? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : ACE-P-ASD-STC

This course engages with current sustainable thinking and how this manifests itself in the built environment.
It examines architecture and the environmental movement in terms of social, economic and environmental criteria and how this can affect architectural response at regional and city scales.

? Keywords : sustainable theory contexts city environmental

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Home subject area

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

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

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

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) 50 minutes per week for 11 weeks

An ability to critically assess sustainability as a cultural, economic and environmental phenomenon.

Comprehension of the cultural, historic and scientific roots of environmental thought.

The application of sustainable theory to built environment contexts.

Course report : 50% of total mark

Course essay : 30% of total mark

Weblog : 20% of total mark

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/