Undergraduate Course: Design: space, function and planning (ARCH07017)
Course Outline
School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | A studio based course consisting of technical exercises followed by projects dealing with site analysis, spatial design and planning. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Additional Costs | none |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: 50 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
Course Start Date |
12/01/2015 |
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 15,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 120,
Fieldwork Hours 25,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
212 )
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Additional Notes |
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Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. undertake site analysis and site planning to comply with a basic brief
2. design landform for specific functional requirements
3. resolve functional and spatial demands in a simple composition
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Assessment Information
Technical exercises and design projects
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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Special Arrangements
none |
Additional Information
Academic description |
Not entered |
Syllabus |
1. to introduce concepts relating to the design of landform and earthworks
2. to resolve spatial and functional requirements for a simple design problem
3. to introduce site planning and analysis
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Transferable skills |
Not entered |
Reading list |
Ching, F. (1996) Architecture: form, space & order / Francis D.K. Ching. New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Littlefield, D. (2008) Metric Handbook. Architectural Press. Oxford.
Lynch, K. (1984) Site Planning. MIT Press.
Simonds, J. O. (1983) Landscape architecture: a manual of site planning and design. McGraw-Hill.
Tandy, C. (1972) Handbook of Urban Landscape. Architectural Press
Weddle, A. E. (1979) Landscape techniques. Heinemann.
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Study Abroad |
Not entered |
Study Pattern |
Not entered |
Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Mr Tiago Torres Campos
Tel:
Email: tiago.t.campos@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 651 5803
Email: m.dingsdale@ed.ac.uk |
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