Advanced Design Project 2
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ABEE4046 | Architecture and Built Environment | 4 | 30 | Spring UK |
- Code
- ABEE4046
- School
- Architecture and Built Environment
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 30
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
This is a studio-based design module within a specialist design unit (for example: architecture design, museum design, design and build, tall buildings, environmental design, architectural tectonics, urban design, etc.). The project will involve the design of an architectural or urban intervention at an appropriate scale and resolution in response to an advanced design brief. The module provides higher-level skills and understanding necessary for postgraduate study within specialist streams, and explores the integration and development of advanced specialist concepts, ideas, technologies and thinking within the architectural and urban design environment. Throughout the semester, students are expected to undertake in-depth conceptual development, design research, design testing and evaluation, presentation and communication
Target Students
MArch Architecture and Sustainable Design K11L, MArch Architecture Design K11K, MArch Sustainable Urban Design K11H, MArch Architecture Design + Build K11M; U7PAASSD, U7PADESN, U7PSSTUB, U7PARDAB.
Classes
- One 7-hour practicum each week for 13 weeks
- One 7-hour field studies
Breakdown of hours: Tutor led - 98 hours; student directed - 202 hours design development and assessment preparation.
Assessment
- 10% Coursework 1: Interim class presentation and design review.
- 20% Coursework 2: Final class presentation and design review.
- 70% Coursework 3: Assessment of final complete design e-portfolio.
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
The purpose of this module is to develop advanced architectural and/or urban design skills and awareness through the design of architectural and urban interventions at an appropriate scale and resolution. Students are encouraged to engage with a specific design specialism, to adopt novel approaches to the generation of design concepts, and to develop these in detail in response to the circumstances of both the physical, cultural and intellectual context of the project.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
- Students will demonstrate evidence of critical understanding of constraints and opportunities, strategically relevant response to the site, microclimate, and relevant contexts.
- Students will demonstrate the appropriateness of the application and architectural integration of design strategies in order to achieve aspirational targets and standards.
- Students will demonstrate evidence of meaningful analysis to justify the design decisions and to enhance spatial delight and environmental quality of the site and its context.
Professional Practice Skills
- Students will demonstrate self-direction, design originality, and decision-making skills in solving architectural and urban design challenges.
Transferable Skills
- Students will demonstrate design research skills to support design decisions.
- Students will demonstrate advanced verbal and visual communication through a clarity of arguments and presentation skills.
Conveners
- Prof Timothy Heath