ARCHITECTURAL

CONCEPTS

LECTURER: MR. SUNNY B. OJEDA

CIVIL & ARCHITECTURAL ENGG SECTION
SALALAH COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
 Architectural Concepts
It is the designers way of
responding to the design
situation presented. They have
been the means of translating
the non-physical problem into
the physical building product.
Some categories under which the
concerns and issues of a building
may be listed and addressed in
design are :

1. Functional Zoning
2. Architectural Space
3. Circulation and Building Form
4. Building Envelope
Building concerns & issues:

1. Functional Zoning - is a term used

to describe the phenomenon
when buildings of the same
function cluster together in an
area of a city or town. Sometimes
zoning laws require that uses be
concentrated in a particular area.
Building concerns & issues:

2. Architectural Space it means that

the design must be spatially
relevant to social use of
architecture.

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Building concerns &
issues:
3. Circulation and
Building Form -
refers to the way
people move
through and
interact with a
building that is
interrelated to the
form of the
building.
Building concerns & issues:
4. Building Envelope - is the area
that separates conditioned space
from unconditioned space or the
outdoors. Building envelope
components separate conditioned
spaces from unconditioned
spaces or from outside air.
Context For Concept
Getting
1. General philosophy and life
values of the designer
2. Design philosophy of the
designer
3. View of the problem by the
designer presented with a
specific design project
Categories of concern
under specific design
project
Function
Space
Geometry
Context
Enclosure
Systems
Economic
Human factors
 Architectural Design
Values
Aesthetic Design Values
Social Design Values
Environmental Design Values
Traditional Design Values
Gender Based Design Values
Economic Design Values
 Contemporary Architecture
is generally speaking the architecture
being made at the present time.

Modernism
Post Modernism
Deconstructivism
Expressionism
Neo-classicism