ARCT30040 Architectural Design VI

Academic Year 2022/2023

This module is dedicated to the design of a public building with a complex functional brief. The programme examines potential relationships between form, function, space and assembly that can be realised when a building is designed in tandem with the broader environment and social context in which it is made. It calls for consideration between the making of a collective space and the underpinning of communal identity, understanding this can be better fostered through design that is centred on the needs of a particular place and community at a point in time.

This is a studio based programme. The teaching of the module is carried out through design seminars, workshops, presentations, reviews and individual and group tuition in the studio. Attendance during all design studio sessions is therefore mandatory. Students are encouraged to challenge accepted assumptions and perceptions about the design and making of public space through their interpretation and development of the brief. To achieve this they are expected to participate in and contribute to an open discussion of ideas. They must be self motivated and capable of progressing the design of their project through models, drawings and other appropriate media via a series of interim submissions to an accomplished level in the final presentation.

Students must complete all parts of the project in this module and are required to submit an individual collated and organised A1 physical portfolio of their trimester's work including all drawings, photographs of models, rough-work and sketches etc. that demonstrate the required learning outcomes and a separate A3 reflection pdf document. All of the learning outcomes must be adequately demonstrated to pass the module. The first four weeks of the trimester are dedicated to a primer project. This project is a must pass component of the overall grade and is graded separately.

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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 an ability to research, analyse and represent existing and historic landscapes, environments and buildings and to use the findings as an active component in the design process.

2. Demonstrate the ability to engage with some of the critical issues surrounding the formation of contemporary public space, buildings and use this research as an active component and consideration in the design process.

3. Demonstrate the ability to make appropriate and well-considered design interventions in a specified context through the integration of form, function, and space while considering the implications for the broader environment.

4. Demonstrate the ability to integrate building assembly, structure and materials into a synthetic design proposal while considering the implications for the broader environment.

6. Demonstrate a mastery of orthographic projection and the ability to create, develop and explore a three-dimensional object while representing it through plan and section.

5. Demonstrate the ability to develop a body of work across the trimester through an iterative and rigorous work process, employing analytical thinking, a range of different work methods, techniques and forms of representation at selected scales and to exhibit the work coherently.

7. 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

88
Total

360
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
- active/task-based learning
- peer and group work
- lectures
- lab/studio work
- enquiry and problem-based learning
- student presentation
- case studies 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

A minimum of D- grade in ARCT 20050 Architectural Design IV


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:
ARCT20050 - Architectural Design III

Co-requisite:
ARCT30010 - Architectural Design V


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Project: Design project of four weeks duration, detailed submission requirements are set out in the programme document. Unspecified n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% Yes

20
Portfolio: Design project work Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

80

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
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?

- Written feedback will be given to students during the trimester after week 4.

Praeger Study - Royal Irish Academy
August Choisy, Anatomy of Architecture.
Site Planning Kevin Lynch.
Field Conditions - Stan Allen
And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos - John Berger
Architecture without Architects, Bernard Rudofsky
Architecture of The Well-Tempered Environment - Rayner Banham.
What Time is This Place, Kevin Lynch
Complexity and Contradiction - RobertVenturi.
Image of the City, Kevin Lynch.
Superstudio - Life without objects.
Waste, Kevin Lynch
Poetics of The Earth, Augustin Berque, 2019
The Limits to Growth, D. Meadows - L. Meadows-J. Randers - William Behrens, 1972
Time Machine, HG Wells, 1895. Four walls and a roof, Reinier De Graaf.
Broken Glass, Alex Beam. Climate Changed, Philippe Squarzoni.
Name Role
Mr Chris Boyle Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Nicci Brock Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Thomas O'Brien Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Luis Pedro Pedro Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Michael Pike Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Ciara Reddy Lecturer / Co-Lecturer