AR2302 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURE V SYLLABUS | ANNA UNIVERSITY B.ARCH 5TH SEMESTER SYLLABUS REGULATION 2008 2011 2012-2013 BELOW IS THE ANNA UNIVERSITY FIFTH SEMESTER B.ARCH DEPARTMENT SYLLABUS, TEXTBOOKS, REFERENCE BOOKS, IT IS APPLICABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS ADMITTED IN THE YEAR 2011 2012-2013 (ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI,TRICHY,MADURAI,TIRUNELVELI,COIMBATORE), 2008 REGULATION OF ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI AND STUDENTS ADMITTED IN ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI DURING 2009
AR2302 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURE V L T P/S C
3 0 0 3
AIM:
To expose the students to the origin, development and spread of modern architecture in the
Western world as well the architectural production of colonialism in India.
OBJECTIVES:
To introduce the condition of modernity and bring out its impact in the realm of architecture
To study modern architecture as evolving from specific aspects of modernityindustrialisation,
urbanisation, material development, modern art as well as society’s
reaction to them.
To study the further trajectories of modern architecture in the post WWII period.
To create an overall understanding of the architectural developments in India influenced by
colonial rule.
CONTENT:
UNIT I LEADING TO A NEW ARCHITECTURE 8
Beginnings of modernity –Origin and development of Neo Classicism- Structural Neo classicists:
Laugier, Soufflot, Schinkel, Labrouste - Romantic Neo classicists:Ledoux , Boulle, Durand,
Jefferson- Industrialization and its impact- Urbanization in Europe and America- split of design
education into architecture and engineering streams- Emergent new building / space types-
Growing need for mass housing- Development of Industrial material and construction
technologies- concrete, glass and steel- structural engineering, standardization-Industrial
exhibitions- Chicago School and skyscraper development.
UNIT II REVIEWING INDUSTRIALISATION 8
Opposition to industrial arts and production - Arts and Crafts in Europe and America : Morris,
Webb- Art Nouveau: Horta, Van De Velde, Gaudi, Guimard, Mackintosh - Vienna secession:
Hoffman, Olbrich- Wright’s early works
UNIT III MODERN ARCHITECTURE: DEVELOPMENT AND
INSTITUTIONALISATION 13
Adolf Loos and critique of ornamentation- Raumplan: Peter Behrens- Werkbund – Modern
architecture and art - Expressionism: Mendelsohn, Taut, Polzeig- Futurism- Constructivism,
Cubism-Suprematism- De–Stijl
Bauhaus- Gropius, Meyer and Mies -CIAM I to X and its role in canonizing architecture- growth
of International Style
Ideas and works of Gropius, Le Corbusier, Aalto, Mies, later works of Wright
UNIT IV MODERN ARCHITECTURE : LATER DIRECTIONS 8
33
Post WW II developments and spread of international style – Later works of Corbusier: Brasilia,
Unite- Works of later modernists: Louis Kahn, Paul Rudolph, Eero Saarinen
UNIT V COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA 8
Colonialism and its impact- early colonial architecture :forts, bungalows, cantonments – Stylistic
transformations: Neo- classicism, Gothic Revival and Indo Saracenic - PWD and
institutionalization of architecture - Building of New Delhi showcasing imperial power.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REQUIRED READING:
1. Kenneth Frampton , Modern Architecture: A Critical History , Thames & Hudson, London,
1994
2. Manfredo Tafuri., Modern Architecture, Harry N. Abrams Inc.
3. Leonardo Benevolo, History of Modern Architecture, 2 Vols.,Routledge & Keganpaul,
London, 1971
4. Miki Desai et. al., Architecture and independence, Oxford University Press,2000
REFERENCES:
1. Thomas Metcalf, An imperial Vision, Faber & Faber/ Electa, 1980.
2. Christian Norburg Schulz., Meaning in Western Architecture, Studio Vista
3. William J. Curtis – Modern Architecture since 1900.
AR2302 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURE V L T P/S C
3 0 0 3
AIM:
To expose the students to the origin, development and spread of modern architecture in the
Western world as well the architectural production of colonialism in India.
OBJECTIVES:
To introduce the condition of modernity and bring out its impact in the realm of architecture
To study modern architecture as evolving from specific aspects of modernityindustrialisation,
urbanisation, material development, modern art as well as society’s
reaction to them.
To study the further trajectories of modern architecture in the post WWII period.
To create an overall understanding of the architectural developments in India influenced by
colonial rule.
CONTENT:
UNIT I LEADING TO A NEW ARCHITECTURE 8
Beginnings of modernity –Origin and development of Neo Classicism- Structural Neo classicists:
Laugier, Soufflot, Schinkel, Labrouste - Romantic Neo classicists:Ledoux , Boulle, Durand,
Jefferson- Industrialization and its impact- Urbanization in Europe and America- split of design
education into architecture and engineering streams- Emergent new building / space types-
Growing need for mass housing- Development of Industrial material and construction
technologies- concrete, glass and steel- structural engineering, standardization-Industrial
exhibitions- Chicago School and skyscraper development.
UNIT II REVIEWING INDUSTRIALISATION 8
Opposition to industrial arts and production - Arts and Crafts in Europe and America : Morris,
Webb- Art Nouveau: Horta, Van De Velde, Gaudi, Guimard, Mackintosh - Vienna secession:
Hoffman, Olbrich- Wright’s early works
UNIT III MODERN ARCHITECTURE: DEVELOPMENT AND
INSTITUTIONALISATION 13
Adolf Loos and critique of ornamentation- Raumplan: Peter Behrens- Werkbund – Modern
architecture and art - Expressionism: Mendelsohn, Taut, Polzeig- Futurism- Constructivism,
Cubism-Suprematism- De–Stijl
Bauhaus- Gropius, Meyer and Mies -CIAM I to X and its role in canonizing architecture- growth
of International Style
Ideas and works of Gropius, Le Corbusier, Aalto, Mies, later works of Wright
UNIT IV MODERN ARCHITECTURE : LATER DIRECTIONS 8
33
Post WW II developments and spread of international style – Later works of Corbusier: Brasilia,
Unite- Works of later modernists: Louis Kahn, Paul Rudolph, Eero Saarinen
UNIT V COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA 8
Colonialism and its impact- early colonial architecture :forts, bungalows, cantonments – Stylistic
transformations: Neo- classicism, Gothic Revival and Indo Saracenic - PWD and
institutionalization of architecture - Building of New Delhi showcasing imperial power.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REQUIRED READING:
1. Kenneth Frampton , Modern Architecture: A Critical History , Thames & Hudson, London,
1994
2. Manfredo Tafuri., Modern Architecture, Harry N. Abrams Inc.
3. Leonardo Benevolo, History of Modern Architecture, 2 Vols.,Routledge & Keganpaul,
London, 1971
4. Miki Desai et. al., Architecture and independence, Oxford University Press,2000
REFERENCES:
1. Thomas Metcalf, An imperial Vision, Faber & Faber/ Electa, 1980.
2. Christian Norburg Schulz., Meaning in Western Architecture, Studio Vista
3. William J. Curtis – Modern Architecture since 1900.
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