Architecture 2201 Concept Development (KTE0012)

Architecture 2201 Concept Development, Contents:  

Architecture must solve complex problems. We must understand and use technology, we must create buildings which are safe and dry, respectful of context and neighbors, and face all the myriad of issues of social responsibility responsibility, and even please the client. But then what? The moment of truth, the composition of elements, the selection of forms, scale, materials, color, finally, all the same issues facing the painter and the  sculptor. Architecture is surely an art, and those who practice the art of architecture are surely architects.

WHAT IS A CONCEPT?

AN IDEA, OR SEVERAL IDEAS, WHICH WILL BECOME THE

CATALYST FOR YOUR DESIGN.

IDEAS SHOULD PRECEED FORM!

(FORM SHOULD REINFORCE IDEAS)

Think of as a LIST OF PRIORITIES

how do I organize architecture when there are multiple solutions?

WHERE DO IDEAS (CONCEPTS) COME FROM?

SITE (site analysis)

PROGRAM (functional requirements)

PLACE / CULTURE / SOCIETY

TECHNOLOGY / MATERIAL / METHOD

PERSONAL ARCHITECTURAL INFLUENCES

MOVEMENT

ARCHITECTURE 2201 CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

SPACE / EMOTIONS

SPEED / TECHNOLOGY

MEMORY / PLACE

PRECEDENT RESEARCH

CONCEPTS EVOLVE THROUGHOUT THE

DESIGN PROCESS