Architectural Engineering Project

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• The design process
• Architecture’s relationship to social, technical and environmental/contextual aspects of the project
• Multidisciplinary research approaches and methodologies
• The building type
• Site analysis

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Design
• Written and oral communication
• Reflection on group processes in team work
• Independent learning
• Time management

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Realise an integrated solution
• Establish a clear brief and prioritise complex issues
• Resolve and coordinate the technical aspects of the proposal
• Refine an architectural idea into an integrated design solution
• Evaluate critically your strategy, processes and output
• Generate ideas related to the project in response to an urban site
• Appreciate the social, environmental and commercial risk/implications of the proposal

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Develop practical skills necessary for the execution of the project
• Establish a project plan that is efficient and deliverable
• Control for quality of output
• Use multidisciplinary research which may include computer and physical modelling
• Produce a comprehensive and integrated presentation

• Design methodologies
• Social, economic, cultural, technical and environmental aspects of design

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.

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.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External