Architectural

Architectural
Curriculum
Curriculum
Md. Ali Naqi

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 Vision Statement
• Architecture is deeply intertwined with its educational
Methods.

– Bernard Tschumi, 0ne, two, three: Jump.

• Architectural education has always been in tension with

architectural practice.
• That is how it should be!
• So, lets try to correct what seems to be going wrong.

– Geoffrey Broadbent, Architectural Education.

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 How Did We Get Here?
• Vitruvius:
– Theory: principles of proportion
– Practice: manual work

• Brunelleschi:
– Just practical geometry

• Alberti:
– Architecture could be developed philosophy

• Ecole Royale des Beaux Arts (1819):

– Theory, history, construction, perspective, mathamatics etc.in class rooms.
– Design: esquisses ( sketch) and projets rendus (ink drawings)in atelier

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• Le Corbusier:
– Stressed history and construction
– Blamed the engineers for making things too complicated!
• BAUHOUS:
– Arts an craft brought together by Grupius
– After 6 months of basic course - 3 years of theoretical work
( abstraction)
– Sociology, psychology, economics added later by Mayer
– Mies eliminated psy-socio courses.
– He stresses on means, purposes and creating.

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 Available Options
• RIBA thoughts:
– Architecture is a bridge between Arts and Science
– It should advance on the basis of theory
– Research is the tool to advance

• Portsmouth Pluralist school:

– Students can take different directions
– Link with intellectual base and practice
– Scientists and Artists both needed
– Engineers to spend time in studios
– Context stressed (ie, from which design emerge)
– Paradigm project encouraged

• AA school of thought:
– Birth place of deconstruction

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 Today’s Situation (KU)
• The present curriculum is well structured
• And coordinated
• Sessionals are well emphasized
• Equipped with Contextual theories
• Environmental issues are addressed

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• But, it is over burdened with credit-hours.
• Architectural subjects are neglected
• Optional subjects are creating jam
• Sketches, graphic designs are absent!
• Structure subjects are less understood by
students

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 Goal and Objective
• Rethink about our curriculum
• The objectives are:
– To eliminate unnecessary credit-hour burdens.
– To emphasize Design work
– To improve year to year coordination through central Idea
– To establish Design work is not as “problem solving” but as
“questions” to find and address
– To stress Architectural theories needed for design studios
– To establish link with practice and generate practice within
and out of academy

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 What to do in design?
• To teach the students a common • By following the central ideas
language and objectives of each studio

• To establish a design culture • By generating discussions

beyond class
• To develop student’s attitude • By arranging exhibitions
for criticism, interpretation and
choice

• To allow students for self-

training
• By Arranging competitions!
– Givianni Salvestrini, The teaching
method

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 Recommendation
• Everybody get involved with the curriculum!
• We can develop a curriculum unique for our
context.

• Its fun too!

• So, lets start now !

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