Undergraduate Course: Architectural Design Theory (ARDE10004)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Arts, Culture and Environment |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Architecture - Design |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
From a critical perspective the course examines the place of architectural design theory within this age of rapid technological change. The course picks up on critical discourses that seek to challenge and unsettle various theorectical and technological certainties, critically examining issues of power, the philosophy of technology, the politics of domination, the production of space, history as disjunction, gender issues, discourses of the unconscious, cyberspace, theories of interpretation, and deconstruction - all of which implicate architectural design. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
Processes and materials involved in the presentation of work: printing and reprographic charges, photographic costs, drawing and modelling materials; digital storage etc. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | 11:10 - 13:00 | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
Weeks 1-11 |
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | 11:10 - 13:00 | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
Weeks 1-11 |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- To demonstrate how architecture fits within wider intellectual discourses, showing what is at stake in those discourses.
- To develop skills in critical scholarship and writing.
- To promote and excite self-directed study.
- Students will be able to engage in critical discussion and writing around the issues of architectural design theory.
- Knowledge of the histories and theories of architecture and urban design, the history of ideas, and the related disciplines of art, cultural studies and landscape studies and their use in informing the design process
- To gain visual, verbal and written communication skills using appropriate media to clearly and effectively convey and critically appraise design ideas and proposals. |
Assessment Information
50% essay (2000 words)
Visiting Student Variant Assessment
50% lecture diary (2000 words) |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Mr Dorian Wiszniewski
Tel: (0131 6)50 2311
Email: Dorian.Wiszniewski@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Leigh-Anne Pieterse
Tel: (0131 6)50 2306
Email: l.a.pieterse@ed.ac.uk |
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