ARCT41120 Architectural Design VII - Comprehensive Design Studio

Academic Year 2021/2022

Module Description
The Vertical Studio Project is intended to bring the school together after a year and a half of lockdowns and to encourage us to think together about the future of our planet. Students and staff from Years 1-4 will work together around the overall theme of ‘ReThinking ReUse’, recognising that the post climate change architect will have fewer new buildings to design and that ReUse will be the new radical way of operating. The studio work will concentrate on the Dublin GPO (its history, its structure, its construction, its politics, its social value, its planning, its significance as a monument, its dominance on O’Connell Street and its place as an agency for change). You are encouraged to observe acutely, draw alternatively and propose radical change to this building and this part of the city. The common project and mixed tutorial groups will foster peer-to-peer learning and greater interaction across the school.

Structure
Working individually, in assigned groups, and as a collective, students will carry out project development and research. Student activities are studio based and attendance in studio is mandatory. The project will involve a 7-week period of research and survey (made up of an initial 2-week reading and introductory period, followed by a 4-week period of work and a 1-week review. This is followed by a 5-week period of proposition and design to conclude with a final review.

Submission
At the end of module each student is required to submit an individual, collated and organized physical and digital portfolio of work. The portfolio must include all drawings, models and sketches that must demonstrate the required outcomes. In addition, both portfolios should include a portfolio book, a collated guide that succinctly describes and reflects on the work the student has made over the trimester with reference to the work of their peers.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate the ability to analyse and critically evaluate existing and historic buildings and environments and to use these as an active component in the design process.

2. Demonstrate the ability to apply critical and analytical thinking to the development of a series of projects, employing a range of work methods and techniques.

3. Demonstrate the ability to use design as a means of investigation and research.

4. Demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate issues of building construction, structure and materials and integrate them into a synthetic design proposal.

5. Demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate issues of environment and integrate them into a synthetic design proposal.


6. Demonstrate an ability to use a variety of representational skills as a means of investigation and research and to present and exhibit 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

12
Specified Learning Activities

288
Total

300
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.
 
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
Portfolio: All of the work completed throughout the module is to be submitted in a portfolio for assessment. Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Other No

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
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

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.

Name Role
Mr Paul Arnold Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Alice Clancy Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Denise Murray Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Michael Pike Lecturer / Co-Lecturer