Fundamentals of Architecture

Introduction
Placing Architecture: Site; Place and space; City context; Landscape context
Case study: Redesigning a university campus
Exercise: Site analysis
History and Precedent: A timeline of architectural influences; The ancient world; The classical world; The medieval world; The Renaissance; Baroque; Modernism
Case study: Reconstructing a museum
Exercise: Skylines
Construction: Materials; Elements; Prefabrication; Structure; Innovation; Innovative materials
Case study: Designing a pavilion
Exercise: Axonometric drawing
Representation: CAD drawing; Sketching; Scale; Orthographic projection; Perspective; Three-dimensional images; Physical modelling; CAD modelling; Layout and presentation; Storyboarding; Portfolios
Case study: Renovation
Exercise: Photomontage
Contemporary Ideas: Universal ideas and principles; Functionalism; Form-driven architecture; Monumentalism; Zeitgeist
Case study: Integrating with an urban landscape
Exercise: Analytical diagrams
Realization: Project timeline; The project; Contributors and their roles; The brief; The concept; Site analysis; The design process; Detail development; The finished building
Conclusion
Bibliography and webography
Glossary
Picture credits
Index
Acknowledgements
Working with ethics

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• Teoria da Arquitectura
• Arquitectura
• Estrutura e design arquitectónico

site; urban landscape; construction; materials; elements; prefabrication; structure; innovation; CAD drawing; sketching; scale; orthographic projection; perspective; physical modelling; CAD modelling; layout and presentation; renovation; Functionalism; form-driven architecture; Monumentalism; zeitgeist; project timeline; project; concept; site analysis; design process; detail development; building