Undergraduate Course: Design: space and graphics (ARCH07010)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Indicative course content
A studio based course 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. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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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
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 150 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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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 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Students must pass all learning outcomes. The aggregation of failed Learning outcomes with passing learning outcomes to generate an overall pass mark is not permitted. Failure of one learning outcome will result in a Forced Fail (FF) outcome.
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- analyse and understand the composition of external spaces
- represent simple spatial designs through drafting techniques
- design simple spaces and sequences of external spaces
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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. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
Landscape Institute Criteria: landscape design; transferable skills. |
| Keywords | SPATIAL DESIGN, LEGIBILITY, SERIAL VISION, GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Gordon Ross Mclean
Tel: (0131 6)51 5796
Email: r.maclean@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 651 5803
Email: m.dingsdale@ed.ac.uk |
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