With the increasing number of candidates taking the postgraduate entrance examination, the competition for it has become increasingly fierce, and Shanghai University has gradually become the choice of many architecture students..
The preliminary exam for Shanghai University Architecture consists of two professional courses: Chinese and foreign architectural history and architectural design theory..
This article will focus on the course of architectural design theory, summarize the topic trend in recent years through the analysis of the real topic, and combine with the essence of the review of all the seniors and sisters, summarize a set of efficient review guide, and work hard in the whole process. I hope to help every student successfully land at Shanghai University..
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The reference books for architectural theory at Shanghai University include “Introduction to Architecture”, “Preliminary Architecture”, “Principles of Public Building Design”, “Building Physics”, and “Building Construction”..
Compared to the history of architecture, the review difficulty of this subject in the postgraduate entrance examination is relatively high, and it is also the most difficult subject in the college entrance examination. The number of questions is large, covering a wide range of knowledge points, especially emphasizing the accumulation of knowledge by students in their daily lives. In terms of exam question setting, there are fewer repeated questions each year, and the content of the examination is flexible. There are more investigations on current architectural events, architectural standards, and cutting-edge hot topics in architecture..
At the same time, the review of architectural theory should be combined with architectural history. Many classic cases of architectural history can be cited as examples in architectural theory. The answer method of concept+case analysis can help us achieve higher scores with the same amount of knowledge reserve..
In addition, I would like to recommend Mr. Peng Yigang’s “Architecture Space Combination Theory” and Yoshinobu Lu’s “External Space Design” as knowledge supplements, which can deepen the understanding of knowledge points, enrich the corpus for answering questions, and enable students to learn and apply them flexibly during exams..
Architectural design theory, due to its broad and complex examination content, if not reviewed in a scientific way, it will lead to extremely low review efficiency and easy omission of knowledge points..
Therefore, when reviewing, in addition to organizing and summarizing the designated bibliography, we should also conduct thematic reviews based on building fire prevention, building codes, accessible design, building hotspots, etc. As the review progresses, we should continuously supplement and improve the content, and master more knowledge points within a limited time..
The postgraduate entrance examination is a time war, and it is difficult to cover all aspects within a limited time. It is also normal for some knowledge points to be not reviewed thoroughly before the exam. Therefore, in the process of review, students need to focus on the key points, allocate time scientifically, extract knowledge points from less researched content, and allocate the main time to past test questions and important knowledge points, with trade-offs and maximizing review efficiency. The focus of the examination of architectural design theory is quite prominent, such as “Building Space Combination Theory”, “Principles of Public Building Design”, architectural physics, and architectural hotspots..
The main types of questions for the examination of architectural design theory include multiple-choice questions, noun explanations, short answer questions, and argumentative questions. Among them, short answer and argumentative questions should be in the form of a combination of pictures and text, concepts, and cases..
This section mainly examines the digital memory of basic conceptual knowledge points and architectural standards. For example, in the 23 year multiple-choice question, there is a question that asks, “What is the span greater than for a large-span building?” What is the burial depth of a building’s deep foundation.