TA: Yukta RamanujapuramMasters 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 of such buildings. Studio will explore selected traditional buildings in India and try to decipher their unique architectural vocabulary. Students will learn to derive distinct architectural attitudes through systematic analysis of the selected 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 the great works of architecture.
