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Advanced Sustainable Design Project (P02697)

? Credit Points : 40  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : ACE-P-ASD-ASDP

This is a studio based course that seeks to address key issues of urban and sustainable development. The course will focus around a design project situated in a UK city allowing the testing of ideas in challenging contexts.

It will involve group working and embraces multi and trans-disciplinary modes of working.

? Keywords : studio architecture sustainable design project environmental

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : EITHER: P02694 Sustainable theory and contexts and P02695 Sustainable design methodologies. OR: P02693 Sustainable theory and contexts (distance learning) and P02696 Sustainable design methodologies (distance learning)

Subject Areas

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 5 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

? Additional Class Information : studio tutorials as advised

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The ability to interrogate site, programme and context in relation to the production of sustainable construction, engineering and architectural strategies.

A capacity for adaptability to communicate and collaborate with other disciplines in the production of coherent environmental strategies.

Acquisition of expertise in the intelligent use of quantitative data in making qualitative design decisions.

A facility to make imaginative and intelligent building proposals that respond proactively to sustainable agendas.

Assessment Information

Design portfolio: 100%

Contact and Further Information

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Catherine Carmichael
Tel : (0131 6)50 2305
Email : Catherine.Carmichael@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Mr John Brennan
Tel : (0131 6)50 2324
Email : John.Brennan@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.ace.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/

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