AR10502: History, theory and practice 1
[Page last updated: 02 August 2022]
| Academic Year: | 2022/23 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW100 |
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| Learning Outcomes: | By the end of the Unit, you will be able to:
1. describe how materials have been used historically in architecture, and how structural forms have developed over time; 2. discuss and analyse historical architecture using appropriate vocabulary and critical approaches; 3. articulate how vernacular buildings can inspire architectural design, including sustainable thinking; 4. outline the structure of the construction industry, the role of construction professionals, and governing bodies; 5. identify different types of architectural organisation and explain how a small architectural office is organised and managed. |
| Synopsis: | You will be introduced to the global historical survey of architecture and engineering according to the use of materials, and the development of vernacular traditions in both Western and non-Western contexts. The Unit considers how architectural and engineering is responsive to, and informed by, material choices, and the designer's relationship to social, cultural, economic and environmental factors.
The Unit will also introduces you to the contemporary practice of the respective professions. |
| Content: | This unit examines different materials and structural forms in global, historical and/or vernacular architecture to explore their contributions to architectural and engineering forms and their relationships to specific cultures and environments. The ways in which materials and forms relate to climate and context will be explored. The unit will consider the implications of historical and/or vernacular buildings for modern and contemporary architecture and use them to explore principles of sustainability in architecture. Students will analyse a case study of a building and develop skills in academic research, analysis and presentation.
The role of an architect and an engineer is introduced and defined, considering the history of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Royal Institute of British Architects, the influence of the 1931 Architects Act, and the subsequent and relevant legislation on the role of the accrediting bodies in the governance of the two professions. |
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AR10502 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
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