Learning Outcomes:
On Completion of the Module each student is required to submit an individual, collated and organised portfolio of work, including all drawings, models and sketches that must demonstrate the following:
1. Critical thinking;
2. The use of design as a means of investigation and research;
3. An understanding of the structural, tectonic and material aspects of architecture;
4. Evidence of the ability to pursue an architectural problem from strategy to a high level of detailed resolution;
5. Evidence of a clear understanding of the architect’s role and value to society;
6. An ability to communicate clearly and with commitment verbally and via the written word and via drawings and models and architectural media;
On completion of this module it is anticipated that students will also be able to;
Discuss implications of material and structural choices in terms of environmental impact, performance and regulations.
Assess site potentials and identify appropriate organisational or material strategies in reference to site and brief to optimize environmental and energy performance, Demonstrate understanding of structural principles and environmental/building physics in schematic design and to extend this understanding into detail realisation in the comprehensive design project