KA7034 - Integrated Architecture Project

You will work on a studio based design project within this module, which is taught by individual and group tutorials and supported by additional workshops, project focused seminars and site visits. Lectures will be used to introduce the project and theories relevant to your project work. You will work in groups initially, as you gather and critique information and site characteristics and then individually within your self directed response to the research knowledge. As such, you will be encouraged to develop your independent learning skills to manage your progress, subject development and areas of personal enquiry and approach.

You will be supported with weekly guidance during tutorials, where you will discuss the development of your ideas and solutions to the design project. You will benefit from regular progress reviews as formative assessment on an individual and group basis, and are encouraged to participate in discussions about your work, your development and that of your peers. Feedback on formative and summative assignments will be offered in verbal, written and drawn form which will provide advice for further development and a critical appraisal of your work and performance. Directed learning will allow you to research issues raised in tutorials and independent learning will allow you to investigate you own themes and ideas. All project material will be available on the eLearning Portal (ELP) so that you can access information when you need to and we operate an open door policy to help support student learning when it is needed most. The university library offers support for all students through its catalogue and an Ask4Help Online service.

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Knowledge & Understanding:

KU 1. Articulate creative authority through an integrated manipulation of architectural issues, precedents, concepts and regulations

KU 2. Critically analyse, synthesize and creatively apply all aspects of design, technology and environment strategies within a context driven solution

KU 3. Design with an advanced appreciation of the wider and immediate site contexts and their influence upon decision making

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:

IPSA 1. Critically apply advanced research and analysis skills to develop a design outcome that gives consideration to site constraints and the specific needs of a client

IPSA 2. Articulate an advanced ability in effectively communicating complex design intention and architectural realities using oral, written and graphical communications

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

PVA 1. Articulate a high level of reflection, confidence and imagination in an enquiring, disciplined and open minded approach to problems and issues, with flexibility and logic.

Formative assessment will take place within regular tutorials and at interim reviews to provide ongoing developmental guidance and reflection towards all module learning outcomes.

Summative assessment is of the submitted component:

1. Integrated Architecture Project (100%)
Major design thesis project
KU1, KU2, KU3, IPSA1, IPSA2, PVA1

Feedback will be offered in verbal, written and drawn form which will provide advice for further development and a critical appraisal of their work and performance. Moderation of summative assessment will take place in portfolio reviews at the end of the module.

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KA7033 Design Rationale

Within this module you will apply individual attitudes towards architecture via a major design project within an urban setting that demonstrates an advanced understanding of space and form. You will be encouraged to articulate individual attitudes towards narrative and the manipulation of language, reference, technology and form within a complex spatial programme, demonstrating a coherent relationship with the urban, cultural and social contexts. Taught within the design studio, the module is supported by individual and group tutorials and workshops with regular formative assessment and appraisal, in support of the production of a major design project. You will receive verbal, written and drawn feedback and assessment on your design project work in two ways; formatively within regular tutorials and at strategic stages to provide ongoing guidance and summatively at the end of each project to establish opportunity for reflection and independent learning.