Architectural Engineering Project

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

Knowledge and Understanding

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

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

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

• 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.