Architectural Design and Communication 3(i)

Overview

The module is composed of two parts. These are
(i) Architectural Design 3(i) and
(ii) Architectural Skills (Professional Skills).

Architectural Design 3(i) will concentrate on three elements through a series of design based projects, these being
(i) Observation: learning directly from the city, both in Northern Ireland and on a foreign study tour.
(ii) Enquiry: critical analysis of the city.
(iii) Examination: meaningful development of individual design proposals in the city.
Architectural Skills will concentrate on the architect in practice; their role, duties, contractual and professional (and ethical) obligations. This will include principles of management and leadership within business, developing an understanding of team working, career planning, time management and personal marketing, and the role and purpose of ARB and RIBA.

Learning Objectives

On successful completion of this module each student should be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of the cultural, societal and architectural parameters of urban design intervention in communities, through brief development.

Demonstrate an ability to design architectural space and form as well as structure in response to context, using technology and construction as a way to manifest conceptual thinking and theory.

Demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationship between urban planning, building design-users, environment and society.

Demonstrate an awareness of the professional relationships of individuals and organisations involved in the preparation and delivering of architectural projects.

Demonstrate an understanding of the design issues related to environmental comfort and building services as well as financial factors and costing.

Demonstrate an awareness of regulatory and legal aspects of architecture as a profession and as a practice and how these are defined through contractual and business relationships.

Demonstrate an ability to critically review design procedures and constraints through design reports that address the economics and management of a project.

Skills

On successful completion of this module, the student will have:

Developed the ability to apply appropriate creative practice to place-making in an urban environment.
Developed the ability to self-critically analyse, understand and then apply appropriate design strategies in response to the multi-layered demands of context, construction and technology.

Developed advanced skills to represent architectural space and form in drawings and models.

Developed skills to manage self-learning, self-promotion and time management.

Assessment

Seminars, practicals, study tour, group working, tutorials, reviews and crits. A 75% threshold is operational for attendance of all of these compulsory elements.