THOUGHTFUL COOLING

ARCHITECTURE
TRAINING OF TRAINERS
WORKSHOP
D2.4

Building a Sustainability Integrated Curricula

Syllabus
Architectural Design History of Art & Architecture

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Objective of this session
2. A new Lesson Plan for Architectural Design
3. Redefining History of Art and Architecture

Objective of the session

OBJECTIVE OF THIS SESSION

Distill learnings from Best Practices and previous sessions to create a new lesson plan for
Architectural Design and History of Art and Architecture

A new lesson plan

NEW LESSON PLAN FOR ARCHITECTURAL

DESIGN

Distribution of subjects in Initial 3

years of B.Arch Programme as
prescribed by Council of
Architecture (2008)
Design ~ major subject, accounting
for
- more than 40% teaching time
- maximum weight age of marks
So design ~ core subject and other
allied subjects should support it from
outside. The vision /mission of an
architectural school depends how
seriously the Design as a core
subject is being dealt with

NEW LESSON PLAN FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

Existing 1st semester syllabus spread over 24 weeks 50 min class
Understanding
the human
body in space

Activities &
their
relationship
with space

Scales and
proportions

Developing a
language
vocab,
visualization

Exposure to
Architecture,
architects and
their works

9 hours

9 hours

9 hours

9 hours

9 hours

Building
practices, site
visits, meeting
of architects

Sessional
work

9 hours

6 hours

NEW LESSON PLAN FOR ARCHITECTURAL

DESIGN

Disconnect between taught modules and studio sessions, especially when specialist
tutors take these classes

Architectural Design is different to each educator based on their ideology/interests

Creativity and originality outweighs practical aspects sometimes

UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BODY IN SPACES

9 hours

Understanding
the human
body in space

WEEK 1

WEEK 2

WEEK 3, 4

Getting to
know the
space around
you. Are you
self aware?

Interaction
with the
environment
basics of
thermal
comfort &
actual feel.
Individual
homes as a
subject

Integrative
design
exercise on
Building
Construction.
Elements of
the building,
how user
interacts with
them

Sun path over

the month

Wind
direction

Average
temperatures

ACTIVITIES & THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH

SPACE
9 hours

Week 5

Activities &
their
relationships
with space

Impact of the
built
environment
on ecosystems
and climate
change

Week 6, 7

Week 8

Exploring
spaces, how
they feel.
Buildings how
they feel

Collaborative
approach. First
within the
group. (Later in
learning interdisciplinary)

VIRTUAL & PHYSICAL AIDS

SCALES & PROPORTIONS

9 hours

Scales and
Proportions

Week 9

Structure
compared to a
larger
ecosystem

Week 10

Week 11

Integrative
design
exercises
based on
History of
Architecture,
Theory of
Structures

Materials
introduced,
how does brick
vs concrete
compare.
Small design
sessions on
physically
working with
each

DETAILING OUT THE LESSON PLANS

Developing a
language vocab
and visualization

Exposure to
Architecture,
architects & their
work

Building practices,
site visits and
meeting

Sessional work

9 hours

9 hours

9 hours

9 hours

IF THE PREVIOUS SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE

41 (Vth semester) B.Arch students from
Dcrust Murthal have learnt content related
to passive solar and sustainable design,
importance of traditional architecture,
introduction to first principles while
designing energy and water-efficient
buildings, energy efficiency of building
systems, introduction to Energy
Conservation Building Code (ECBC) and
National Building Code (NBC).
A detailed lesson plan for Architectural
Design and other subjects was made
before the commencement of coursework,
so that each topic covered in the theory
subject and the assignments / exercises
were linked with the Architectural Design
Studio problem.

Redefining art &

architecture

REDEFINING HISTORY OF ART AND

ARCHITECTURE

http://allday.com/post/1291-imagine-freeways-completely-devoid-of-cars/

REDEFINING HISTORY OF ART AND

ARCHITECTURE
1973 Oil Crisis
In the days before going green was a thing, a whole country didn't use its cars
for a day. It wasn't a homage to the environment. It was because they were
running out of gas.

NEW LESSON PLAN FOR HISTORY/HUMANITIES

Existing 1st semester syllabus spread over 20 weeks 50 min class
World History systems
of Knowledge

Human cultural
developments,
products & sociology

Chronology of India &

the world

9 hours

9 hours

9 hours

Helps to develop a critique and questioning relevant to gauge the profession in light of
new technological advancements

The Dancing House Prague

(Image: flickr)

You dont even need to go far, when you have one in

your backyard. A good example of the connections
between the built environment and its surroundings

Integrating old techniques in new

buildings and technologies
Use of Jallis / fenestrations

Pearl Academy of Fashion

http://www.treehugger.com/

Use of courtyards

Can we do a green
rating for old buildings?
Is an EPI (energy
performance index) of
the Gol Gumbaz
possible?

Pearl Academy of Fashion

http://www.treehugger.com/

REDEFINING HISTORY OF ART AND

ARCHITECTURE

How would these buildings fare if the ECBC were to be enforced on them?
User experiences documented in comparative structures

REDEFINING HISTORY OF ART AND

ARCHITECTURE

REDEFINING HISTORY OF ART AND

ARCHITECTURE
Tradition vs Modern
This is NOT meant to be a battle between traditional and modern forms of architecture.
Every district has its own traditions and, by trial and error, over thousands of years,
people have learned how to use, and to cope with, all the many factors which are involved
in Architecture. The Site, the Topography and Geology.
It is foolish, therefore, to abandon the tested findings of centuries of Science &
Technology.
- Baker

From the Industrial Revolution to

now, what are the changes we
have seen in architecture, how
has it affected the way people live
and interact with their
surroundings

CONTACT
Vivek Gilani
Ashoka Fellow
Managing Director, cBalance Solutions Hub
Programme Director, Fairconditioning (India)
vivek@cBalance.in
Philippe DeRougemont
Co-Founder, noe21
Programme Director, Fairconditioning (Switzerland)
phr2@noe21.org

www.fairconditioning.org

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