Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Liverpool School of Art & Design

Learning Methods

Lecture

Seminar

Tutorial

Workshop

Module Offerings

4125ASA-JAN-MTP

Aims

To understand how the needs, wants, desires and behaviours of users and commissioners, shape briefs, opportunities, spaces and projects. To introduce the methods of investigation and preparation of a design brief. To explore the role of the designer/architect in translating the needs of a user group into a deliverable spatial outcome.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Explain the relationship between people and buildings or other design projects
2.
Recognise and describe the role of the architect/designer in society.
3.
Formulate a design brief that takes account of the needs of users for a specific given situation.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
The module introduces the topics of professional skills, appraisal of client needs and capacity, project feasibility, and ethical practice. Lectures will include the role of the designer in society, describing the agency and ethics of design practice within society. Tutorials and workshops will be focussed on research of user needs and the development of a response, leading to the study and formation a detailed brief and initial propositions.
Module Overview:
This module will help you to understand how the needs, wants, desires and behaviours of users and commissioners, shape briefs, opportunities, spaces and projects. In doing so, you will be introduced to the methods of investigation and preparation of a design brief. This will aid you when exploring the role of the designer/architect in translating the needs of a user group into a deliverable spatial outcome.
Additional Information:
This module is about the initiation and formation of design projects. This will give you an understanding of the relationship between clients, users and designers in shaping how a design project comes about. Working in groups you will develop detailed project briefs in response to the needs and requirements for a defined client group. You will; develop an understanding of design requirements from the perspective of a client, research and develop an understanding of a design opportunity and its constraints, author and present a brief for a solution to these needs and opportunities.

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