Postgraduate Course: Architectural Design Studio B (Modular) (ARCH11096)

Course Outline
School	Edinburgh College of Art	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	40	ECTS Credits	20
Summary	Architectural Design Studio B is a 40-credit, core course that runs in Semester 2 of year 2, it is linked to the first semester year 2 course Architectural Design Studio G (Modular) and all students MUST have passed this first semester course as well as the first semester course Architectural Management, Practice and Law before entering Architectural Design Studio B (Modular). Students should also have passed the year 1 courses Architectural Design Studio C (Modular) and Architectural Design Studio D (Modular), as well as Architectural Technology Research and Studies in Contemporary Architectural Theory. A varying number of design units, running in parallel with one another, may be offered in this course. Students will elect to take one of the units. Some of the units may have prerequisites, although each will meet the same learning outcomes. The units offered will be described through an initial presentation to students, and subsequently through briefing materials made available to them.
Course description	The emphasis in this module falls upon the development and refinement of the structural, material, technical, environmental and legislative aspects of the student's design project. These, however, are not pursued as ends in themselves, but as part of a fully integrated design project guided by conceptual, theoretical, contextual and ethical concerns.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Architectural Design Studio G (ARJA11003) AND Architectural Design Studio C (Modular) (ARCH11089) AND Architectural Design Studio D (Modular) (ARCH11090) Students MUST have passed: Architectural Technology Research (ARCH11075) AND Studies in Contemporary Architectural Theory (ARCH11070) AND Architectural Management, Practice and Law (ARJA11002)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None
Additional Costs	Specialist Equipment Fee. Field trip travel contribution for some units. Processes and materials involved in the presentation of work.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 400 ( Lecture Hours 4, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 84, Formative Assessment Hours 28, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 272 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Learning outcomes are assessed by coursework, presented in the form of drawings, models, digital representations, etc. Assessment is made with reference to the ARB Part 2 criteria required to be demonstrated in the course.
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: A sophisticated approach to the programmatic organization, arrangement and structuring of a complex architectural assemblage in a loaded contextual situation (eg. the built, social, historical, technological, urban and environmental contexts). A knowledge of how to develop the structural, constructional, material, environmental and legislative aspects of a complex building to a high degree of resolution, with reference to discussions with a team of specialised consultants. An understanding of issues relating to the questions of sustainability, and its concomitant architectural, technological, environmental and urban strategies. A critical understanding of, and ability to present complex design proposals through appropriate forms of representation (eg. verbal, drawing, modelling, photography, film, computer, installation, performance and workshop techniques).