APPLICATION OF DESIGN METHODOLOGY OF

BERNARD TSCHUMI INTO URBAN SCENARIO

AIM

Studying in detail about the architect and his theories. Understanding his design ideas and methodologies and applying
it to the proposed site. Checking whether the design methodologies is applicable to the site.

OBJECTIVES

Studying in detail about the design styles and theories of the architect.

Studying in detail about the architectural methodologies of the architect as stages

Taking the theoretical design methodology of the architect to apply in local urban Kerala context. Analysing what all
problems will arise when these theories are applied and executed.
1.4 METHODOLOGY
About the architect
Design theories, ideas, styles methodology of the architect
Literature study of the architect’s works
Comparative analysis of the present context and the architect’s
methodology
Application of the architect’s methodology
Analysis of the applied methodology
Result
1.7 WHAT IS DECONSTRUCTIVISM?
Deconstructivism in architecture is also called deconstruction. It is a
development of post modernism that began in the late 1980s.

DESIGN FEATURES
Fragmentation of form
Reduction of rectilinearity
Unpredictability and controlled chaos in
form
Rejects the idea of perfect form
Distorted typology
BERNARD TSCHUMI
Bernard Tschumi is a Swiss born architect who is associated with
deconstructivism; an architect who is based on theoretical processes in his
ideas which was converted into random drawings.

‘Forms follows function’ is an example of Tschumi’s rules

of architonic representation that have made him a
widely influential theorist. According to him architecture is
not simply about space and form, but also about event,
happenings in space and action that take place in the
space.

Tschumi argued that there is no fixed relationship between architectural form and events
that take place in it. He related films, literary theories, photographs, with architectural
perspectives.
 CHAPTER 3: DESIGN THEORIES, IDEAS AND
METHODOLOGIES OF THE ARCHITECT

PHILOSOPHIES
1.Defamiliarization
2. Cross programming
3. Event
4. Shock
5. Destructuring
6. Superimposition
POINT, LINE AND SURFACE THEORY
Tschumi’s style of design is often an integration of linear and curvature forms.
The primary basis of Tschumi’s designs is the grid. It is a dominant part of his designs.
The grids incorporated in his designs are usually derived from characteristics of the
building site or the city.
They are often accompanied by curved or organic forms.
He combines the urbanistic and naturalistic qualities of the site in his building designs
to create modernist qualities
IMPLEMENTATION OF PHILOSOPHIES

Integrates linear and curvature forms

Grid-horizontal, vertical, angled, straight-dominant part of his designs. Derived from characteristics of
the building site or the city
Combines the urbanistic and naturalistic qualities of the site to create modernist qualities in his designs
Integrate into the environment by the way they work functionally and visually.
CHAPTER 4: LITERATURE CASE
STUDIES
PARC DE LA VILLETE, FRANCE

One of the largest parks in Paris. Tschumi was selected

in the design competition. He was not in common mind
set of designing a traditional concept of park which
included greeneries and seating spaces. He needed it to
be more artificial, raw and contrastive.

Cultural park with activities that include workshops,

gymnasium and bath facilities, playgrounds, exhibitions,
concerts, science experiments, games etc. •It is built on
a 125 acre site earlier acting as a slaughter house.
PARC DE LA VILLETE; DESIGN THEORIES

The basis of the design is the superimposition

of three independent systems, namely:
1.Points
2.Lines
3.Surfaces

The park is designed using a rectangular

grid of 120 metres.
On top of this grid a series of points, lines
and surfaces were superimposed to create
the form that exists today.
BRIDGE CITY LAUSANNE, 1988

In 1988 the city of Lausanne organized an

international competition to enhance the
area and its revitalization of the affected
industrial area, so the winning architect
Bernard Tschumi presented the scheme
of "Bridge City" where he included a series of
four inhabited bridges, for facilitate and
better communication of transits between
the buildings and the adjoining streets
themselves, since the height changes as a
result of the topography of the place makes
the transit of people complex and difficult.
Programmatic and spatial
transformations are the basis of the
intervention. Instead of adopting the
conservative strategy of concentrating
only on the lower level of the valley, the
project takes advantage of Lausanne's
existing bridge typologies by radically
extending them
The concept of the urban generator
not only creates the possibility of new
spatial links within the existing city, but
also encourages unpredictable
programmatic factors or new urban
events, that will inevitably appear in
coming decades
CHAPTER 5: COMPARITIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PRESENT
CONTEXT AND ARCHITECT’S METHODOLOGY
PRESENT URBAN SCENARIO IN KERALA

• Densly populated
• High land value
• High land demand
• Uniformly populated urban spaces
• Spacial constraints
• No particular architectural character
• High demand for land use and land rates are the present situation in the local
urban scenario.
DECONSTRUCTIVISM IN CURRENT SCENARIO

It is a strong architectural style which can bring a character to a space.

Gives a make over or face shifting to a urban space in terms of expressions through forms
Gives an identity to the current urban scenario in Kerala if applied.
Requires a lot of space compared to the current contemporary style.
Fragmenting the forms and destroying the rectilinearity will not go with the contemporary
styles which may look separated by two mediums.
So if deconstructivism is applied it must be applied entirely which does mingle with other
styles and would stand out separately
6: APPLICATION OF BERNARD TSCHUMI’S DESIGN
METHODOLOGY
Tschumi’s design theories and ideology is a highly expressive type of style which
could bring a raw character to an urban space.
His way of designing based on movement and activity could efficiently solve the
circulation problems occurring commonly in every urban space.
According to him, no architecture works without activity, events and movement;
giving the first priority to the emotional and activity aspects, this could bring
easiness in every human activity in an urban space.
His design methodology works by implementing grids on the space brings an
orderly growth of the urban space and circulation pathways; both vehicular and
pedestrian.
• In Kerala urban scenario the, main constraint is the spacial limitations to get these
ideologies and theories to get work.
• The main reason is that it is densely populated; if a design made by connecting grids and
lines based on the activities and events, it would take a vast area for application of that
design.
• The existing contemporary designs does not bring identity or character to an urban space
but the compact typology uses lesser area and space requirement which would be more
efficient than a deconstructivist design methodology to work out.
• Another factor is the climatic aspects. For a place with tropical climate , the
Deconstructivist ideas may be inappropriate