PID-111 Architectural Design Studio and Theory of Architectural Design (4.1)

The Faculty of Interior Architecture / Interior Architecture
4th Year, sem 1, 2025-2026 | Compulsory Course | Hours/Week: 2C+8P | ECTS Credits: 12
Fișa disciplinei:
FI-I PID-111 Proiectare arhitectura si teoria proiectului 4.1.pdf
Department:
Interior Design and Design
Course Leader:
lect.dr.arh. Daniel Nicolae Armenciu
Learning outcomes:
- the ability to design and present, including through digital techniques, multifunctional interior architecture design
- the ability to analyze the existing building, to develop a concept, to solve the general composition and functionality
- the ability to move from color drawings to their materialization (including details)
- the ability to collaborate within the design team
- understanding the integration of theory into design
- the ability to present the project
Content:
The project is carried out over the course of a semester in two phases, which deepen two architectural programs: theatre and exhibition. The overall project will be carried out in a real site (Sică Alexandrescu Theatre in Brașov), in teams of 4-5 students. Each student will have a personal intervention established with the studio supervisors.
Phase 1 includes visiting the site, analysing the existing building, historical documentation, case studies, the overall proposal, deepening the main theatre hall and a studio hall.
In the second phase, the temporary exhibition function will be studied, a theatrical scenography will be proposed, and the overall proposal will be finalised.
Teaching Method:
- ppt. presentations, location visit, case studies and design studio tutoring
Assessment:
- presentation before a committee made up of 4th year supervisors and possible external guests
Bibliography:
Brooker, G., Stone S. – Form and Structure in Interior Architecture, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016
Dodsworth S., Anderson, S. – The Fundamentals of Interior Design, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018
Higgins, Ian – Spatial Strategies for Interior Design, Lawrence King Publishing, 2015
Neufert, Ernst - Manualul arhitectului, Editura Alutus, 2004
Strong, J., Theatre Buildinds – a design guide, Ed. Routlege, 2010, New York
Thorne, Gary – Stage Design, Editura The Crowood Press Ltd, 1999
Tonitza-Iordache, M., Banu, George - Arta Teatrului, Editura Nemira, 2004, București

*** Interior Design, Detail, Divisare, The Plan