0.1 ARC17R452 (Updated on 18.1.

2022)
ARCHITECTURAL APPRAISAL

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Prerequisite ARC17R481, Syllabus Revision -

Practical Training
Course Category Course Type Course Level
Self-Study Theory cum Studio -
Year/ Semester IV/ VIII
Course Coordinator Prof. Bodh Saraswat

Module Coordinator Prof. Vinu Pandyan L

Program Coordinator Prof. Ahamed Fazeel Akram H

Course Outcomes (COs’:)

On successful completion of the course, the students would be
able to;
CO1 Critically analyze the Modern buildings applying study methods and
techniques
CO2 Examine and identify the design process and factors shaping buildings.

Mapping of COs’ with POs’/PSOs’

PO
CO
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 L M H H M

2 L M H H M
0.1.1 Syllabus

Unit Contents Hours

1 This course introduces students to the methods and techniques 30
of “how to see” as an Architect. This course concentrates on
issues that influence the way modern buildings, and their
architects are perceived by critics, scholars, and the public. The
various factors/ parameters that influence the design of a
building from project conception to completion, shall be
thoroughly and scientifically documented through primary
sources, secondary sources, literature reviews, surveys, and
interviews. The student shall clearly and progressively analyze
the shaping of Design- the factors that contributed to the
success, failure and criticism levied on the building- The
student can only choose one prominent building preferably in
his hometown and with whose clients and architect he can
interact with- The student must culminate in a report
submission and will also be presented as seminar to the review
committee.
Reference Books:
1. Alan Colquhoun, Kenneth Frampton- Essays in Architectural Criticism:
Modern Architectural and Historical Change- The MIT Press- 1985
2. Fuller, David, Waugh, Patricia eds- The Arts and Sciences of Criticism- Oxford
University Press- 1999
3. Architectural Criticism and Journalism: Global Perspectives- Proceedings of
an International Seminar- Aga Khan Award for Architecture in Association
and Kuwait Society of Engineers- December 2005.
4. Joan Ockman- Architecture, criticism, ideology- Princeton Architectural
Press- 1985.

Other References (Web, MOOC):

Edmund Bacon, Design of Cities, Penguin, 1976.
1.

Gordon Cullen, The Concise Townscape, The Architectural Press, 1978.

2.

Lawrence Harpin, Cities, Reinhold Publishing Corporation, New York, 1964.

3.

Gosling and Maitland, Urban Design, St. Martin’s Press, 1984.

4.

Kevin Lynch, Site Planning, MIT Press, Cambridge 1967.

5.

