SAVALIYA HIREN K.

B-5114
Semester X
Research and Methodlogy
Friday, 15 May, 2020

INDUBHAI PAREKH SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India

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Exercise-4: Introducing Architectural Theory – Debating a
Discipline

In architectural theory, the initiative for developing the teaching method for
architectural course has been taken where the peer learning is going to be taken off.
This book force the student of architecture to think about the method, idea, concept.
Etc in different ways which help them to show good process in their design studio.
Before writing this book there were many discussion on the theory of architecture
which helps the studio in lateral and parallel thinking ideas. This debating theory helps
the architecture student for long term thinking process. In dissertation architecture
student should be able to think lateral and vertical thinking with the critical thinking,
writing and reading skills. The Dialectic as the learning theory in architecture with the
interaction of the student and faculty by debating the questions and answers of the
topic it will help to find the true theory of architecture learning. The course of
architectural theory need to be changed accordingly to the context of the history and
the present architecture practice. Dialectic is important because theories changes
according to the cultural and empirical substance. This theories are accepted by the
experts in order to have new theories. Architectural theories are the part of science,
part of the history, part of ideology, part of sociology so as per this development of
architectural theory has been done in two parts Objective principles related to scientific
theories and Subjective values related to belief system and ideologies. In architectural
design theory design process of the premise have one of its own idea(the individual
idea or concept) or the collective decision of the team with the client. The dialectic
between the client need and the archictect idea or concept will be the new theory of
designing strategies, this can be introduced as the new architectural theory of the
process. The concept of dialectic is to have the debate between the group of two. The
experiential values of an architect which are shared by them is also one of the theory
part in architecture. Architecture design is a conceptual thinking, Strategies making,
ideal thinking, system making and theoretical thinking. There are many ways of
dialectic methods to connect the different theory which help the architecture to grow
its culture by the creating the new space. Every time student will have the new thinking
methods, new concept, the new artistic creation forever.thus this methods will allow
the student for long term thinking. The aim of the book is to have more questions
among the student with relevance to the topic, by continuing the debate. This will help
to have the transformation of the architectural theory into many ways, which can help
to have the good creation of the building.

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