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
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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 |
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Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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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: No |
Quota: 35 |
Location |
Activity |
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.murray@eca.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 221 6091
Email: m.dingsdale@ed.ac.uk |
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