Undergraduate Course: Design: space, function and planning (ARCH07017)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | A studio based module consisting of technical exercises followed by projects dealing with site analysis, spatial design and planning. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | none |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 50 |
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Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. undertake site analysis and site planning to comply with a basic brief
2. design landform for specific functional requirements
3. resolve functional and spatial demands in a simple composition
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Assessment Information
| Technical exercises and design projects |
Special Arrangements
| none |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
1. to introduce concepts relating to the design of landform and earthworks
2. to resolve spatial and functional requirements for a simple design problem
3. to introduce site planning and analysis
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Ching, F. (1996) Architecture: form, space & order / Francis D.K. Ching. New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Littlefield, D. (2008) Metric Handbook. Architectural Press. Oxford.
Lynch, K. (1984) Site Planning. MIT Press.
Simonds, J. O. (1983) Landscape architecture: a manual of site planning and design. McGraw-Hill.
Tandy, C. (1972) Handbook of Urban Landscape. Architectural Press
Weddle, A. E. (1979) Landscape techniques. Heinemann.
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr John Stuart-Murray
Tel: 0131 221 6094
Email: j.stuart-murray@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 221 6091
Email: m.dingsdale@ed.ac.uk |
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