Established by: Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 2022-04-03
Revised by: Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 2023-10-31
Contents
The course examines how the existing context can be seen as a resource that includes community structures, social sustainability, locally available materials, local tectonics, local expertise and programmatic elements. These elements will be developed and supplemented where necessary to produce strategies for possible interventions to both the urban scale and the building scale.
The course is divided into two modules:
Architectural Strategies and Contextual Resources (3 credits)
Strategies for Construction Methods and Material Resources (2 credits)
Expected learning outcomes
For a passing result, the student must be able to:
Competence and skills
Identify exitisting resources witin a given context and analyse their inherent potential.
Identify methods of construction and the required material resources in relation to an architectural design.
Judgement and approach
Develop an innovative architectural strategy based on the resouces of a given context.
Critically assess the material resources of a construction method from the point of sustainability.
Required Knowledge
For eligibility to the course the following are required: Architecture Project 2:2 (15 credits) Architectural Technology 2:2 (4 credits) Urban Planning 1 (6 credits) Theory of Architecture 2:2 (2 credits) History of Architectural 2:2 (3 credits)
Form of instruction
The teaching consists of lectures, seminars and case studies, as well as individual and group project assignments consisting of analytical exercises, practical exercises, individual tutorials and group discussions.
The students right to teaching and supervision at the course that they are registered for is only valid from the onset of the course to the end of the course.
Examination modes
Examinations of this course will be oral presentations supported by diagrams, drawings, models and other relevant visual material prepared individually and in groups. The outcomes will be assessed through assignments, oral presentations of the own work and evaluation of the documentation of the own work process and results.
The grades Pass (G) and Fail (U) are used. To pass the course, all examinations and mandatory modules need to be completed and assigned a pass grade. The grade is a summary assessment of the results of the examinations of the different modules.
Examiners may decide to deviate from the modes of assessment in the course syllabus. Individual adaption of modes of assessment must give due consideration to the student's needs. The adaption of modes of assessment must remain within the framework of the intended learning outcomes in the course syllabus. Students who require an adapted examination must submit a request to the department holding the course no later than 10 days before the examination. The examiner decides on the adaption of the examination, after which the student will be notified.
Students who have achieved a pass are not permitted to retake an examination. Students who do not pass an examination have the right to retake examinations. The date of the retake must be notified no later than the date of the regular examination. The first opportunity to retake an examination is to be offered no later than two months after the regular examination, but no earlier than 10 working days after students have been notified of the results of the regular examination. For examinations held in May and June, the first opportunity to retake the examination is to be offered within three months of the regular examination session. In addition, at least one further re-examination is offered within a year from the regular exam date.
A student who has taken a regular examination and retake in a course or a part of a course without obtaining a pass grade is entitled to request the appointment of another examiner or marking teacher, unless there are special reasons to the contrary. Students should address any such request to the director of studies or equivalent.
Other regulations
In the event of a course syllabus being withdrawn or undergoing major changes, students are guaranteed at least three examination opportunities (including the regular examination session) in accordance with the previous course syllabus during a maximum of two years from the expiry of the course syllabus or the discontinuation of the course.
