Postgraduate Course: Design: strategy and intervention (ARCH11172)
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 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | A strategice design project made in response to a given brief in a European urban context which involves a short study tour. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Additional Costs | Field trip |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, 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 |
15/09/2014 |
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 |
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Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: 35 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
(
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
392 )
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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. explore the creative potential of different on-site fieldwork techniques
2. utilise graphics to communicate complex time based strategies
3. develop imaginative proposals in response to a set brief, for the rejuvenation of large and complex site at a range of scales from landscape strategy to focused design intervention |
Assessment Information
Individual project/s
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. Students are permitted two attempts to pass this course. |
Special Arrangements
None |
Additional Information
Academic description |
Not entered |
Syllabus |
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Transferable skills |
Not entered |
Reading list |
Bunschoten R (2001) Urban Flotsum: stirring the city. 010, Rotterdam.
Corner J (1999) Recovering Landscape: essays in contemporary landscape architecture. Princeton Arch. Press.
Koolhaas R (1997) S, M, L, XL: small, medium, large, extra-large. Benedict Taschen.
Koolhaas R (1994) Delirious New York: a retroactive manifesto for Manhattan. Monacelli Press.
Lynch K ( 1984) Good City Form. MIT Press.
Lynch K (1960) The Image of the City. MIT Press.
Waldheim, C (2006) The Landscape Urbanism Reader. Princetown Architectural Press.
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Study Abroad |
Not entered |
Study Pattern |
studio, site visit |
Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Mr Kenneth Fraser
Tel: (0131 6)51 5799
Email: kenny.fraser@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 651 5803
Email: m.dingsdale@ed.ac.uk |
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