Architecture Project 2:2, 15 Credits

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The course develops students' understanding of architecture in relation to society and its changes. In the project work the students explore how architectural structures and public spaces interact in different contexts at local, regional and global levels. The student is trained to see both the individual and societal perspectives on the organization and design of environments. The course increases the student's ability to make informed decisions between different working methods and representational techniques in architectural projects. Analog and digital, as well as text-based and visual tools and representation methods are combined in the project work.
 
The course is divided into three modules:

1. Introduction, Method and Strategy, 3 Credits
2. Flows and Borders, 5 Credits
3. Spaces and Transitions, 7 Credits

Expected learning outcomes

Upon sucessful completion of the course, the student should be able to:Knowledge and understanding

• Understand and describe space and spatial relations within a complex architectural structure.
• Show understanding for the user perspective on architecture and buildings in the community. 

Competence and skills

• Discuss architectural boundaries and relations between private and public space
• Interpret and develop an architectural programme with a number of parameters.
• Relate complex architectural structures to their context at various scales.
• Communicate the result of the project work to the public. 

Judgement and approach

• Critically reflect on how social and spatial qualities, technical aspects and materiality are integrated in the architectural proposal
• Reflect on the work process

Required Knowledge

To qualify for this course the following courses (or comparable courses) are required:
5AR200 Architecture Project 2:1 (15 credits)
5AR201: Theory of Architecture 2:1 (6 credits)
5AR202: History of Architecture 2:1 (6 credits)
5AR203: Arkitekturteknik 2:1 (3 credits)

Form of instruction

The teaching consists of project work, individually and in groups. The forms of teaching include practical exercises, individual tutoring, group discussions and critiques as well as lectures, seminars, workshops and field studies.
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 or and in groups.
The outcomes will be assessed through mandatory assignments, oral presentations of the own work and evaluation of the documentation of the own work process and results.
Supplementary re-examination is individually adjusted based on the goal or goals that the student has not reached and takes place at the earliest two weeks after the students have received their results and at the latest two months after the regular examination. Only students who have not received a passing grade are eligible to make revisions in order to pass the exam. Revisions are not allowed for those who have already received a passing grade. Students who have obtained a passing grade on an examination may not undergo a re-examination.
 
Grade for the course will be assigned when the submitted report is approved. The possible grades are 'Fail', 'Pass' or 'Pass with distinction'. For the grades 'Pass' and 'Pass with distinction' the quality of the written report needs to be high and very high respectively. Students are entitled to rewrite the same examination five times. Students who do not pass the regular examination should be provided an opportunity for further examination according to the University's "Regulations for tests and examinations at the undergraduate and graduate levels." 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. Students have the right to be tested on the same curriculum as the regular examination at least two occasions up to two years after the first registration.
 
Deviations from the form of examination in the syllabus can be made for a student who has pedagogical support due to disabilities. Individual adjustments of the examination form are determined based on the student's needs. The examination form is adjusted within the framework of the expected learning outcomes of the syllabus. After a request from the student the course leader shall contact the examiner, who promptly decides on the adjusted form of examination. The decision is then to be reported to the student.