Abstraction | Tectonics | Form

This project intends to investigate into 'processes' in architectural design activity. One of the important components in that is to get the process of transformation through different levels of interpretation. The process of transformation involves metamorphosis of the experiential data into architectural form and space with the help of abstraction. Students will be given an image/natural object as a starting point of the process, and through various stages of design process students will arrive at final architectural form that reflects the famous statement made by D’Arcy Thompson: Form is a Diagram of Forces. First half of the studio, titled as ‘abstraction’, will involve developing abstract ideas from a ‘topic’ carefully selected by the student. The ‘topic’ could be an object, a process or an activity occurring in nature that has a fascinating play of forces. The ‘abstraction’ stage will come to conclusion with the introduction of site and program, wherein students will suggest the architectural form for the program with the help of derived models from ‘abstraction’ stage. The second half, titled as ‘tectonics’, will focus on developing structural system, construction materials, and technology appropriate for the architectural form derived at end of last stage.