TY  - GEN
AU  - Desai, Miki
TI  - Teaching basic design in Architecture : exercises, illustrations, examples
SN  - 9789354825385
U1  - 720 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Kottayam
PB  - D C School of Architecture and Design & D C Books
N1  - CONTENTS
Foreword
Preface
Design, Society and Architectural Education in India: A Conundrum?                     23
Teaching and Learning: A Pedagogic Stance                      43
Ethos of Design                                                           53
Exercises          65
Exercise 01: Landscape of Mind        66
Section A: Understanding Design                                                                                      70
Exercise 02: Understanding Design Through Well-Designed Objects                                     71
Exercise 03: Understanding A Hurricane Lantern                                                   73
Section B: Visual Literacy and Its Language                                 76
Exercise 4: Doodle· Transformation              79
Exercise 05: Ball And Ribbon                          82
Exercise 06: Drawing The Papers          86
Exercise 07: Exploration of Cuboid Volumes/Solids Made in Three Different Configurations                                    90
Exercise 08: Tripod  94
Exercise 09: The Square                                                  98
Exercise 10: Spatial Exploration Through Planes                                                   101
Exercise 11: Architectural Interpretation And Replication Based On A
Two-D1mens1ona Cityscape From A Pa1nt1ng                                                               104
Exercise 12: Reproduction And Enlargement Of A Selected Artwork                                             107
Exercise 13: 3d Letters                     109
Exercise 14: Junk-Collage                                            111
Section C: Media Exploration                                                114
Exercise 15: Overview Of Colour        115
Exercise 16: Clay Work                                     119
Exercise 17: A Clay Model For A Contoured Site                        123
Section D: Object Design              125
Exercise 18: Making A Ball                     127
Exercise 19: Making A Bird Feeder            129
Exercise 20: Design And Construct Sets For A Play                          131
Exercise 21: Ma k.1 ng A Lamp                          134
Exercise 22: Dress Design For A Fashion-Show In The Class         136
Exercise 23: Sphere Home                        138
Exercise 24: Objects From Parts Of Dried And Fallen Branches           141
Section E: Sensing and Measuring the Environment                                                                            144
Exercise 25: Mapping The University Campus: By Pace Measuring         145
Exercise 26: Mapping The Sunday Market By Pace Measuring                          149
Exercise 27: Measure Drawing And Recording The World Of Indian Railway Station   152
Exercise 28: Tracking The Sun              159
Section F: Making Life Size Objects                                           161
Exercise 29: Killing The Sun, A Japanese Agrarian Ceremony         162
Exercise 30: Making A Tent                       165
Exercise 31: Vaulted Arch-Structure From Reeds At Ayojan School, Jaipur, 2002       168
Section G: Understanding the Aspects of Design in
Vernacular and Traditional Architecture                                    170
Afterword       176
Index    181

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