2021 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Architecture and Building Engineering Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
Theory of Architectural Design I
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Ryo Murata / Koichi Yasuda / Shin-Ichi Okuyama / Yoshiharu Tsukamoto / Taisuke Yamazaki / Taishin Shiozaki / Tatsuro Kawai / Tran Yen Khang Nguyen
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ARC.D445
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2021
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
In designing a work of architecture, it is not only the drawing techniques and resultant forms that are important. The architectural thought concerning design methods, theories, and insights into its surroundings, are indispensable. The Design Course stream looks into such ways of thinking as well as actual design techniques.
In this course, architectural thought regarding designing, shapes, environments, and the social role of the architect, etc., will be discussed.
1. Methodology of Architectural Composition
2. Topics Concerning Architecture and the City
3. Critique of Recent Works
Course description and aims
1 Ability to understand architectural design with language
2 Ability to understand architectural design with cultural field
3 Ability to understand architectural design with social situation theory
4 Ability to understand architectural design with semiology
Keywords
Architectural design, Explanation capability, semiology
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course consists of lectures and discussion. Finally each students find the theme of architectural design and write a critic as a report.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | introduction |
understanding architectural theoly and architectural philosophy |
| Class 2 | theory of architectural form |
understanding theory of architectural form |
| Class 3 | discussion 1 |
attend the discussion |
| Class 4 | theory of architectural space |
understanding theory of architectural space |
| Class 5 | discussion 2 |
attend the discussion |
| Class 6 | theory of architectural composition |
understanding theory of architectural composition |
| Class 7 | discussion 3 |
attend the discussion |
| Class 8 | theory of architectural place |
understanding theory of architectural place |
| Class 9 | discussion 4 |
attend the discussion |
| Class 10 | theory of architectural scale |
understanding theory of architectural scale |
| Class 11 | discussion 5 |
attend the discussion |
| Class 12 | Media studies in architecture |
understanding Media studies in architecture |
| Class 13 | discussion 6 |
attend the discussion |
| Class 14 | theory of architectural system |
understanding theory of architectural system |
| Class 15 | discussion 7 |
attend the discussion |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
Nothing
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Nothing
Evaluation methods and criteria
Final report(60％) ,Discussion(40％)
Related courses
- ARC.D446 ： Theory of Architectural DesignⅡ
Prerequisites
Nothing