Krithika Badari Rao

CFP001

U23113

TThe CEPT Foundation Programme studio is an introduction for students fresh out of school to the rigor and work habits required by an undergraduate degree at CEPT University. The studio is conceptualized as a series of sequentially planned exercises, through which students develop skills and abilities, which are then deployed to address increasingly complex problems falling in four broad categories: visualize and draw, make and learn, anayse and interpret and conceptualise and represent. The exercises are designed to provide foundational skills for students across disciplines at CEPT, between which they maintain a balance. They also reflect an understanding that at the foundation level, these skills overlap to a large extent, and a varied array is of benefit to all students. The studio is taught through intensive 1–2 week long modules, focusing on a particular skill or ability, and a process that emphasizes ongoing feedback in addition to expert faculty lectures.


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Drawing lines, shapes, forms and compositions of subtracted forms without the aid of tools.

Drawing what is observed in the surroundings through detailed and quick sketches using different media.

Understanding and analysing different typefaces and learning their context appropriate usage. Drafting different views of a model using technical tools.

Measuring different objects, buildings and spaces using approximation to body measurements.

Understanding the relationship the different tones, tints and shades of colours and the way they function together.

Analysing Peter Zumthor’s architechtural style using mind maps and applying those elements in a final poster.

Dismantling and understanding the working of a hand-held object to ultimately represent its parts in exploded view.

Learning to compose elements using the rules of organisation, visual perception and visual composition.

Learning to make physical models using different materials like card paper, micro concrete and clay. Understanding the properties of different sourced materials and exploring the physical properties of laminate by building a model.

Learning to make physical models using different materials like card paper, micro concrete and clay. Understanding the properties of different sourced materials and exploring the physical properties of laminate by building a model.