Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Unit Catalogue 2008/09 |
AR40108 Design studio 6.2 |
| Credits: 30 |
| Level: Masters |
| Semester: 2 |
| Assessment: CW 100% |
| Requisites: |
| Before taking this unit you must take AR40107 |
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Aims: Students are to demonstrate a high level of competence in the integrated design of one building type in a major European urban setting, while producing an architecturally elegant design. The course builds on knowledge acquired during unit Design Studio 5 (AR 40300) and AR40107 and in Design Studio 6.1 (AR40107).
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit the student will have demonstrated: * The ability to produce and demonstrate coherent and well resolved architectural designs that integrate an understanding of: * The regulatory requirements, including the needs of the disabled, health and safety legislation and building regulations and development control, that guide building construction * Building technologies, environmental design and construction methods * The impact on design of legislation, codes of practices and health and safety both during the construction and occupation of a project * The inter-relationship between people, buildings and the environment and an understanding of the need to relate buildings and the spaces between them to human needs and scale * The contribution of other professionals in the design process showing an appropriate use of team working skills, recognising the importance of current methods in the construction industry Students will demonstrate within coherent architectural designs: * The influences on the contemporary built environment of individual buildings, the design of cities, past and present societies and wider global issues * The histories and theories of architecture and urban design, the history of ideas, and the related disciplines of art, cultural studies and landscape studies and its application in critical debate The ability to: * Use visual, verbal and written communication methods and appropriate media (including sketching, modelling, digital and electronic techniques) to represent the testing, analysis and critical appraisal of complex design proposals and their resolution to a range of professional and lay audiences * Produce documentation and reports which are clear, analytical and logical covering a range of architectural issues of culture, theory and design * Critically appraise and form considered judgements about the spatial, aesthetic, technical and social qualities of a design within the scope and scale of a wider environment. * Independently define, and critically appraise, their ideas in relation to a design and to the work of others. Skills: An ability to synthesise in elegant designs complex demands of context, environment, materials, user needs and function. Developed communication skills. The writing of concise reports; individual research. Content: The refinement of group and subsequent individual design briefs using material accumulated in Urban Design Studio 6.1 for one building type (public or residential) in one location within the established urban context. The design is to be presented through plans and sections, and supplemented by models (physical and/or computer models). The design will be developed with due regard to the technical requirements prevailing in the UK and aesthetically in accordance with the urban context being studied; and with due regard to the perceived long-term social and physical needs of the local community. Specialist expertise will be provided by visiting Architectural, Landscape, Environmental and Structural Engineering consultants. |