ARCT20010 Architectural Design IV

Academic Year 2022/2023

This module will look at housing with particular focus on student housing. Responding to the Climate Change Crisis will be central to thinking in the module. Design Studies will consider both Reuse/ adaptation along with new construction.

On completion of a series of research, analysis and primer projects into the urban context architecture and typologies of the context, students will complete a design project for Housing and its associated outdoor spaces. Students will be asked to work both in groups and individually at different stages.

Students are required to develop and test their projects at a range of scales and to use a wide selection of techniques at key moments in the design process. Interim submission requirements encourages this. Increasingly students are expected to take more possession over their own projects and to find independently, the graphic or three-dimensional means to critique, test and develop their own work.

Students must complete all projects in this module and attendance during design studio sessions is mandatory. The module also requires all students to make a collective exhibition of their work at the end of the trimester.

All of the learning outcomes must be adequately demonstrated to pass the module. Each student is required to submit an individual collated and organised physical and digital portfolio of their trimester's work including all drawings, models, sketches, etc., which must demonstrate the required learning outcomes.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module the student should be able to:
1. Demonstrate some understanding of the broad context of climate change, climate action and adaption as it applies to the built and designed environment.
2. Demonstrate a developing understanding of architectural responses to the challenges of reducing carbon emissions through strategies of reuse and adaptation.
3. Demonstrate a developing ability to survey and research existing and historic buildings and environments and to use these as an active component in the design process.
4. Demonstrate the ability to sustain an iterative and rigorous work process, across analogue and digital formats.
5. Demonstrate a developing understanding of three-dimensional space and the ability to order a spatial configuration for a project.
6. Demonstrate a developing understanding of building construction, structure, and materials and an ability to integrate these into a design.
7. Demonstrate understanding of environmental issues and building performance and an ability to integrate these into a design.
8. Demonstrate a development in skills in drawing, model-making, digital modelling and other representational techniques.
9. Demonstrate the ability to communicate, discuss, critique and reflect on your own work and the work of your peers.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Studio

272
Autonomous Student Learning

60
Total

332
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Key modes of teaching in this module will include: studio work to include active/task-based learning, enquiry-based learning, peer and group work, case-based or precedent study, lectures, reflective writing and student presentations. Representation skills are emphasised in drawing, model, collage and digital techniques. Students will work to reflect, collate, edit and present their research and design work for presentation and exhibition.

Students are in weekly contact with their tutors in small group meetings. At these, student's work is discussed and summative feedback is provided that is focused on positively developing project ideas. It is not intended to grade ideas which are in the process of taking shape. Reviews are scheduled during the semester at which students will be given an indication of what development is required in the case of a project being underdeveloped. Written feedback is given after the Interim Review and after the final assessment.

Studio work
Active/task-based learning
Enquiry & problem-based learning;
Peer and group work;
Critical writing; Reflective learning;
Student presentations 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Minimum grade of D- in ARCT10020 Architectural Design II


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:
ARCT10010 - Architectural Design I, ARCT10020 - Architectural Design II


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Portfolio: A Portfolio containing the full range of work done by the student is submitted at the end of the semester.
A letter grade is allocated by the Studio Staff & ratified by the School and Externs.		 Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded Yes

100

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

There are extensive individual tutorials, group/class feedback and peer review activities throughout the semester. Students will be actively encouraged to constructively critique and assess both their own work and the work of their peers. During the study break, students will receive written feedback via email on their progress to date in the module.

Name Role
Ms Phoebe Brady Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Livia Hurley Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Jennifer Keenahan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr John-Barry Lowe Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Rae Moore Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Peter Tansey Lecturer / Co-Lecturer