Exercise in Architectural Studio 4A

Course title

S0422000

	NISHIZAWA Taira
	OKANO Michiko
	TAKAHASHI Manami

Course description

"Studio 4" is an exercise for students to design middle-rise buildings, to be continued from the low-rise buildings at "Studio 3" in the previous semester. In "Studio 4A" students will design Office building for 7 weeks, which is "semi-public facility, in RC or S construction, with 4000m2 in total floor area, of 4-7 stories". Every week students will make presentation of own scheme at the time, and will be checked by tutor face to face, in order to learn how to develop the scheme from early stage to the final stage, while learning the each skill necessary to make study-drawings, to study-models, to percept the detail and the whole of the space, to adjust the inter and outside requirement, and so on.

Purpose of class

to design middle-rise buildings（Office building）

Goals and objectives

	Goals and objectives	Course Outcomes
1.	to be able to design the middle-rise buildings; Office building, Students hall.	4. , 5.
2.	to be able to develop the scheme at any phase, such as concept-making, volume-study, finding solution in plan and section integrating the structure and the machinary	4. , 5.
3.	to be able to show the space in ones thought by diagram, drawing, volume model and words.	4. , 5.
4.	to be able to develop the skill of drawing, models, spatial recognition, ando so on.	4. , 5.
5.	to be able to criticize the buildings in the past with same program	4. , 5.

Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

	weekly works(at esquisse1-6))	final work(at final jury)	Total.
1.	10%	15%	25%
2.	10%	15%	25%
3.	10%	15%	25%
4.	5%	7%	12%
5.	5%	8%	13%
Total.	40%	60%	-

Language

Japanese

Class schedule

	Class schedule	HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.)	Amount of Time Required
1.	guidance ; Office building visiting the site making model of the site with surroundings making the sketches of the first scheme.	making model of the site with surroundings researching office buildings with similar scale	140分
2.	esquisse 1 ; volume model block plan zoning section	study and develop the scheme	140分
3.	esquisse 2 ; volume model block plan zoning section zoning plan ※ visiting an office building if corona-vies is safety	study and develop the scheme	140分
4.	esquisse 3 ; volume model block plan zoning section zoning plan	study and develop the scheme	140分
5.	esquisse 4 ; precise model precise section all floor plan elevation（perimeter design）	study and develop the scheme	140分
6.	esquisse 5 ; precise model precise section all floor plan elevation（perimeter design） inside perspective	study and develop the scheme	140分
7.	final presentation and jury		140分
Total.	-	-	980分

Evaluation method and criteria

the score consists of the process and the results; weekly works at esquisse 1-6（40%）and the final work at jury（60%）.
the credit is given to the score more than 60 points.
one who couldn't complete every work will get the score less than 60 points.

Feedback on exams, assignments, etc.

ways of feedback	specific contents about "Other"
Feedback in the class

Textbooks and reference materials

monograph of Le Corbusier
monograph of Mies vd Rohe

Prerequisites

to read the monograph of Le Corbusier
to read the monograph of Mies vd Rohe
to visit the Office building and Hall building in 20th century

Office hours and How to contact professors for questions

after the class（appointment is necessary）

Regionally-oriented

Regionally-oriented course

Development of social and professional independence

Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
Course that cultivates a basic problem-solving skills
Course that cultivates a basic interpersonal skills

Active-learning course

Most classes are interactive

Course by professor with work experience

Work experience	Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicable
Applicable	Tutors are the active architects with working-experience as the real-building designer. So every students’ works will be reviewed and criticized under the normal standards in the architects offices today.

Education related SDGs:the Sustainable Development Goals

9.INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
11.SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
12.RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION
14.LIFE BELOW WATER
15.LIFE ON LAND

Last modified : Fri Feb 23 04:08:00 JST 2024