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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Arts, Culture and Environment : Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Postgraduate Course: Design: Strategy and intervention (AREA11026)

Course Outline
School School of Arts, Culture and Environment College College of Humanities and Social Science
Course type Standard Availability Not available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) Credits 20
Home subject area Architecture and Landscape Architecture Other subject area None
Course website None Taught in Gaelic? No
Course description PLEASE NOTE: THIS COURSE IS OWNED AND ADMINISTRATED BY ECA

Synopsis
A strategic, design project made in response to a
given brief in a European urban context, which
involves a short study tour.

Prerequisites:
stage 4 modules, passed at grade C or above,
or equivalent

Mode of Delivery:
studio based module.


Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed:
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Flexible, Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  No Quota:  30
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. be able to explore the creative potential of
different on-site fieldwork techniques.

2. be able to utilise graphics to communicate
complex time based strategies.

3. be able to develop imaginative proposals in
response to a set brief, for the rejuvenation of
large & complex site at a range of scales from
landscape strategy to focused design
intervention.
Assessment Information
Project - Individual
Report- individual project brief
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Bunschoten R (2001) Urban Flotsum: stirring the city. 010, Rotterdam.
Corner J (1999) Recovering Landscape: essays in contemporary landscape architecture. Princeton Arch. Press.
Koolhaas R (1997) S, M, L, XL: small, medium, large, extra-large. Benedict Taschen.
Koolhaas R (1994) Delirious New York: a retroactive manifesto for Manhattan. Monacelli Press.
Lynch K ( 1984) Good City Form. MIT Press.
Lynch K (1960) The Image of the City. MIT Press.
Waldheim, C (2006) The Landscape Urbanism Reader. Princetown Architectural Press.

Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
Keywords strategy, intervention, landscape urbanism.
Contacts
Course organiser Course secretary Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 221 6091
Email: m.dingsdale@eca.ac.uk
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