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Undergraduate Course: Design: space and graphics (ARCH07010)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaArchitecture and Landscape Architecture Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionIndicative course content
A studio based module involving a series of short design projects, site visits and critiques accompanied by technical drafting exercises.

Aims of course
1 To introduce the basic principles of the design of external spaces.
2 To communicate the design of external spaces through a range of drawing techniques.


Mode of delivery
Site visits, fieldwork, individual and group studio based tutorials, individual and group critiques.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Pre-requisites
None

Co-requisites
ARCH07011 Ecology and Plant Materials 1 ARCH07001 Art & Design


Prohibited combinations
none
Additional Costs study trips, materials
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  150
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 4, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 110, Fieldwork Hours 7, External Visit Hours 7, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Formative Assessment Hours 7, Summative Assessment Hours 7, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 43 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. analyse and understand the composition of external spaces
2. represent simple spatial designs through drafting techniques
3. design simple spaces and sequences of external spaces
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
Not entered
Special Arrangements
Landscape Institute Criteria: landscape design; transferable skills.
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Indicative Bibliography
Ching, F. (1990) Drawing: a creative process. Van Nostrand Reinhold. Cullen, G. (1971) The Concise Townscape. Architectural Press Reekie, R. F. (1995) Reekie's architectural drawing. London: Edward Arnold.
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Contact hours 90 hours
Directed study 0 hours
Self-directed study 110 hours
Total 200 hours
KeywordsSPATIAL DESIGN, LEGIBILITY, SERIAL VISION, GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
Contacts
Course organiserMr Gordon Ross Mclean
Tel: (0131 6)51 5796
Email: r.maclean@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 651 5803
Email: m.dingsdale@ed.ac.uk
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