Architecture C5 ENG5277

  • Academic Session: 2023-24
  • School: School of Engineering
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Runs Throughout Semesters 1 and 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: No

Short Description

For the architecture studio component of the MEng, students are required to develop a self-motivated programme for a structurally intensive project by selecting a building type, a site, and an architectural-engineering issue or theme, or an alternative strategy might be to explore a generic architectural-engineering theme without a specific site.

Timetable

One morning per week throughout semesters 1 and 2

Requirements of Entry

Mandatory Entry Requirements

None

Recommended Entry Requirements

None

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

Assessment based entirely on portfolio, submitted after the completion of the course.

Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? No

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

Course Aims

The aims of this course are to:

■ enhance and develop the knowledge and understanding accumulated over the previous courses, in particular the ability to work effectively in developing a self-motivated programme for a structurally intensive project, using the criteria of - selecting a building type, a site, and an architectural-engineering issue or theme;

■ demonstrate design ideas, skills, imagination, and ambition.  In particular, the combined potential of the site and the programme should be identified, explored and exploited in your vision, expressed through drawings and models.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ select a line of enquiry that conveys the spirit and the personal vision that lies behind that quest and relates it to the experience of the world of the emerging engineer;

■ identify an explicit strategy for dealing with structural loads and for the choice of materials that together contribute to the architectural expression of the proposition;

■ show the integration of technical skill with the qualitative and expressive content of the architecture;

■ design in detail a significant aspect of the proposal.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Attendance at all tutorials

Timely submission of all assignments