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Design - Presentation, Artefact and Reflection. Final Design Review and Exhibition

Artefacts

This module will seek to seamlessly integrate Design activity with the subjects of History &#43; Theory and Technology &#43; Practice. There will be opportunities to thematically interpret projects allowing the student to approach the subject with a significant degree of individuality and specialisation. Accent will be placed on demonstrating in-depth skills in both thematic-led design and proven technical competence that are graduate standard. A choice of project themes will be proposed for the Comprehensive Design Project; studio staff will deliver illustrated lectures on each thematic subject examples of excellence for these themes. Students will use these themes as the point of origin for their own thematic, conceptual and design interpretations.

Comprehensive Design Project - 6523IDSRI

Comprehensive Design Project

Create and present the design project, of medium scale and/or complexity relative to the above, in context using a range of media in two and three dimensions in response to a brief.

Integrate theoretical concepts with a reflectively critical approach to architectural design, which satisfies the aesthetic aspects of a building adaptation, its constructional and structural systems, environmental strategies and regulatory requirements, and related to defined client and user needs, appropriateness to site and context and impact on the wider community.

Integrate the above appropriately, and posit client and user requirements, to exhibit an iterative design development from this information.

Evaluate cultural and intellectual histories, theories and technologies that influence a topic relative to the design of a new interior or existing building adaptation, identify the contribution of co-professionals, and critically review of precedents with regard to function, organisation and technical strategies.