KA5023 - Design and Specification

There will be a mix of formal lectures form both University and other specialist guest speakers. Each group will be assigned a supervisor who will work closely during the group stage while outline designs and schematics are iterated and presented, and further through the individual preparation for discussion and summative submission.
Classroom, studio, tutorial and IT media will all be employed, together with site visits where applicable and appropriate.

You will also be supported by the provision of on-line resources via the module e-learning portal. These resources include lecture and workshop information, interactive reading list with on-line access to a number of key articles plus links to topical news reports. Teaching staff will also respond to individual questions via the module’s discussion board so that everyone taking the module can benefit. Furthermore, module teaching staff are responsive to communication via e-mail to support your learning.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding:
• MLO1: Explore the nature of the design team and how the design process is informed and actioned by that team

• MLO2: Evaluate potential outline solutions to the requirements of a client by employing enquiry based tools and communicate these responses n teams. Demonstrate how urban, social and environmental development affect the built environment.

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
• MLO3: You will be able to research, evaluate and communicate information on client need and design principles

• MLO4: You will be able to use building informational modelling software as a way of digitally recording and describing existing buildings, and to use specification writing software to produce tender information.


Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):

• MLO5: You will develop an awareness of the professional and ethical process behind seeking tenders for building work based on coordinated and comprehensive information packages.

Your assessment will be by means of a presentation of your outline design and production of a tender package.

Presentation (50%): Working in groups, you will prepare outline designs to respond to the client brief.


Tender Package (50%): You will submit an individual tender package which will include all relevant information to enable a building contractor to provide pricing information to enable the client to make informed decisions as to proceeding with any work.

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This module will seek to combine your creative and technical strands with a view to compiling a comprehensive and coordinate package of information as required and expected by industry professionals. You will be presented with a live site and building with real constraints and encouraged to investigate, research and provide solutions to the utilitarian, technical, functional, performance related and aesthetic aspects of refurbishment and/or extension.
You will work in a small group to generate an outline design in response to a client brief, and individually to identify, detail and specify certain key elements of that brief.