Postgraduate Course: Design Project 1 (ARCH11014)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | This studio-based course involves research and experimentation in contemporary architectural design techniques and their application in specific urban settings. It takes the form of a series of inter-linked design projects that draw on a diverse range of design strategies currently being deployed in contemporary architectural practice globally. Through this process students begin to develop group and individual design experiments that have the capacity to contribute to and extend the current body of design knowledge. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |
| Assessment (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Assessment Methods
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Architectural design portfolio (100%) |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Undertake architectural design work of an advanced standard on the basis of a critical appreciation of architecture's relation to the larger field of cultural production.
- Think creatively about architectural design and its implications for contemporary urban contexts.
- Articulate appropriate methodological dimensions of architecture and creatively mobilise them within an urban/metropolitan context.
- Evaluate a range of analyses techniques and test them in appropriate urban/metropolitan contexts.
- Show leadership within an architectural design team by applying skills in research, design, discussion, writing, and presentation.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Studio tutorials |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Dorian Wiszniewski
Tel: (0131 6)50 2311
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Course secretary | Mrs Lyndsay Hagon
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735
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