Teaching Documents
I am teaching AD4 this semester through Facebook. I created a group in facebook to use as a communication platform with studnets. Additional materials and lectures are distributed by email. The idea is to go where the students are!
Visit the group site at:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53590825799
Course Catalog Description: Freehand sketching. Architectural black and white rendering using pencil and ink. Rendering in colors (pencil, water, Magic marker and airbrush). Developing perspective views. Architecture presentation. Modeling.
The course continues Architectural Communication 1 efforts to introduce ranges of graphic communication tools, techniques, and conventions designers use to communicate architectural ideas. It covers the following techniques:
• Freehand sketching (using pencil)
• Rendering in black and white (using pencil and ink)
• Advanced architectural presentation techniques (shade and shadow)
• Developing perspective views (entourage)
• Advanced architectural communication techniques.
• Modeling (using paper and balsawood)
• Rendering in colors (using pencil, watercolor, magic-markers and airbrush)
Architectural Communication (2) - Spring 2009 - Course Syllabus
LikeLecture and seminar course focusing on the development of architecture in the Middle East in the twentieth century. Research and visual illustrations of the works of prominent architects.
Course Internet site:
http://members.fortunecity.com/ymahgoub/ArchitectureMiddleEast.htm
This design studio deals with comprehensive projects requiring accountability for the full range of factors presented thus far in the curriculum. Lecture, studio and field trips. The objective of this course is to introduce the students to the concepts and applications of Sustainable Architecture. The main theme of the course is Socio-Cultural sustainability.
Course Internet site:
http://members.fortunecity.com/ymahgoub/ArchDesign5-2008.htm
This document contains necessary information for the conduct of design studios courses at the Department of Architecture, College of Engineering and Petroleum, Kuwait University. The design studio is a setting simulating the experience of the professional architect in a professional architectural office. It is the traditional educational setting used by architectural schools all over the world. It is considered the spinal cord of the architectural program, that is expected to incorporate all the knowledge gained by the student from other courses and experiences.
Internet site:
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/cameroon/84/courses/designmanual.html
Course # Course title Semester # of students
2008/2009
1 ARCH 405 Architectural Design 5 1 - 2008/2009 19
2 ARCH 421 Architecture in the Middle East 1 - 2008/2009 12
3 ARCH 404 Architectural Design 4 2 - 2008/2009 40
4 ARCH 112 Architectural Communication 2 2 - 2008/2009 50
2007/2008
1 ARCH 406 Architectural Design 6 2 - 2007/2008 31
2 ARCH 492 Graduation Project 2 2 - 2007/2008 14
3 ARCH 405 Architectural Design 5 1 - 2007/2008 33
4 ARCH 491 Graduation Project 1 1 - 2007/2008 14
2006/2007
1 ARCH 452 Professional Practice 2 2 - 2006/2007 26
2 ARCH 492 Graduation Project 2 2 - 2006/2007 8
3 ARCH 451 Professional Practice 1 1 - 2006/2007 26
4 ARCH 491 Graduation Project 1 1 - 2006/2007 8
2005/2006
1 ARCH 181 Art Appreciation S. - 2005/2006 28
2 ARCH 452 Professional Practice 2 2 - 2005/2006 19
3 ARCH 492 Graduation Project 2 2 - 2005/2006 5
4 ARCH 451 Professional Practice 1 1 - 2005/2006 19
5 ARCH 491 Graduation Project 1 1 - 2005/2006 5
6 ARCH 181 Art Appreciation 1 - 2005/2006 18
2004/2005
1 ARCH 452 Professional Practice 2 2 - 2004/2005 16
2 ARCH 406 Architectural Design 6 2 - 2004/2005 20
3 ARCH 451 Professional Practice 1 1 - 2004/2005 16
4 ARCH 205 Architectural Design 3 1 - 2004/2005 23
2003/2004
1 ARCH 305 Interior Design Summer 2004 13
2 ARCH 452 Professional Practice 2 2 - 2003/2004 23
3 ARCH 105 Design Basics in Architecture 2 - 2003/2004 29
4 ARCH 451 Professional Practice 1 1 - 2003/2004 24
5 ARCH 405 Architectural Design 5 1 - 2003/2004 15
2002/2003
1 ARCH 222 Indigenous Architecture Summer 2003 23
2 ARCH 492 Graduation Project 2 2 - 2002/2003 6
3 ARCH 452 Professional Practice 2 2 - 2002/2003 16
4 ARCH 491 Graduation Project 1 1 - 2002/2003 6
5 ARCH 451 Professional Practice 1 1 - 2002/2003 16
2001/2002
1 ARCH 452 Professional Practice 2 2 - 2001/2002 19
2 ARCH 492 Graduation Project 2 2 - 2001/2002 6
3 ARCH 451 Professional Practice 1 1 - 2001/2002 19
4 ARCH 491 Graduation Project 1 1 - 2001/2002 6
2000/2001
1 ARCH 105 Design Basics in Architecture 2 - 2000/2001 21
2 ARCH 282 Photography 1 2 - 2000/2001 6
3 ARCH 205 Architectural Design 1 1 - 2000/2001 25
4 ARCH 361 Architecture Theory 1:
Human Environmental Factors 1 - 2000/2001 25
1999/2000
1 ARCH 331 Introduction to Interior Design 2 - 1999/2000 7
2 ARCH 206 Architectural Design 2 2 - 1999/2000 27
3 ARCH 305 Architectural Design 3 1 - 1999/2000 22
4 ARCH 361 Architecture Theory 1:
Human Environmental Factors 1 - 1999/2000 21
Mosques for the 21st Century
Project title: Mosques for the new Shidadiyah campus
- The project is to design a small mosque at the new Kuwait University Shidadiyah campus.
