Module overview
The project is a learning experience that enables you to apply your knowledge to the design of a complex building /structure in an urban context that responds to (a) social, (b) technical and (c) environmental/contextual aspects of a built environment problem. You will negotiate with your 'client', be it your supervisor or an external sponsor, develop your brief, plan your project, present and develop your work through drawn/written and oral presentation maintaining a clear record of design development. At all times you will monitor your progress to ensure you are achieving the objectives set while ensuring quality of output.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Establish a clear brief and prioritise complex issues
- Evaluate critically your strategy, processes and output
- Generate ideas related to the project in response to an urban site
- Refine an architectural idea into an integrated design solution
- Realise an integrated solution
- Resolve and coordinate the technical aspects of the proposal
- Appreciate the social, environmental and commercial risk/implications of the proposal
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Written and oral communication
- Independent learning
- Time management
- Reflection on group processes in team work
- Design
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Establish a project plan that is efficient and deliverable
- Develop practical skills necessary for the execution of the project
- Control for quality of output
- Produce a comprehensive and integrated presentation
- Use multidisciplinary research which may include computer and physical modelling
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The building type
- Architecture’s relationship to social, technical and environmental/contextual aspects of the project
- The design process
- Site analysis
- Multidisciplinary research approaches and methodologies
Syllabus
• Design methodologies
• Social, economic, cultural, technical and environmental aspects of design
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching methods are mainly consultations with your supervisor normally held weekly, and occasional meetings with sponsors/client. There will be an interim ‘crit’ just after the Easter vacation and a final
‘crit’ at the end of Semester 2 which both provide opportunities for presentation of your design and to receive feedback on it.
Learning activities include creative problem solving, researching and may include a site visit to the locality of the structure.
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Project supervision | 10 |
| Seminar | 5 |
| Independent Study | 285 |
| Total study time | 300 |
Assessment
Assessment strategy
A detailed Submission and Assessment Criteria (including key dates) will be issued to all students in week 1, Semester 2.Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Continuous Assessment | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Set Task | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Set Task | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External