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Undergraduate Course: Architectural Design: Assembly (ARCH08004)

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 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaArchitecture and Landscape Architecture Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course introduces the theme of assembly in architectural design. It is focused on the capacity of structure, construction, and materials to create architecture. These physical factors as are considered alongside more ephemeral conditions such as light and sound. The way architecture establishes variable distinctions between exterior and interior spaces is also examined. The course asks students to develop these themes through consideration of a relatively simple programme such as a dwelling. To this end, students work on an integrated series of design exercises and projects. Students produce design proposals that are represented by a range of techniques inlcuding expressive drawings, scale drawings and models.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites Students MUST also take: Architectural Design: Elements (ARCH08001) AND Technology and Environment: Principles (ARCH08002) AND Architectural History: Revivalism to Modernism (ARCH08005) AND Architectural History: Introduction to World Architecture (ARCH08003) AND Art and Design (ARCH07001)
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Specialist Equipment Fee.
Occasional field trip travel contribution.
Processes and materials involved in the presentation of work: printing and reprographic charges, photographic costs, drawing and modelling materials; digital storage etc.
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information 8 hour(s) per week for 12 week(s). There are 2 main studio days which will be structured according to the design projects being undertaken. A mixture of methods will be used, supervised learning, directed learning, and independent learning.
Course Start Date 13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 10, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 12, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 84, Fieldwork Hours 4, External Visit Hours 4, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 14, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 65 )
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. Awareness of principles of assembly, materiality, specific constructional and environmental logics and how they inform the design of architecture;
2. Capacity to manipulate architectural form in the consideration of interior, exterior space and context in the resolution of simple programmes;
3. Skills in the representation and communication of simple architectural designs, including design process, in the portfolio format.
Assessment Information
Continuous assessment through design coursework, and portfolio presentation for examination at the end of the semester. Drawn, modelled and documented design studio work & project panels. All learning outcomes MUST be passed in order to pass the course where the student is undertaking the course as a core course in the BA/MA Architecture degree.

Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsAssembly, Interior, Exterior, Dwelling
Contacts
Course organiserMrs Fiona Mclachlan
Tel: (0131 6)50 2304
Email: F.McLachlan@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Rosie Hall
Tel: 0131 651 5802
Email: r.hall@ed.ac.uk
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