TA: Vishnu VasudevanMasters Stroke: Matters of Architectural Language
Experiencing a great work of architecture is like reading an excellent piece of literature. It engages senses through ways in which various aspects of architecture cohere into a meaningful, emotionally charged encounter. It is not surprising that language and architecture have been used as analogies for in many ways. Often phrases like ‘language of architecture’ are used for describing expressive and tectonics qualities in great works of architecture.
Studio will explore works of selected traditions or architects and try to decipher the unique architectural vocabulary. Students will learn to derive distinct architectural attitudes through analysis of selected body of buildings. These attitudes will be tested intermediately through small design problems and later modified when employed to design a project in a different context. In order to develop skills and sensibilities to approach design through lens of ‘language of architecture’, studio invites students to engage with great works of architecture.
