Synthesis course 2: Architecture and Urban Design Project, Resolution, 20 Credits

Contents

The course is a continuation of the student's work with the architectural and urban research theme as well as the own position and agenda that the student has developed in "Synthesis course 1: Architecture and urban planning projects, positioning". In the course, students will apply and further develop the architectonic and/or urban strategies that were investigated in the previous course through the design of an advanced and technically solved architectural and/or urban planning project. The course is studio based. Specific course information, themes, design requirements, and submission requirements are adjusted and determined for each academic year by the examiner. 

The course is divided into three modules

• Part 1 (8 credits) 
• Part 2 (8 credits) 
• Portfolio (4 credits) 

Expected learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Knowledge and understanding

• based on an assignment, develop and present an advanced design proposals that demonstrates knowledge and understanding of current architectural issues and shows the student's the ability to take responsibility for ongoing learning.
• understand the need for and critically be able to review reference projects relevant to the design proposal's function, organization, and technical strategy.

Competence and skills

• develop an advanced architectural design that integrates social, aesthetic, ethical, and sustainable aspects while meeting technical and material requirements as well as the needs of society and the individual user.
• present and discuss, evaluate, and apply a variety of visual, oral, and written media and physical models to test, analyse, critically review and explain architectural and urban planning proposals

Judgement and approach

• develop a theoretical, conceptual, and critical approach to architectural design and its impact in a complex context. 
• demonstrate originality in the application of subject knowledge and when applicable explore new hypotheses and speculations.
• investigate, select and critically evaluate the effects of relevant structural, tectonic, environmental, and material strategies, systems, and techniques.

Required Knowledge

Admission to the course requires the completion of a minimum of 210 ECTS credits or equivalent, including the courses "5AR420 Synthesis Course 1", "5AR421 Seminar Course 1a" and "5AR422 Seminar Course 1b".

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 critical reflection as well as lectures, seminars, workshops, and field studies. 

Throughout the course, the student is expected to engage in a critical reflection on the initial research, the developed strategies, the spatial character, and the consequences of the architectural proposal. 

The student's 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

The course will be graded through oral and visual project presentations in seminar form and the exhibition of a portfolio.

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. 
The course/respective modules will be graded when all examined parts have been approved.  

The possible grades are 'Fail' or 'Pass'.  

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 on at least two occasions up to two years after the first registration.

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.