Design Build Theory and Practicum
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ABEE4031 | Architecture and Built Environment | 4 | 20 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- ABEE4031
- School
- Architecture and Built Environment
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
This module is intended as a theoretical grounding in the practice of design+build as a means of investigating architecture and design. The module will enable an advanced understanding of new and alternative approaches to practising architecture. The traditions of designer – makers will be explored, including the professionalisation of architecture, and the emerging trends in the discipline leading to alternative practices.
Target Students
MArch Architecture Design + Build K11M, U7PARDAB.
Classes
- One 2-hour workshop each week for 5 weeks
- One 2-hour lecture each week for 10 weeks
Breakdown of hours. ABEE4031 has approximately 30 hours of tutor-led activities and students should expect to undertake approximately 170 hours of further study.
Assessment
- 60% Coursework 1: Report.
- 40% Coursework 2: Design output and report.
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
This module aims to module aims to explore the nature of design-build as an educational practice, including its emergence from 1960’s radical pedagogical movements and its evolution into an accepted dimension of architectural education. This will include tracing the origins of design+build, and its relationship with the discipline and profession of Architecture and the emergence of Architect led design+build as an alternative to established means of practice as defined by the RIBA and AIA.Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, students will have developed a detailed knowledge of design+build and the nature of an alternative practice to normative A-architecture
The students will have knowledge of:
Practice of design+build and the role of maker-designer; the influence of the transitional nature of architecture practice and study
The students will have an understanding of:
the relationship between people and places;
the need to consider the relationship between buildings and construction; human needs and scale in relation to architecture;
the traditional roles of designer, client, builder;
the meaning of context and its importance in successful design;
the practical aspects of pursuing design+build;
how making as a process can be used to further design as a discipline;
how knowledge is advanced through research to produce clear, logically argued and original ideas relating to architecture.