- The project will be constructed in several sites in the new Shidadiyah campus
Theme: Use of precedent
- Use of precedents means the “ability to provide a coherent rationale for the programmatic and formal precedents employed in the conceptualization and development of architecture and urban design projects.”
Objectives: The objectives of this exercise are:
- To apply the design process on a specific project an the use of precedents
- To develop a complete architectural working drawings set
- To use the computer in architectural design and drawing
Course Internet site:
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/cameroon/84/courses/design6/Deign6-2005ProjectDesignSubmission.htm
The objective of this course is to familiarize students with architectural graphics and to introduce them to the principles and processes of sequencing of exercises emphasizing development of basic skills, ideas, and techniques used in the design of simplified architectural projects.
Course Internet site:
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/cameroon/84/courses/designbasics/designbasics1.html
The Architectural Graduation Project is considered the vehicle of demonstrating the students' accumulation of knowledge and experiences throughout their undergraduate education in the department of architecture. All the students’ education including lectures, studio work, practical training, field trips, seminars, etc. are reflected in their graduation project. It is the last step in preparing the student for professional practice after graduation. It also requires continuous work and commitment to achieve the required goals.
It is recommended that the selected project is an actual project needed by the country and listed in its future development plans. This reflects the obligation of the university to service the community. It is also important that students do not select graduation projects that were selected before during the last year or projects designed during their previous design studios. Students should be encouraged to select new topics and involve other departments and disciplines, where applicable, in the development of design problems and solutions.
Course Internet site:
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/cameroon/84/courses/gradproj/KUWAITGRADPROJ.htm
The Architectural Graduation Project 2007
Course overview
Academic Year 2007/2008
Student name - Project
Abdullaziz Aljassim - Natural Habitat Center
Abdulwahab Almazedi - Performing/Music Academy
Abdulaziz Al-Saqabi - National Political Center
Yousif Al Hshash - Financial District
Meshary Alobaid - Faliaka Museum
Ahmed Alroomi - City Gate
Fahad Al Humaidi - Aviation Academy
Laila Abdulrahman - Eco-Therapy Center
Eman Al-Sharrah - Center for Finance and Exhibitions
Latifa Al-Falah - Children Hospital
Wadha Al-Masaad - Workers Housing
Ghalia Al-Kharafi - Community Pulse
Dalal Al-Hashash - Shuwaikh Industrial Area
Dina Mahmoud - Optical/Visual Museum
Academic Year 2006/2007
Student name - Project
Ahmad Shaker - Kuwait Parliament Building Annex
Saud Al Salmi - Kuwait Cultural Center
Emad Al Qattan - Kuwait Astronomy Center
Ahmad Al Ansari - Al Abdali Border Station
Ahmad Al Qassar - Shidadiyah Library and Conference Center
Mishary Kamal - Diplomatic Club
Ahmad Safar - Cultural Expo
Sayed Abbas - College of Arts in Shidadiyah
Academic Year 2005/2006
Student name - Project
Mhmad Juma - Science of Man Museum
Mhmad Al Fares - Business and Financial Center
Ahmad Al Baghli - Residential Project at Jabber Al Ahmad City
Ahmad Yagoub - Children Museum
Tarek Hajji National - Education Foundation
Academic Year 2003/2004
Student name - Project
Dana Al Ibrahim - Agriculture Research Center
Rania Al Aujeri - Al Salmi Border Gate
Sumaia Al Khunani - Kuwait Convention Center
Ghanem Shihab - Shopping Center
Mubarak Al Subah - Youth Sports Center
Sarah El Kandari - Kuwait TV and Radio Building
Academic Year 2002/2003
Student name - Project
Wafa Yateem - Anna’ayim Desert Resort
Ginan Al Zamel - Downtown Central Station
Bashayer Al Mutawa - Kuwait Marine Heritage Museum
Maysaa Al Bishr - Umm Al-Maradem Health Resort and Spa
Soliman Asaker - National Theaters Complex
Hassan Makamis - International Olympic Stadium and Hotel
Architectural research is the search for new knowledge and ideas about the built environment. Research can be conducted in a variety of sub-disciplines, including building technology, environment-behavior studies, history of architecture, and computing technology. Architectural research employs different methods depending on the subject of study. Research methods range from experimental to descriptive depending on the nature of the research problem under investigation. The following is a comparison between different research methods and approaches recommended for architectural research.
Selected Architectural Research Strategies: Ontological, Epistemological and Methodological Orientations:
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