Main Field of Study and progress level:
Architecture: First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Two-grade scale
Responsible department: Umeå School of Architecture
Established by: Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 2013-10-04
Revised by: Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 2017-12-15
Contents
The course investigates the developing relationship between user involvement and architecture. The course explores and develops an understanding of global architecture trends by mapping aspects of a megalopolis of non-European context.
The project work is based on the mapping of user activity and spatial networks in a local urban settlement within the megalopolis. Through this method the relation between urban settlements and inhabitants are investigated and recorded at multiple scales. The investigations and recordings form the basis for the interpretation and design of new social and cultural spatial elements and networks that can improve the existing situation within the local urban settlement.
Through this process the students can explore the roles the architect can play within the context of rapidly growing urban structures. These spatial interpretations will be the primary expression of the architectural investigations done during the case study.
Moment 1: Background and Methods, 2 HP Moment 2: Case Study, 6 HP Moment 3: Reflection – Analysis – Visualization, 2 HP Moment 4: Spatial Interpretation, 5 HP
Expected learning outcomes
Having completed the course the student should be able to • L1: Demonstrate competence in how to work in other cultures to collect mapping data. • L2: Develop collaborative architectural processes from within a culture to produce spatial solutions. • L3: Demonstrate the capacity to analyse and interpret complex data. • L4: Reflect on the analysis and interpretation to produce an architectural strategy. • L5: Develop and produce spatial elements based on the mapping data.
Required Knowledge
To qualify for this course the following courses (or comparable courses) are required: 5ar012 , Architectural Boundaries in Public Space (15,hp); 5AR013 Statics and Construction of Large Spaces (4 hp); 5ar014 , History of Public Space (3 hp); 5ar015 Urban planning: Strategies For Sustainable Development (6 hp); 5ar016 The Relation between Analogue and Digital Space (2 hp); 5ar118 Mapping and Development Strategies (3 hp); 5ar119 Megapolis (4 hp).
Form of instruction
Tutoring will comprise lectures, seminars, case studies, workshops and study visits, as well as individual and group project assignments consisting of analytical exercises, practical exercises, individual tutorials, group discussions and reviews.
Examination modes
Examinations on this course will be written, oral and project assignments, done individually and in groups. The outcomes of the different modules will be assessed during the course through exercises, reviews and compulsory written assignments and through documentation of the own work process and results.
Literature
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