ARCT20050 Architectural Design III

Academic Year 2020/2021

In this module students are introduced to housing design and environmental issues. They begin with an analysis project into our changing global environment. Analysis of precedents is used as a critical tool to develop their own work. This helps to inform the housing design project which itself challenges the students to respond to a complex brief and site. The project requires students to look at our changing complex society and its needs. Within the project students are asked to look specifically at the shared space within the housing and how to enable the forming of community within it.
A series of interim submissions encourage the students to test and develop their project at all scales from how it responds to its context, to how each dwelling unit is articulated spatially, structurally and materially. Students must complete all projects in this module and attendance during design studio sessions is mandatory. 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 ability to critique and develop projects individually and in a group setting.
2. Demonstrate an ability to analyse and respond critically to precedents in housing design and to use these as an active component in the design process.
3. Analyse, discuss and respond to some of the critical issues surrounding housing design and make appropriate design interventions in a specified context.
4. Demonstrate the ability to develop the design of a complex brief of multiple dwellings in an appropriate organizational and spatial form.
5. Analyse and respond critically to Field Trip Study with a series of visited projects and represent this analysis in appropriate graphic and model forms.
6. Demonstrate a developing understanding of building construction, structure, materials and environment and an ability to integrate these into a design.
7. Demonstrate a development in skill in drawing, model-making and other representational techniques.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Studio

272
Autonomous Student Learning

60
Total

332
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Student activities are studio based. Working individually, in groups and as a full year, students carry out project design development and research. Presentations in studio are made by staff to support theory and Design Practice. Professional architects are invited to contribute to review days along with other project-relevant professionals. Student presentations, peer and group work, case-based or precedent study research carried out. Representation skills are emphasised in drawing , model, collage and digital techniques. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Minimum of D- in ARCT 10020 Architectural Design II


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

Co-requisite:
ARCT20010 - Architectural Design IV


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Portfolio: Projects reviewed and assessed. Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes

100

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring Yes - 2 Hour
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 one-on-one and small group meetings. At these student's work is discussed. Generally, feedback, particularly at the early stages, 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 course of 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 mid-stage of the term.

Name Role
Ms Alice Clancy Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Rae Moore Lecturer / Co-Lecturer