Tools and Communication in Architecture 2:2, 3 credits

Contents

The course explores advanced and hybrid methods of architectural representation that combine analogue and digital processes. Students work with design, surveying, and fabrication tools as part of an expanded representational practice, connecting experimentation with communication and design. Through mapping, modelling, and visualization, architectural ideas are situated within spatial, material, and environmental frameworks. Students are introduced to Building Information Modelling (BIM) to support the design process and generate building documents.

Expected learning outcomes

For a passing grade, the students should be able to:

**Knowledge and understanding **

• demonstrate understanding of how representational methods and digital tools support the development and communication of architectural ideas
• demonstrate familiarity with BIM and its built-in integration of advanced computational tools, including generative and parametric design

**Competence and skills **

• integrate analogue and digital techniques for architectural design, visualization, and fabrication
• translate design intentions into coherent visual and spatial representations within a given context
• generate orthographic drawings and visualizations from BIM software

Required Knowledge

All courses in semester 2:

Architectural Design 1:2
Architectural Technology 1:2
History and Theory of Architecture 1:2
Tools and Communication in Architecture 1:2
Perspectives on Sustainability and Architecture 1

Form of instruction

The teaching consists of practical exercises, individual and group tutoring, lectures and seminars.

Examination modes

The course will be examined through hand-in of practical assignments.

The entire course is graded according to the grading scale Pass (G) or Fail (U). The grade is a summative assessment of the results of the different parts of the examinations and is awarded after completion of the course.

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.

The date of the retake must be notified no later than the date of the regular examination. The first retake will be offered no later than two months after the regular examination session, but no earlier than ten working days after students have been notified of the results of the regular examination. For regular examinations held in May or June, a first retake may be offered within three months of the regular examination session. In addition, at least one second retake (a catch-up) is offered within a year from the regular examination session. Students who have achieved a pass are not permitted to retake an examination.

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. Students should address any such request to the director of studies or equivalent.

Transitional provisions

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.