Architectural Design Opening B (U00922)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : ACE-5-ADOpenB

The strategies conceived in Architectural Design Opening A in the initial stages of the course will be tested through a short design project that can then stimulate further architectural approaches to the urban territory explored. This territory, and the spatial, cultural and material concerns that this work opens out, will form the focus for the continuing work of Architectural Design Thesis 1 and 2. The course includes a field trip to a European city which forms the context for the thesis.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : First degree in Architecture

? Co-requisites : Architectural Design Thesis 1 Readings in Contemporay Architectural Theory

? Costs : Specialist Equipment fee Field trip, accommodation, travel & living 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 : Block 2 only

? Contact Teaching Time : 7 hour(s) per week for 6 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 29 hour(s) per week for 6 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 : Weeks 6-11 Thu tutorials 0900-1800
7-10 day mandatory field trip

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The work will also be expected to provide evidence of the student's ability to:

- Analyse the full complexity of the contemporary urban environment.

- Represent this analysis with clarity and invention within a range of appropriate media.

- Derive a conceptual framework and structure from this analysis for the development of a coherent strategy for an architectural intervention.

- Develop this strategy as a guide and discipline within all aspects and scales of the architectural project to generate and systematically test, analyse and appraise design options, which display methodological and theoretical rigour.