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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Edinburgh College of Art : Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Postgraduate Course: Architectural Design Studio D (Integrated) (ARCH11092)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryArchitectural Design Studio D is a 40-credit, non-core course that runs in Semester 2. It is linked to the first semester course Architectural Design Studio C (Integrated) and all students MUST have passed this first semester course before entering Architectural Design Studio D (Integrated). The course offered, which may involve group work, will be described through an initial presentation to students, and subsequently through briefing materials made available to them.
Course description The emphasis in this course, which gives students the opportunity to develop a major design project, is upon exploratory and creative work. It seeks to encourage projects that are investigative, poetic, theoretically informed, and that deal in a critical way with issues and questions of contemporary relevance. It looks for a sustained and rigorous process of study in all aspects of the student's work.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed:
Students MUST have passed: Architectural Design Studio C (Integrated) (ARCH11091)
Students MUST have passed: Architectural Technology Research (ARCH11075)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities
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:
  1. The ability to develop and act upon a productive conceptual framework both individually and in teams for an architectural project or proposition, based on a critical analysis of relevant issues.
  2. The ability to develop an architectural spatial and material language that is carefully considered at an experiential level and that is in clear dialogue with conceptual and contextual concerns.
  3. The ability to investigate, appraise and develop clear strategies for technological and environmental decisions in an architectural design project.
  4. A critical understanding of the effects of, and the development of skills in using, differing forms of representation (e.g. verbal, drawing, modelling, photography, film, computer and workshop techniques), to explain a design project.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsDesign,Architectural Specialisms
Contacts
Course organiserDr Dorian Wiszniewski
Tel: (0131 6)50 2311
Email:
Course secretaryMiss Jennifer Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 5773
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