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On completion of the module students learners will have developed their skills and competencies in:
- Conceptual and critical thinking;
- Judgement;
- Decision making;
- Leadership;
- Working independently and having authority over their own work;
- Assessing, critiquing and, where relevant, assimilating information, inputs and other data into their work;
- Risk taking, processes of reflection and self-assessment of their own work;
- Peer collaboration and associated learning;
- Developing their ideas and work in architecture across a range of methods and associate outputs appropriate to their work;
- Presentation, communicating and dissemination of their work, offering it for critical, peer and public assessment in order to deepen the understanding of the relevance and impact of their work;
- Have accumulated the skills necessary to make SHOW OFF, a student-led showcase, exhibition and public presentation of the final project developed across the year.
Key topics that will be addressed include:
- What constitutes an independent project in architecture and how to undertake it;
- An exploration of concepts and methods of research by design;
- The value of research by design in contemporary architecture practice;
- Exploration of how to frame research by design questions;
- Exploration of methodologies for research and testing of architectural research by design;
- How to translate theories / ideas into spatial, material and other architectural means.
-Material culture, making and assembly in architecture;
-Climate and architecture;
-The conditions of contemporary production and consumption of architecture;
- Curation and exhibition making as a critical tool of architectural research and idea testing and development.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 5 |
Small Group | 55 |
Practical | 20 |
Studio | 150 |
Project Supervision | 20 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 250 |
Total | 500 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment: TESTING CYCLE 6 | Week 10 | n/a | Graded | Yes | 19 |
Portfolio: TESTING CYCLE 7 & SHOW OFF EXHIBITION SHOW OFF - 'FOLIO PART 2 | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | Yes | 38 |
Assignment: TESTING CYCLE 4 | Week 3 | n/a | Graded | Yes | 19 |
Assignment: TESTING CYCLE 5 | Week 7 | n/a | Graded | Yes | 25 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
---|---|
In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities
- Feedback will be offered to students as work progresses individually and collectively in the form of discussions and as part of the course work. - Following the submission and marking of a formal assignment feedback will be offered to individual students via Brightspace. - A mid-semester discussion on progress on an individual basis will also take place. - All assessment and feedback is made with reference to the ASSESSMENT RUBRIC for the module which is available on Brightspace.
Name | Role |
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Mr Christophe Antipas | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr Philip Comerford | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Ms Anna Cooke | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr Marcus Donaghy | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr Mark Hackett | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Ms Fiona Hughes | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Livia Hurley | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Ms Mary Laheen | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr David Leech | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Samantha Martin | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr James Martin | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Finola O'Kane Crimmins | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr Oran O'Siochain | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Michael Pike | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Ellen Rowley | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr Emmett Scanlon | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Nasrin Seraji | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr Stephen Tierney | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Seminar | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Fri 09:00 - 17:50 |
Presentation | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 | Fri 09:00 - 19:50 |
Presentation | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 34, 35, 36 | Fri 09:00 - 21:50 |
Seminar | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Mon 09:00 - 17:50 |
Presentation | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 | Mon 09:00 - 19:50 |
Presentation | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 34, 35, 36 | Mon 09:00 - 21:50 |
Presentation | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 34, 35, 36 | Sat 09:00 - 16:50 |
Presentation | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 | Thurs 09:00 - 19:50 |
Presentation | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 34, 35, 36 | Thurs 09:00 - 21:50 |
Once Off | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 26 | Thurs 12:00 - 17:50 |
Presentation | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 | Tues 09:00 - 19:50 |
Presentation | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 34, 35, 36 | Tues 09:00 - 21:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Tues 14:00 - 17:50 |
Seminar | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 09:00 - 12:50 |
Presentation | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 | Wed 09:00 - 19:50 |
Presentation | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 34, 35, 36 | Wed 09:00 - 21:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 31 | Wed 14:00 - 17:50 |