Architectural Engineering Project

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Establish a project plan that is efficient and deliverable
• Use multidisciplinary research which may include computer and physical modelling
• Control for quality of output
• Produce a comprehensive and integrated presentation
• Develop practical skills necessary for the execution of the project

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Design
• Written and oral communication
• Time management
• Reflection on group processes in team work
• Independent learning

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Resolve and coordinate the technical aspects of the proposal
• Generate ideas related to the project in response to an urban site
• Establish a clear brief and prioritise complex issues
• Refine an architectural idea into an integrated design solution
• Evaluate critically your strategy, processes and output
• Appreciate the social, environmental and commercial risk/implications of the proposal
• Realise an integrated solution

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Site analysis
• Multidisciplinary research approaches and methodologies
• The design process
• The building type
• Architecture’s relationship to social, technical and environmental/contextual aspects of the project

• Design methodologies
• Social, economic, cultural, technical and environmental aspects of design

Teaching methods are mainly consultations with your supervisor normally held weekly, and occasional meetings with sponsors/client. There will be an interim ‘crit’ just after the Easter vacation and a final

‘crit’ at the end of Semester 2 which both provide opportunities for presentation of your design and to receive feedback on it.

Learning activities include creative problem solving, researching and may include a site visit to the locality of the structure.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.