Postgraduate Course: Sustainable Design Methodologies (ARCH11039)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course provides frameworks in which to enact sustainable design strategies at the level of the neighbourhood and specific building types including the home and workplace.
It includes the introduction of key sustainable methodologies such as design for deconstruction. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | Students MUST also take:
Sustainable Theory and Contexts (ARCH11038)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
An ability to critically assess sustainability as a cultural, economic and environmental phenomenon.
Comprehension of the cultural, historic and scientific roots of environmental thought.
The application of sustainable theory to built environment contexts. |
Assessment Information
The course will be assessed in two ways:
1. An assignment undertaken in a group. (40% of your final mark)
Further details regarding this will be posted in the assessment information section of the course webCT site.
2. An individual assignment (60% of your final mark)
Further details regarding this will be posted in the assessment information section of the course webCT site. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Keywords | sustainable design strategies home workplace environmental |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr John Brennan
Tel: (0131 6)50 2324
Email: John.Brennan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Daniel Emmerson
Tel: 0131 651 5738
Email: daniel.emmerson@ed.ac.uk |
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