PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE-I

SEMESTER I
LECTURE 11
WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE?

WHAT IS IT’S ORIGIN?

• Architecture more than just glass, steel & concrete.
• It’s about solving problems & understanding the context beyond the site.
• It’s a practice of delivering solutions that fits, while creating greater meaning.
• Architecture is the living story of how society's values are reflected and affected by the
built environment.
• It is a practice of giving birth to a form & function from a concept & purpose.

• Giving shape to light & shadow in order to give purpose & meaning to a space.
• Architecture is the story of a civilization’s Past, Present & Future!

• It inspires innovations, grows communities, & improves quality of life.

 Architecture - Origins

• Building first evolved out of the dynamics between needs

(shelter, security, worship, etc.) and means (available
building materials and attendant skills).

• As human cultures developed and knowledge began to be

formalized through oral traditions and practices, building
became a craft, and "architecture" is the name given to
the most highly formalized and respected versions of that
craft.

• It is widely assumed that architectural success was the

product of a process of trial and error, with progressively
less trial and more replication as the results of the process
proved increasingly satisfactory.

• The earliest surviving written work on the subject of

architecture is De architectura, by the Roman
architect Vitruvius in the early 1st century AD.
De Architectura
 The First Known Architect in History:

• Thought to be the very first architect in history

was Imhotep.

• He was one of the officials of the Pharaoh Djoser, he

designed the Pyramid of Djoser (the Step Pyramid) at
Saqqara in Egypt in 2630 – 2611 BC.

• He may have been responsible for the first known use of

columns in architecture.
 ARCHITECTURE

EVOLUTION THROUGH DIFFERENT

AGES/ERAS!
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