Module Details
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Title DESIGN A
Code ARCH401
Coordinator Dr AA Antonopoulou
Architecture
Aikaterini.Antonopoulou@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2019-20 Level 4 FHEQ First Semester 15

Aims

The aim of this module is to introduce students to graduate level of urban analysis and design, resulting in the manifestation of a critical position on a given urban setting, which will form the basis for module ARCH402.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Urban analysis and its recording

(LO2) Critical thinking

(LO3) Developing an understanding of urban design, planning and the skills involved in the urban design process

(LO4) Understanding of the relationship between people and buildings, and between buildings and their environment, and the need to relate buildings and the spaces between them to human needs and scale.

(S1) Improving own learning/performance - Reflective practice

(S2) Time and project management - Personal organisation

(S3) Information skills - Critical reading

(S4) Research skills - All Information skills

(S5) Personal attributes and qualities - Initiative

(S6) Critical thinking and problem solving - Creative thinking

(S7) Critical thinking and problem solving - Problem identification

Syllabus
 

The project will concentrate on the rigorous analysis of a given urban setting and its historical, political, cultural, ecological underpinnings. Mixed media, analytical and mapping techniques will be tested on the formulation of an urban manifesto. A series of potential sites of intervention will be identified. Attention will be given to issues of critical thinking as well as to a consideration of sustainable development (thematic and physical), emphasising on strategies of conservation and projection of existing resources and conditions. Studio work will be accompanied by lectures by staff and invited speakers.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lectures/ Seminars
Description: Studio work will be supported by lectures and seminars by staff and invited speakers
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Notes: Tuesday lunchtime invited speakers or staff talks

Teaching Method 2 - Tutorial
Description: Group and individual studio-based tutorials on a weekly basis
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided
Notes: Group and individual tutorials, Interim and Review.

Teaching Method 3 - Reviews
Description: Studio work will be examined and discussed in interim and final reviews with the contribution of other members of staff and guest reviewers as appropriate
Attendance Recorded: Not yet decided

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 3

   12

     45

 60
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 90
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Assessment 1 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When): During Assessment Period  n/a    100       

Recommended Texts
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