Architectural Research Studio
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ABEE4040 | Architecture and Built Environment | 4 | 30 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- ABEE4040
- School
- Architecture and Built Environment
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 30
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
This module is a design studio that aims to develop research and architectural design skills to an advanced level. The studio is project-based, and Its activities follow a design process, in which analytical investigations and research explorations into a particular theme, site and research problem are duly applied to inform the development of architectural proposals. All coursework for this module is project-based, and with the particular emphasis on investigation and exploration processes, this studio module is designed to serve as a precursor to the Design Project undertaken during the Spring Semester.
Students participate in one of the studio units on offer, which will set a design project brief around a distinct theme, building type or specialism and which meets both specific project-based aims and the module’s general aims and learning outcomes (outlined below).
Please note that students on ABEE4040 will be expected to work at times in groups, but it is expected that they will remain accountable for individual authorship of their course work for the purposes of assessment.
Target Students
MArch Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part 2) K10I and K10X, U7PATTAR and U7PATTAR3.
Assessment
- 33% Coursework 1: Group Research Portfolio
- 67% Coursework 2: Design Portfolio
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
This module aims to develop research skills and knowledge to an advanced level and to develop specialist design knowledge and skills that can be applied to develop a studio project. Each studio unit’s project will include aims and objectives that enhance the module’s primary aims and objectives. This information will be provided in the respective project briefs issued at the start of semester. All participants are expected to exercise initiative and personal responsibility, demonstrate originality in tackling and solving problems, and act autonomously in order to advance their knowledge of architecture through independent and research-led attitude to learning.Learning Outcomes
The learning outcomes for each design project will be particular and more detail will be provided as part of the design project brief. In general students will be expected to:
1. Participate in research-based project coursework that will engage with the current state of relevant knowledge through the application of suitable methodologies or theories that will underpin the project's development.
5. Demonstrate application of concept to well-resolved architectural designs that embody knowledge of the variety of relevant contexts that are necessary to inform the development of architectural or urban design proposals.
4. Articulate an appropriate philosophical approach which reveals an understanding of the critical appraisal of relevant design theory, case study precedents and practices in the project's cultural context.
3. Critically appraise and form considered judgements about the conceptual, spatial, and social qualities of a design problem within the scale and scope of a wider context.
2. Develop critical thinking skills that will help construct a coherent argument based on the synthesis of research findings into a conceptual position for the project.
6. Represent process through the systematically testing, analysis and appraisal of design options draw conclusions which display methodological and theoretical rigour.
7. Produce portfolio material that is clear, analytical and logical covering a range of project-related issues and that demonstrates an ability to use visual, verbal and written media to present the testing, analysis and critical appraisal of complex design proposal and their resolution to a range of professional and public audiences.
8. Demonstrate knowledge, understanding, and application of sustainability design principles.