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Undergraduate Course: Architectural Design: Assembly (ARCH08004)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis 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.
Course description Not entered
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
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
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 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate awareness of principles of assembly, materiality, specific constructional and environmental logics and how they inform the design of architecture;
  2. Demonstrate capacity to manipulate architectural form in the consideration of interior, exterior space and context in the resolution of simple programmes;
  3. Demonstrate skills in the representation and communication of simple architectural designs, including design process, in the portfolio format.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional 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.
KeywordsAssembly, Interior, Exterior, Dwelling
Contacts
Course organiserProf 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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