Architectural Design Thesis 1 (U00767)

? Credit Points : 40 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : ACE-5-ADThesis1

Architectural Design Thesis 1 operates within the general theme of architecture in the urban context. Architectural Design Thesis 1 involves making a series of architectural projects. The projects of Architectural Design Thesis 1 frame hypotheses for urban design. The projects and the hypotheses they frame will be recorded in a Design Report. The projects of Architectural Design Thesis 1 will be investigative, poetic, theoretically informed, and will deal in a critical way with issues and questions of contemporary relevance. Architectural Design Thesis 1 looks for a sustained and rigorous process of investigation in the development of all aspects of urban design.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Architectural Design Opening B

? Costs : Specialist Equipment Fee 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, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 5th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 7 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 29 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
14/09/2007	11:10	12:00	Lecture Room 1, Minto House	Central

? Additional Class Information : Actual hours determined by the course co-ordinator at the beginning of each session

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

- An awareness of the full complexity of the contemporary urban environment and of the possibilities and problematics of architecture's interaction with it.
- The development of a set of conceptual tools which bear upon the production of architecture in this context.
- The refinement of the ability to critically scrutinise the physical, institutional and historical aspects of the context within which the proposed design will emerge.
- An enhanced understanding of the production of architecture as a collective endeavour and the development of an ethos which recognises and values this.
- An understanding of the issues relating to the question of sustainability, and its concomitant urban and architectural strategies.
- The continuing development of technical skills (drawing, modelling, photography, use of the computer and workshop) and a critical understanding of the effects of differing forms of representation.