Subject Code & Name: AR25306 – Advanced Space Design Studio
Regulation: R-2025
Semester: III (Third Semester)
Branch: B. Arch. (Arch)
Credits / L-T-P: 9 Credits | L-T-P: 0-0-9
Course Objectives
- To enable an understanding of the fundamental possibilities of architectural form and space in relation to human experience and use within the context of the immediate living environment.
- To get the above understanding through personal, first hand exploration as well as through theoretical and literature studies.
- To use this understanding to create meaningful built environment in the context of small scale projects that involve simple function and experience.
Full Unit-wise Syllabus
Form, Space and Human Experience
Designing a built environment requires the development of individual capacity for thought with respect to subjective and objective aspects. Studying and designing projects of small scale that involve a more immediate and basic experience is important in this context. The study and project exploration will involve the following aspects from first principles as well as through live studies and theory – human behaviour, activities and needs for various purposes, role of specific form/space in creating particular experiences and effects, built form-open space relationships, spatial organisation, environment behaviour aspects (especially those relating to children), lighting and ventilation, site as a positive tool in all scales, potential of materials and construction. Through this, both the qualitative and quantitative attributes of design can be understood and engaged. This would give training in the ingenious use of architecture to fulfil goals towards a responsive and stimulating environment.
Techniques for Study and Presentation
The techniques used for study and presentation can align themselves towards the above, such as cognitive maps, sketches, manual drawings, physical models with simple materials.
Studio Focus and Suggestive Projects
The scale and complexity of projects will be commensurate with this - small to medium size projects involving buildings/ small campuses with simple circulation, passive energy, multiples of single unit space, single use buildings. Some suggestive projects are small buildings or small campuses involving civic/ cultural use, uses related to children such as schools, facilities for people with special requirements. The number of projects is left to the discretion of the faculty based on scale and complexity.
Course Outcomes (COs)
- CO1: Ability to perceive, understand and represent fundamental attributes of form-space with respect to human experience and use.
- CO2: Ability to ideate, innovate and create meaningful built environment in basic human situations.
- CO3: Ability to analyze theory with relevant to the context.
Assessment Pattern (Quick Note)
- Weightage: Continuous Assessment 60% | End Semester Examinations 40%
- Internal methodology: Three Assessments with equal weightage. Each assessment shall incorporate continuous marking of the work and performance during the particular assessment period. Each assessment weightage – 33.33%
Source: Official Anna University – B. Arch. R-2025 Syllabus
Last Updated: September 2026
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