Undergraduate Course: Architectural Design: Logistics (ARCH10025)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The course asks students to engage with an aspect of building design and procurement relevant to the workflows experienced in the design and construction sector. Students select a theme relevant to their experience in the workplace and re-contextualise it within the framework of their own design studio work. |
| Course description |
The course requires students to take an aspect of design production and treat it as a process that can work within and enhance a complex system such as the creation of a building. Architecture Design: Logistics focuses on the management of the flows of resources between the stages of basic design and final hand-over, in order to meet the requirements of all agents involved in the processes of implementation of an architectural project. It involves a broad understanding of what constitutes resources, to include material, human and temporal aspects of production.
Architectural Design : Logistics is taught in 3 stages:
Fundamentals: a short lecture series providing knowledge and skills to the student in relation to various logistical themes.
Reflection: students work in groups to research and analyse processes in a typological case study example.
Application: Students use their acquired knowledge to apply in relation to their studio design projects.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Architectural Design: Any Place (ARCH08006)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Printing and reprographic costs in relation to the final illustrated report. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | This course is only open to students on an approved exchange with ESALA. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 89 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 1,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 16,
Formative Assessment Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Feedback |
Informal Feedback: Verbal feedback from tutors during group tutorial.
Formal Formative Feedback: Written feedback will be provided on the draft Group Report at mid-semester.
Formal Summative Feedback: Written feedback will be provided after submission of completion of the assessment process. This feedback will address the work in relation to the Learning Outcomes associated with each assignment and should be read in tandem with your grades. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a specialist theme in relation to the design and procurement of buildings.
- Demonstrate ability in applying knowledge of a specialist theme to enhance a design proposition.
- Display aptitude in communication through the production of incisive text and graphical outputs.
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Reading List
The Routledge Companion for Architecture Design and Practice: Established and Emerging Trends , Mitra Kanaani (2015)
Architecture 3.0: The Disruptive Design Practice Handbook, Cliff Moser (2013)
The Reflective Practitioner, Donald Schon (1983)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Be able to demonstrate the ability to understand an aspect of design as a logistical process
Be able to situate your experience in practice within wider academic and intellectual frameworks
Be able to incorporate a diversity of themes and processes into your own design language
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| Keywords | specialism,architecture,reflection,studio,procurement,professional practice |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Fiona McLachlan
Tel: (0131 6)50 2304
Email: F.McLachlan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Laura Varga
Tel: (0131 6)50 2430
Email: laura.varga@ed.ac.uk |
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