AR2352 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURE VI SYLLABUS | ANNA UNIVERSITY B ARCH 6TH SEMESTER SYLLABUS REGULATION 2009 2011 2012-2013 BELOW IS THE ANNA UNIVERSITY SIXTH SEMESTER B ARCH DEPARTMENT SYLLABUS, TEXTBOOKS, REFERENCE BOOKS,EXAM PORTIONS,QUESTION BANK,PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPERS,MODEL QUESTION PAPERS, CLASS NOTES, IMPORTANT 2 MARKS, 8 MARKS, 16 MARKS TOPICS. IT IS APPLICABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS ADMITTED IN THE YEAR 2011 2012-2013 (ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI,TRICHY,MADURAI, TIRUNELVELI,COIMBATORE), 2009 REGULATION OF ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI AND STUDENTS ADMITTED IN ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI DURING 2009
AR2352 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURE VI L T P/S C
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AIM:
To expose the students to the diverse postmodern directions in architecture in the Western
world from the 1960s onwards as well as the architectural production of India from the end of
colonial rule to the contemporary period.
OBJECTIVES:
To introduce the context for the critiques of modern architecture and the evolution of new
approaches.
To study in detail the different postmodern directions in architecture.
To understand the trajectory of architecture in India from the end of colonial rule to the
contemporary period- architectural debates associated with nation, establishment of modern
architecture and subsequent quest for Indianness.
CONTENT:
UNIT I CRITIQUING MODERNISM 9
TEAM X- Brutalism- projects of Smithsons and Aldo Van Eyck – writings of Jane Jacobs,
Robert Venturi, Aldo Rossi and Christopher Alexander.
UNIT II AFTER MODERNISM – I 8
Conditions of Post Modernity- various postmodern directions in architecture– canonization of
Post Modernism– works of Graves, Venturi, Moore- postmodern classicism- ideas and works of
urbanism: Soleri, Archigram and Metabolism- Neo Rationalism.
UNIT III AFTER MODERNISM – II 8
High Tech architecture: Works of Stirling, Rogers and Piano –Deconstructivist theory and
practice- Eisenmann, Hadid, Gehry, Libeskind, Tschumi
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UNIT IV ALTERNATIVE PRACTICES AND IDEAS 9
Critical Regionalism- Ideas and works of Baker, Fathy, Ralph Erskine, Lucien Kroll, Ando,
Bawa, Barragan, Siza
UNIT V POST INDEPENDENT ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA 11
Architectural debates associated with nation formation– early modernist architecture- post
independence city planning: Chandigarh and Bhuvaneswar- influences on post independence
architects- Architecture of Kanvinde, Raje, Doshi, Correa, Nari Gandhi, Raj Rewal- PWD
architecture – new directions after 1960s- post- independent architecture of Chennai
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REQUIRED READING:
1. Kenneth Frampton, Modern Architecture: A Critical History , Thames & Hudson, London,
1994.
2. Diane Ghirardo , Architecture after Modernism, Thames & Hudson, London, 1990.
3. Miki Desai et. al., Architecture and independence, Oxford University Press,2000
REFERENCES:
1. Christopher Alexander, Pattern Language, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
2. Robert Venturi , Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, 1977.
3. Aldo Rossi, The Architecture of the City, MIT Press, Massachusetts, 1982.
4. Michael Hays ed., Architecture Theory since 1968, CBA, 1999
5. Jane Jacobs, Deaths and Life of Great American Cities, Vintage, 2003
6. James Steele, Hassan Fathy, Academy Editions
7. Kenneth Frampton ed, Charles Correa, The Perennial Press, 1998
8. William Jr. Curtis, Balkrishna Doshi, An Architecture for India, Rizzoli
9. Brian Brace Taylor, Geoffrey Bawa, Thames & Hudson
AR2352 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURE VI L T P/S C
3 0 0 3
AIM:
To expose the students to the diverse postmodern directions in architecture in the Western
world from the 1960s onwards as well as the architectural production of India from the end of
colonial rule to the contemporary period.
OBJECTIVES:
To introduce the context for the critiques of modern architecture and the evolution of new
approaches.
To study in detail the different postmodern directions in architecture.
To understand the trajectory of architecture in India from the end of colonial rule to the
contemporary period- architectural debates associated with nation, establishment of modern
architecture and subsequent quest for Indianness.
CONTENT:
UNIT I CRITIQUING MODERNISM 9
TEAM X- Brutalism- projects of Smithsons and Aldo Van Eyck – writings of Jane Jacobs,
Robert Venturi, Aldo Rossi and Christopher Alexander.
UNIT II AFTER MODERNISM – I 8
Conditions of Post Modernity- various postmodern directions in architecture– canonization of
Post Modernism– works of Graves, Venturi, Moore- postmodern classicism- ideas and works of
urbanism: Soleri, Archigram and Metabolism- Neo Rationalism.
UNIT III AFTER MODERNISM – II 8
High Tech architecture: Works of Stirling, Rogers and Piano –Deconstructivist theory and
practice- Eisenmann, Hadid, Gehry, Libeskind, Tschumi
40
UNIT IV ALTERNATIVE PRACTICES AND IDEAS 9
Critical Regionalism- Ideas and works of Baker, Fathy, Ralph Erskine, Lucien Kroll, Ando,
Bawa, Barragan, Siza
UNIT V POST INDEPENDENT ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA 11
Architectural debates associated with nation formation– early modernist architecture- post
independence city planning: Chandigarh and Bhuvaneswar- influences on post independence
architects- Architecture of Kanvinde, Raje, Doshi, Correa, Nari Gandhi, Raj Rewal- PWD
architecture – new directions after 1960s- post- independent architecture of Chennai
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REQUIRED READING:
1. Kenneth Frampton, Modern Architecture: A Critical History , Thames & Hudson, London,
1994.
2. Diane Ghirardo , Architecture after Modernism, Thames & Hudson, London, 1990.
3. Miki Desai et. al., Architecture and independence, Oxford University Press,2000
REFERENCES:
1. Christopher Alexander, Pattern Language, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
2. Robert Venturi , Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, 1977.
3. Aldo Rossi, The Architecture of the City, MIT Press, Massachusetts, 1982.
4. Michael Hays ed., Architecture Theory since 1968, CBA, 1999
5. Jane Jacobs, Deaths and Life of Great American Cities, Vintage, 2003
6. James Steele, Hassan Fathy, Academy Editions
7. Kenneth Frampton ed, Charles Correa, The Perennial Press, 1998
8. William Jr. Curtis, Balkrishna Doshi, An Architecture for India, Rizzoli
9. Brian Brace Taylor, Geoffrey Bawa, Thames & Hudson
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