ARCT10070 Survey I: History and Theory of the Built Environment I

Academic Year 2023/2024

This is a lecture course, known commonly as a SURVEY course, which investigates global architectural developments chronologically from the ancient world through to the nineteenth century. Through twenty lectures – over 10 weeks - mostly based within a particular society (time and geography) and delivered by Dr Rowley (module coordinator) or guest subject experts, we will discuss both the established canon of architectural masterpiece buildings and counterbalance this approach with discussions about new building materials, changing conditions of architectural production, shifting concerns about architecture’s social purpose and the issue of representation.

Coming in the proverbial backdoor, the lectures touch upon the effects of politics, geography, and technological advancements, we will consider cultural and ecological debates as well as artistic manifestations in other media.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Student Learning Outcomes
1. To develop familiarity with the general time line of significant precedents in the history of architecture.
2. To understand the correlations between societies and their formal environments; the influence of geography, building technologies and cultural requirements on the development of the built environment.
3. To facilitate the exchange of ideas about architectural design through the analysis of examples discussed with specific terminology.
4. Ultimately, to deepen understanding of the meaning and significance of architecture in ways that will inform individual design processes.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

18

Autonomous Student Learning

90

Total

108

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Weekly lectures
Reading and critically summarising readings
Building Observation
Critical Writing
Building Research 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: 3. Choose a reading in Week 6 of this architectural history SURVEY module from a set of core readings; make a summary of that reading in a provided template and upload the summary by 12 Nov 2022 Week 7 n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale No

10

Essay: 2. Observation writing: Write a short essay which pays close attention to a chosen site in Dublin. Visit + sketch, observe + photograph the site, write a 500-word observational essay, by 29 Oct 2022 Week 5 n/a Graded No

25

Assignment: 1. Choose a reading in Week 1 of this architectural history SURVEY module from a set of core readings; make a summary of that reading in a provided template and upload the summary by 8 Oct 2022 Week 2 n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale No

10

Examination: 5. End of module exam for which you will prepare 2 longer questions and answer a 3rd shorter and unseen question. 2 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded No

50

Assignment: 4. Academic Integrity Exercise designed by UCD Library /Writing Centre around plagiarism and referencing. This is like a class test but carried out on Brightspace by 26th Nov 2022 Week 9 n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale No

5


Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback is provided to each student on Brightspace. Possibility for verbal feedback individually on Zoom.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
Autumn
     
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - Autumn: Weeks 2-12 Wed 11:00 - 12:50