Established by: Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 2022-04-21
Revised by: Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 2023-06-27
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To understand the many mutations of our complex urban and rural lifeworlds the course aims to introduce different methods of research; mapping the contemporary architecture and urban systems in order to explore, test and develop an emerging spatial response. The focus is on complex urban systems, mapping and observing them. To see how they arise, and to explore how, within these systems a potential common, public and private sphere can be created with the contribution of both informal and formal spatial configurations that are culturally, ecologically and socially sustainable.
The course is devided into three modules:
Architectural Methods (2 credits)
Mapping Urban or Rural Complexity (2 credits)
Practice, Architecture, Technique and Representation (4 credits)
Expected learning outcomes
For a passing result, the student must be able to:
Knowledge and understanding
Investigate, map and analyse multiple layers of a complex urban or rural environments
Investigate and analyse and the concepts and relations between the private, the public and the common through the design and composition of architectural spaces
Competence and skills
Produce and gain design knowledge and insight through artistic research explorations, based on a reflective practice
Judgement and approach
Develop and motivate a design stance/vision based on the analysis of a complex urban or rural context
Develop and motivate a personal and individual engagement in societal and ecological issues based on the analysis of a complex context
Required Knowledge
To qualify for this course the following courses (or comparable courses) are required: Architecture Project 2:2 (15 credits) Architectural Technology 2:2 (4 credits) History of Architecture 2:2 (3 credits) Urban Planning 1 (6 credits) Theory of Architecture 2:2 (2 credits)
Form of instruction
The teaching consists of lectures, seminars as well as individual and group project assignments.
The right to teaching and tutoring is only available during the time at which the student is registered at the course and from the start to the end of the course.
Examination modes
Examinations occurs through seminars and mandatory assignments. Examination is oral, written and visual, both individually and in groups.
Grade for the course will be assigned when all assessed parts have approved. The possible grades are 'Fail' or 'Pass'.
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 failed two tests for a course or a part of a course, is entitled to have another examiner appointed, unless there are specific reasons against it (HF 6 Chap. 22 §). Requests for new examiners are made to the head of the department.
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.
