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The foundation studio in architecture tectonics (MAAT) aims to set
up a disciplinary impetus for the program with considerable
emphasis on the method of design and making. The first exercise deals with imparting awareness of mechanisms, mechanical motions
and their translations. The developed workshop skills are utilized
to produce a mechanically controlled fenestration unit. The second part of the studio deals with the understanding of
structural forces and their articulation in form. This is induced
through active physical modelling. The third and final part deals with the consolidation of the above
acquired skills, their resolution and their layering with a given
design challenge. The skills are tested through three emerging
typologies in a high rise, keeping in mind the future of resource
crunch, land shortages and sustainability.