Postgraduate Course: Architectural Design Studio B (Modular) (ARCH11096)
Course Outline
School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
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, it is linked to the first semester course Architectural Design Studio G (Modular). 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.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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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
Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- A sophisticated approach to the programmatic organisation, 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).
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Reading List
Studio themes change on an annual basis and are determined by the studio leaders in dialogue with Course Organiser and Programme Director. Reading lists therefore change with each new thematic and tailored reading lists are issued as part of briefing documents. |
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Ability to generate complex design proposals showing understanding of current architectural issues, originality in the application of subject knowledge and, where appropriate, to test new hypotheses and speculations;
Ability to evaluate materials, processes and techniques that apply to complex architectural designs and building construction, and to integrate these into practicable design proposals;
Ability to evaluate and apply a comprehensive range of visual, oral and written media to test, analyse, critically appraise and explain design proposals
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Keywords | Design,Technology and Environment,Architectural Specialisms |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Christopher French
Tel: (0131 6)50 2310
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Course secretary | Miss Laura Varga
Tel: (0131 6)50 2430
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