and geographic
contexts.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE
Definitions of Architecture – Origin of Architecture – architecture as a discipline – context for
architecture as satisfying human needs: functional, aesthetic and psychological-outline of
components and aspects of architectural form-site, structure, skin, materials, services, use,
circulation, expression, character, experience – Introduction to the formal vocabulary of
architecture and Gestalt ideas of visual perception.
UNIT II ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE
Understanding fundamental elements such as point, line, plane, form and space, shape,
pattern, light, colour, surface and texture with reference to the evolution of architectural form
and space.
UNIT III ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE – FORM
Understanding perceptual effects of specific geometric forms such as sphere, cube, pyramid,
cylinder and cone and its sections as well as their derivatives with respect to the evolution of
architectural form and space.
UNIT IV ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE – SPACE
Understanding perceptual effects of specific configuration of architectural spaces –
Enclosure – Internal and External, Continuous spaces – Spatial relationship and its types,
Spatial organisation: Centralized, Linear, Radial Clustered, Grid – built form and open space
relationships.
UNIT V PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE
Understanding fundamental principles such as proportion, scale, balance,
symmetry/asymmetry, rhythm, axis, hierarchy, datum, unity, harmony, dominance, climax –
Movement with reference to the architectural form and space – detailed study of relationship
between architectural form and circulation – Types of circulation – Building approach and
entrance, path configuration and form, path space relationship, orientation.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS 4
REQUIRED READINGS:
1. Francis D.K. Ching, Architecture-Form, Space and Order, Van Nostrand Reinhold
Company, New York, 2007.
2. Simon Unwin, Analysing Architecture, Rouledge, London, 2003.
3. Pramar V.S., Design Fundamentals in Architecture, Somaiya Publications Private Ltd.,
New Delhi, 1973.
4. Yatin Pandya, Elements of Space making, Mapin 2007.
REFERENCES:
1. Leland M.Roth – Understanding Architecture, its experience history and meaning,
Craftsman house, 1994.
2. Peter von Meiss – Elements of architecture – from form to place, Spon Press 1977.
3. Rudolf Arnheim – The dynamics of architectural form, University of California Press
1977.
4. Neils Prak, Mounton & Co. The language of Architecture 1968.
5. Paul Alan Johnson – The Theory of Architecture – Concepts and themes, Van Nostrand
Reinhold Co., New York, 1994.
6. Helen Marie Evans and Carla David Dunneshil, An invitation to design, Macmillan
Publishing Co. Inc., New York, 1982.
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