Architectural Design 1A (U00734)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : ACE-1-AD1A

The course seeks to encourage an enthusiastic approach to knowledge and skills appropriate to the practice of architectural design. The emphasis is on the relationship between architecture and imagination, and the design process as iterative, a process of inquiry and reflection. Students therefore work on a continuous series of design exercises and projects which require individual or group submission of models, constructs and drawings.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Costs : Specialist Equipment Fee Occasional field trip travel contribution Processes and materials involved in the presentation of their work: printing and reprographic charges, photographic costs, drawing and modelling materials; digital storage etc.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Architecture - Design, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 8 hour(s) 50 minutes per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	11:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Friday	09:00	10:50	Central
Lecture	Friday	11:10	13:00	Central
Lecture	Friday	14:00	15:50	Central
Lecture	Friday	16:10	18:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

An ability to visualise architectural space, and an understanding of architectural drawing conventions.
An awareness of rigorous and disciplined processes of the evolution of an architectural idea, from intention to proposition.
An ability to explore an architectural idea from intention to proposition.
A basic ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and visually.
A basic understanding of design principles and theories.
An appreciation of the relationship of buildings to their physical and cultural context.
An ability to respond to a given brief.
An ability to draw and to model as both investigative and presentational devices.
A basic understanding of the technologies, environmental design and methods of construction inherent in the design and construction of buildings with specific focus on construction/building processes.
An ability to work and contribute as part of a group.
An understanding of the value and importance of the review/critique process in architectural education with the development of listening and critical appraisal skills, and participation in this process