Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Unit Catalogue 2006/07

AR30022 Design studio 4.2

Credits: 30

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims: As a conclusion to the course, each student is encouraged to develop a design to their own brief as a vehicle to demonstrate the broad range of knowledge and skills they have acquired during their undergraduate studies.
Learning Outcomes:
Within this final project the student is required to demonstrate a design that integrates a knowledge of:
* the ways analysis, research, context, budget, preparation and development of a brief inform a design proposal.
* the regulatory frameworks, and health and safety considerations that guide design and building construction.
* architectural histories and theories, of physical artistic and cultural contexts, and their use in informing the design process.
* the principles of building technologies, environmental design and construction methods, in relation to consideration of a sustainable environment, use of materials, process of assembly and structural principles.
* the impact on design of legislation, codes of practice and health and safety both during construction and occupation of a project.
Within this final project the student is required to demonstrate an ability to form considered judgements about the spatial, aesthetic, technical and social qualities of their design within the scope and scale of a wider environment.
Within this final project the student is required to demonstrate an ability to use visual, verbal and written communication methods and appropriate media to clearly and effectively convey and critically appraise design ideas and proposals.
Within this final project the student is required to demonstrate an ability to manage and appraise their own working practices.
Skills:
The ability to take responsibility for a building design of moderate complexity, and to develop the brief in writing, and to incorporate all relevant information (including site selection, spatial planning, structure, construction, environment, etc.) into a coherent building proposal. Research, writing, and three-dimensional representation using a variety of appropriate media culminating in a display of work that communicates critical skills the student has acquired over the last four years.
Content:
An individual project that explores contemporary urban or rural conditions in an area defined by the studio leader but on a site chosen by the student. Proposals should consider the implications any new development may have on changing living/working patterns, transport systems, general infrastructure, etc. The project will include the preparation of technical studies demonstrating the student's ability to integrate structural, environmental and constructional knowledge within their design.

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