Course detail

Space and Form

FA-KOVAcad. year: 2016/2017

Creation of composition études as means of harmonising architectural space and the work's eloquent expression. In tutorials, the categories of architectural composition are analysed in context of space and architectural form as reflection of the time's philosophical ideas, emphasis being put on the specific features of the present time.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. arch. Jiří Palacký, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Spatial Design (UPT)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Deepening the ability to apply the knowledge of composition to architectural design.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the basic and auxiliary categories of composition. Symmetry, rhythm, contrast, module, proportion, scale, light, colur, optical delusions and illusions...

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Classification is conditioned by submission of five experimental designs of a digital model of selected basic categories of composition.

Course curriculum

Story management.
Approaches to management I.
Approaches to management II.
Experiential management.
Analyses for support managerial decision making.
Introduction to the linear programming.
Method time scheduling.
Decision - making method and mock - up.
Work with informations.
Setting and elaboration news.
Fundamentals for negotiation problems.
Motivational techniques and their training.
Project management.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Not applicable.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Tutorials conducted in form of individual consultations. Digital modelling of composition situations, making use of the computer centre's classroom.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Aranda, B.: Tooling (Pamphlet Architecture) - Princeton Architectural Press, 2006
Buri, H. U.: Origami - Folded plate structures - Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne - 2010
Jackson, P.: Cut and fold techniques for pop-up designs - Laurence King Publishing Ltd., 2014
Jackson, P.: Folding techniques for designers - Laurence King Publishing Ltd., 2011
Lynn, G.: Folding in Architecture (Architectural Design Profile) - John Wiley & Sons, 2004
Pottmann, H.: Architectural Geometry – Bentley Institute Press, 2007
Vyzoviti, S.: Folding architecture: Spatial, Structural and Organizational Diagrams - BIS Publishers, 2004
Vyzoviti, S.: Supersurfaces: Folding as a Form Generation Method in Architecture - BIS Publishers, 2006

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme ARCHURB Bachelor's

    branch ARCH , 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. arch. Jiří Palacký, Ph.D.