The fundamental aim of architecture is to communicate meaning through the physical expression of a building. When there is a synchronization between a statement derived from the program and the necessary skill to translate it into an architectural language, meaning becomes coherent and legible
The premise is based on the fact that architecture expresses meaning through Assemblage, which is counter-dependent on the Morphological Dimension of Detailing. This morphology is controlled by choice of material and construction processes related to the Programmatic dimension. This Program can be broken-down at symbolic stage into two categories, Quantifiable Aspects and Non-quantifiable aspects which helps decode the translation of the ‘meaning.''
Studio exercises will focus on decoding the ‘architectural intentions’ to identify the meaning of a given urban tissue. These intentions can be tabulated as - ‘means’ and ‘meaning’ into a matrix of observations using diagrammatic interpretation. These derivations can now be coded into a coherent architectural intervention in the same context, which enhances the meaning of the urban tissue.
Students will not only learn how to draw upon an analogous relationship between the language of architecture and its meaning but build a library of various assemblages and morphological detailing techniques to achieve a coherent system of translation.
