A work of architecture represents the drawing together of physical, environmental, social and cultural factors: interpreting, conceptualising and integrating them into a body of ideas that can shape a building. Architects employ a diverse range of media, across two and three dimensions in order to both explore these ideas and to communicate them and the resulting project to different audiences.
This module assists you in the refinement of representation skills and techniques and develops their approach to the representation and communication of their design proposal. This enables you to arrive at a formal, spatial, contextual and programmatic resolution of a design project.
The aims of this module are:
On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
1. Critically analyse precedents and methods of architectural interpretation and conceptualisation;
2. Demonstrate ability in an appropriate range of representational techniques, across two and three dimensions, including model making, photography, conventional orthographic drawings and more complex projections;
3. Demonstrate a considered approach to the representation and communication of a work of architecture.
4. Complete a design proposal that strategically addresses the design brief and a suitably complex range of concerns, relating to issues of context, programme, space, form, material, inhabitation and experience;
5. Effectively communicate the key issues and ideas which have determined the resolution of a design project;
6. Use conventional analogue and digital two and three dimensional orthographic drawings alongside physical models, in order to represent a resolved design project.
The module includes a design component and a supportive/ contextual component and the two are taught in relation to each other through a combination of studio-based projects, lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops and study visits.
The School employs various learning technologies to support the teaching and learning strategies. Canvas is used to support teaching and learning in all modules, and other aspects of the courses and School as a whole. It is used at a modular level as a repository for all module documentation, such as the module guide, briefs, lecture handouts, support material, and links to web-resources. It is also used for tutorial and workshop sign-up lists and discussion forums where appropriate.
Definitive UNISTATS Category | Indicative Description | Hours |
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Scheduled learning and teaching | Studio-based projects, lectures, workshops, study visits, tutorials, seminars. | 75 |
Guided independent study | 225 | |
Total (number of credits x 10) | 300 |
Assessment for this module has two equally weighted components which students must pass separately in order to achieve an overall pass for the module. The design portfolio is synoptically assessed across all 4 modules.
Within the Supporting Studies, feedback/feed forward is given in different forms depending on the nature of the work. However all will offer the opportunity for at least one group or individual tutorial and formal written feedback following submission, within the prescribed timescale.
Within the Design Project studio, the following strategies for feedback/feed forward apply:
Component 1 - Coursework assessment (50%):
This relates to elements of teaching and delivery, such as lecture and seminar programmes, which support studio design work or address specific skills that relate to it. This is referred to as Supporting Study and is reflected in Learning Outcomes 1-3. A typical example of assessment for the Coursework assessment of this module would be a series of individual practical assignments in architecture representation.
Component 2 - Design Portfolio (50%):
This relates to the aspects of assessment tested through design studio projects. This is referred to as Design Project and is reflected in Learning Outcomes 4-6. A typical example of assessment for the Design Project component of this module would be a portfolio of work demonstrating the resolved design of two Design Projects, which integrate the various physical and social contexts within which they are situated.
Learning Outcome | Assessment Strategy |
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1) Critically analyse precedents and methods of architectural interpretation and conceptualisation; | Coursework. |
2) Demonstrate ability in an appropriate range of representational techniques, across two and three dimensions, including model making, photography, conventional orthographic drawings and more complex projections; | Coursework. |
3) Demonstrate a considered approach to the representation and communication of a work of architecture; | Coursework. |
4) Complete a design proposal that strategically addresses the design brief and a suitably complex range of concerns, relating to issues of context, programme, space, form, material, inhabitation and experience; | Design portfolio. |
5) Effectively communicate the key issues and ideas which have determined the resolution of a design project; | Design portfolio. |
6) Use conventional analogue and digital two and three dimensional orthographic drawings alongside physical models, in order to represent a resolved design project. | Design portfolio. |
Description of Assessment | Definitive UNISTATS Categories | Percentage |
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Coursework | Coursework assessments | 50% |
Coursework | Design portfolio | 50% |
Total (to equal 100%) | 100% |
It is a requirement that the major categories of assessment are passed separately in order to achieve an overall pass for the module.
Ching, F.D.K., 2002. Architectural Graphics, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons
Bielefeld, B., Skiba, I., 2007. Basics. Technical Drawing, Basel: Birkhäuser
Zell, M., 2008. The Architectural Drawing Course, London: Thames & Hudson
Schilling, A., 2007. Basics. Modelbuildings, Basel: Birkhäuser
Deplazes, A., 2008. Constructing Architecture: Material Processes Structures, Basel: Birkhäuser
Farelly, L., 2008. Representational Techniques. Worthing: Ava Publishing
Pallasmaa, J, 2011. The Embodied Image. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons
Berger, J., 1977. Ways of Seeing. London: Penguin Books Ltd.
Studios will provide specific recommended reading lists relevant to each project.