PART A

1. Aesthetics & design,
Borev, Yuri : Aesthetics.
Roger, Scranton: The Aesthetics of Architecture.
Sheppard, Anne : Aesthetics, An Introduction to the philosophy of Art.
Palmer, J. and Dodson M. (ed.): Design and Aesthetics.
Hauffe, Thomas : Design, An illustrated historical overview.
Course Teacher : K.M. Ulil Amor bin zaman
Lecturer, dept. of architecture ,
DUET,Gazipur.
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part -b

2. Concept

3. Concept
Concept is an idea that integrate various elements into a whole
Ideas
Notions
Thoughts
Observation

4. Idea
• Specific
• Concrete Thought
(as a result of understanding, insight or observation)
Examples: way to orient building
the placement of kitchen
the best means to benefit from natural ventilation
the value of energy conservation, so on.

5. Notion
• Connotation of randomness (suggestion of uncertainty) .
• Insubstantial, unsubstantiated or often trivial (unreal, wild)
• Does not make any belief about appropriateness
Examples: a bird-case might be that of a bird in flight.
ventilation without window!
As a concept: it would not be appropriate.

6. Concept
• have appropriateness
• Support Intentions and Goal
• Respect each project’s unique
characteristics and restriction.
Main
Intention
GOAL
Unique
Characteristics
Restriction
?Concept

7. • possibilities_ Truth hiding in even glib remarks.
• Some of NOTION seem as absurd, irrelevant and hypothetical
But it can find/resolve the critical problems
• It may be necessary to INVENT notion as a step in formulating an appropriate
concept
• Concept is similar to IDEA ( it’s a result of understanding)
• Concept is a thought concerning the way several elements / characteristics
combined in a single thing.
• Concept is antithesis of NOTION.
Concept

8. • Concept is an idea that integrate various aspects into a whole
CONCEPT In architecture ?
Programmatic
Requirement
Context
Belief
• It’s a result of concentrated and imaginative effort to bring apparently dissimilar
things together.
• Concept don’t have to be INVENTED by the architect

9. Notion
(random
idea)
Concept
(central
idea)
Scenario
(revolution
of idea)
Idea
(specific
thought)
ventilation Ventilation without
Window!
Courtyard houseServed-service
Concept

10. Forming of Concept
• Ask the following questions:
1. Purpose: What do you wish to get?
2. Comparisons: What others are getting?
3. Viewpoints: How does it look from different angles/levels?
4. Problems: What is going wrong?
• Then, explain by just one single idea;
• What? why? How?
That is your CONCEPT !

11. What is concept?
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