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Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Unit Catalogue 2007/08


AR20018 Design studio 2.2

Credits: 15
Level: Intermediate
Semester: 2
Assessment: CW 100%
Requisites:
Aims: To introduce a more detailed and complex building brief through study of a particular building type, (e.g. art gallery), in the context of its landscape and local settlement.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion the student must demonstrate the ability to integrate spatial, environmental, constructional, and structural principles in a coherent building design proposal which meets a given brief.
Skills:
Research, analysis, proposals in sketch and models, drawn and verbal presentation, related to a specific building scheme.
Content:
Although of limited complexity, the building will require the planning of a number of different sized, interrelated spaces, at least one requiring a medium span structure. The building will be low-rise. The site will be non-urban but include some built context. Design of external space (square, courtyard, wider landscape) associated with the building.