Undergraduate Course: Architectural Design Option 2 (ARDE10006)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Architecture - former ACE curriculum |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course is focussed on extending the student's capacity to operate with different approaches to architectural design. It is a studio-based course in which students are asked to develop specific approaches to design problems in an integrated and manner. The set design problems will vary from year to year, typically resulting in the design and presentation of a building design of reasonable complexity. The project will be intergrative, bringing together themes and issues being explored in all courses. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
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: None |
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Description |
Weeks |
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Wednesday |
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
Week 1, Monday, 09:00 - 10:50, Zone: Central. 16th January 2012 in Lecture Room J05, eca Architecture Building, Lauriston Place. |
| Additional information |
7 hour(s) per week for 9 week(s). Weeks 1-9
Studio tutorial times will be agreed at start of course |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
To be able:
- to propose, design and present an building integrating context, users needs and technologies in an imaginative and creative manner
- to engage in a critical discussion of architecture by means of written, verbal and drawn presentations
- to explore and experiment with different architectural design approaches
- to scrutinise critically the context of a proposed design intervention taking account of its physical, insitutional, historical and cultural contexts
- to integrate considerations of human well-being, the natural world, landscape and sustainability into the overall design of a building |
Assessment Information
| 100% studio project work |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Dagmar Weston
Tel: (0131 6)50 2327
Email: Dagmar.Weston@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Rosemary Hall
Tel: 0131 221 6071
Email: r.hall@ed.ac.uk |
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