0.1.2 Scheme of Instruction

Week Date Details of the Study Topics Hours Cumulative

Hours
1 27.12.2021 Introduction, Assignment creation 1 1
30.12.2021 Start Reading: Alan Colquhoun, 1 2
Kenneth Frampton- Essays in
Architectural Criticism: Modern
Architectural and Historical Change
2 3.1.2022 Discussion on Building List 1 3
6.1.2022 Methods of "How to see" as an 1 4
Architect
3 10.1.2022 Techniques of "How to see" as an 1 5
Architect
13.1.2022 Holiday - 5
4 17.1.2022 Holiday - 5
20.1.2022 Issues that influence the way
modern buildings and their
architects are perceived by critics, 1 6
scholars and public
5 24.1.2022 Factors/ parameters that influence 1 7
the design of a building from project
 conception to completion
27.1.2022 Primary sources 1 8
6 31.1.2022 Complete Reading: Alan Colquhoun, 1 9
Kenneth Frampton- Essays in
Architectural Criticism: Modern
Architectural and Historical Change
3.2.2022 Start reading: Fuller, David, Waugh, 1 10
Patricia eds- The Arts and Sciences of
Criticism
7 7.2.2022 secondary sources 1 11
10.2.2022 literature reviews 1 12
8 14.2.2022 surveys 1 13
17.2.2022 Sessional Examinations I - 13
9 21.2.2022 Interviews 1 14
24.2.2022 Clearly and progressively analyze the 1 15
shaping of Design- the factors that
contributed to the success levied on
the building
10 28.2.2022 Complete reading: Fuller, David, 1 16
Waugh, Patricia eds- The Arts and
Sciences of Criticism
3.3.2022 Start reading: Architectural Criticism 1 17
and Journalism: Global Perspectives-
Proceedings of an International
Seminar
11 7.3.2022 Clearly and progressively analyze the 1 18
shaping of Design- the factors that 1 19
contributed to the failure levied on
the building
10.3.2022 Clearly and progressively analyze the
shaping of Design- the factors that
contributed to the criticisms levied
on the building
12 14.3.2022 Interaction with clients 1 20
17.3.2022 Interaction with Architect 1 21
13 21.3.2022 Report Submission 1 22
24.3.2022 Mock on Seminar Presentation for 4 1 23
students
14 28.3.2022 Mock on Seminar Presentation for 4 1 24
students
31.3.2022 Complete reading: Architectural 1 25
Criticism and Journalism: Global
 Perspectives- Proceedings of an
International Seminar
15 4.4.2022 Start reading: Joan Ockman- 1 26
Architecture, criticism, ideology
7.4.2022 Sessional Examinations II - 26
16 11.4.2022 Mock on Seminar Presentation for 4 1 27
students
14.4.2022 Mock on Seminar Presentation for 5 1 28
students
17 18.4.2022 Mock on Seminar Presentation for 5 1 29
students
21.4.2022 Mock on Seminar Presentation for 5 1 30
students
18 25.4.2022 Complete reading: Joan Ockman- 1 31
Architecture, criticism, ideology
28.4.2022 Acknowledgements, learnings, and 1 32
completion

0.1.3 Assessment & Evaluation

1. Continuous Assessment:

Table 0.1: Continuous assessment examination and assessment method

Sl. Date Mode of Assessme W Coverage of

nt ei
No. Examination/ Syllabus
gh
Method
Assignment ta
ge
1 30.12.2021. H Alan Colquhoun Writing 10 Issues that
Essays Submission influence the way
modern buildings
2 24.1.2022. M 1st Draft of Clarity of the 10 Methods and
Report showing Structure and techniques of “how
the whole effectiveness to see” as an
Structure and of the Architect.
Framework Framework
3 31.1.2022. M Criticism of Alan Writing 10 Issues that
Colquhoun Submission influence the way
Essays modern buildings,
and their architects
are perceived by
critics, scholars,
 and the public
4 3.2.2022. H Fuller, David, Writing 10
Waugh, Patricia Submission
eds- The Arts and
Sciences of
Criticism
5 14.2.2022. M 2nd Draft of 10
Report
Submission
6 28.2.2022. M Criticism of Writing 10
Fuller, David, Submission
Waugh, Patricia
eds- The Arts and
Sciences of
Criticism
7 3.3.2022. H Architectural Writing 10
Criticism and Submission
Journalism:
Global
Perspectives-
Proceedings of an
International
Seminar
8 14.3.2022. M 3rd Draft of 10
Report
Submission
9 21.3.2022. M Final Report Writing 10
Submission Submission
10 24.3.2022. H Seminar Powerpoint 10
Presentation Presentation
Submission
9 31.3.2022. H Criticism of Writing 10
Architectural Submission
Criticism and
Journalism:
Global
Perspectives-
Proceedings of an
International
Seminar
10 4.4.2022. M Joan Ockman- Writing 10
Architecture, Submission
criticism,
ideology
10 25.4.2022. M Criticism of Joan Writing 10
Ockman- Submission
Architecture,
criticism,
ideology
2. Semester End Examination

Table 0.5: Semester End Examination - pattern

Sl. Date Mode of Coverage of

Weightage
No. Examinati Syllabus
on
9.5.2022 (Tentative) Final External 100 Report
1
Jury Submission and
Seminar
Presentation