Aims: To explore and analyse a given urban context as part of the design process. To increase the degree of project complexity in preparation for 4th year. To devlop collaborate working skills through a joint design project. To exploit the international SOCRATES profile of the year and the opportunities this provides to exchange diverse cultural backgrounds and experiences.
Learning Outcomes:
Demonstration of the ability to:
* prepare a coherent architectural design for a medium rise new building
* devise and employ a clear ordering system within a design proposal which integrates organisational, spatial and structural requirements
* develop a given brief and prepare a building proposal which addresses a specific urban realm in cultural and physical terms.
* work as part of a team
The demonstration of an awareness of how the built environment is really experienced by its users.
Content:
The Semester will include a short exercise in urban analysis before the students form small groups with Engineering students in order to develop designs to a given brief. The projects will run parallel to the AR30093 Urban Studies and will be use as a vehicle for the course work assessment of this unit. The weeks prior to Christmas will be spent on an individual project based in another urban context. The period after Christmas will provide the students with the opportunity to undertake a study tour to a European city or remain in Bath for a short project based on the analysis of a British city.
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