Postgraduate Course: Architectural Design Studio C (Modular) (ARCH11089)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | Architectural Design Studio C (Modular) is a 40-credit, non-core course linked to Architectural Design Studio D (Modular). Several design units, running in parallel may be offered in this course. Students will elect to take one of the units. Some of the units may have prerequisites, although each will meet the same learning outcomes. The units offered, which may involve group work, will be described through an initial presentation to students, and subsequently through briefing materials made available to them. |
| Course description |
The emphasis in this course is to give students the opportunity to develop a major design project based upon exploratory and creative work. It seeks to encourage projects that are investigative, poetic, theoretically informed, and that deal in a critical way with issues and questions of contemporary relevance. It looks for a sustained and rigorous process of study in all aspects of the student's work.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Specialist Equipment Fee. Field trip travel contribution for some units. Processes and materials involved in the presentation of work. |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Develop and act upon a productive conceptual framework for an architectural project or proposition, based on a critical analysis of relevant issues.
- Develop an architectural spatial and material language that is considered at an experiential level and that is in dialogue with conceptual, contextual, and environmental concerns.
- Critically understand the effects of, and demonstrate skills in using, differing forms of representation (e.g. drawing, modelling, photography, film and workshop techniques) to frame a design project.
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Reading List
| Studio themes change on an annual basis and are determined by the studio leaders in dialogue with Course Organiser and Programme Director. Reading lists therefore change with each new thematic and tailored reading lists are issued as part of briefing documents. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
ability to generate complex design proposals showing understanding of current architectural issues, originality in the application of subject knowledge and, where appropriate, to test new hypotheses and speculations;
ability to evaluate and apply a comprehensive range of visual, oral and written media to test, analyse, critically appraise and explain design proposals;
problem solving skills, professional judgment, and ability to take the initiative and make appropriate decisions in complex and unpredictable circumstances.
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| Keywords | Design,Architectural Specialisms |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Simone Ferracina
Tel:
Email: simone.ferracina@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Louisa King
Tel: (01316) 502306
Email: Louisa.King@ed.ac.uk |
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