Undergraduate Course: Design: space and graphics (ARCH07010)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
A studio based module involving a series of short design projects, site visits and critiques accompanied by technical drafting exercises.
Aims of course
1 To introduce the basic principles of the design of external spaces.
2 To communicate the design of external spaces through a range of drawing techniques.
Mode of delivery
Site visits, fieldwork, individual and group studio based tutorials, individual and group critiques. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Pre-requisites
None
Co-requisites
ARCH07011 Ecology and Plant Materials 1 ARCH07001 Art & Design
Prohibited combinations
none |
| Additional Costs | study trips, materials |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. analyse and understand the composition of external spaces
2. represent simple spatial designs through drafting techniques
3. design simple spaces and sequences of external spaces |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
Not entered |
Special Arrangements
| Landscape Institute Criteria: landscape design; transferable skills. |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Ching, F. (1990) Drawing: a creative process. Van Nostrand Reinhold. Cullen, G. (1971) The Concise Townscape. Architectural Press Reekie, R. F. (1995) Reekie's architectural drawing. London: Edward Arnold. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 90 hours
Directed study 0 hours
Self-directed study 110 hours
Total 200 hours |
| Keywords | SPATIAL DESIGN, LEGIBILITY, SERIAL VISION, GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Gordon Ross Mclean
Tel: (0131 6)51 5796
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 651 5803
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