1. ARC 104 Assist.Prof.Dr. Nermina Mujezinović nmujezinovic@ibu.edu.ba
INTERNATIONAL BURCH UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT of
ARCHITECTURE
ARC 104
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE
Spring Term
Assist.Prof.Dr. Nermina Mujezinović

2. Class Schedule: Friday : 10:00 – 11:45
Office Hour: Thursday : 13:45 – 14:45
Monday : 14:00 – 16:00

3. Course Objectives Introduce the scope and vocabulary of architecture
Introduce architectural practice and education
Introduce the different aspects of architecture and its different meanings
Provide basics of architectural history and theory
Identify basic elements of architecture
Introduce basic mechanisms and tools of visual communication and provide background knowledge from the field of visual arts, needed for understanding various qualities of architectural works

4. Course Objectives Develop perceiving abilities
Develop abilities and skills of comparing, critical observing, analyzing and evaluating of architectural works
Develop student’s visual culture in general, by raising the level of understanding of architectural works, as well as of understanding of built environment
Encourage interest and affinity for architecture in all its various aspects

5. Grading Student presentations Participation in discussions; Quizzes;
Workshops activity and results;
Attendance to lectures
TOTAL “Lectures related” category %
“Mini – projects” - Field and
research studies and essays %
Practical sessions %
Midterm Exam %
Final exam %

6. Textbooks
Ching, Francis D., A Visual Dictionary of Architecture, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1997.
Unwin, S., Analysing Architecture, Routledge, 1997.
Rasmussen, Steen Eiler, Experiencing Architecture, 2nd Edition. MIT Press,
1965.
4. Farrelly, L., The Fundamentals of Architecture. Ava Publishing , 2007.
Ching, Francis D., Architecture: Form, Space, & Order, 3rd Edition, Wiley,
2007.
Roth, Leland M., Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History and
Meaning. New York: Harper Collins, 1992.

7. Brief Contents
Introduction ( Syllabus review; course content, requirements, policies; teaching methods)
Design principles; Spatial and aesthetic qualities; Associations and sensations - WORKSHOP
Architecture: definitions, meanings ‐ basic observations
Vitruvius, “ON THE PARTS OF ARCHITECTURE” : firmitatis, utilitatis, venustatis

8. Brief Contents
Basic elements of Architecture; Modifying elements of architecture
WORKSHOP: Light and color
“DELIGHT”: SEEING ARCHITECTURE: Mechanisms of Perceiving Space
QUIZZ : Perception and Sensation
SPACE AND PLACE: Architecture as identification of place
The history and meaning of architecture: ”Chronological table”; styles and periods - review with examples
QUIZZ : history and meaning of architecture