Course syllabus for Housing in an urban context

Course syllabus adopted 2023-02-13 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameStadsbostaden
  • CodeACE063
  • Credits9 Credits
  • OwnerTKARK
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyArchitecture
  • ThemeArchitectural design project 7 c
  • DepartmentARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • GradingUG - Pass, Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language Swedish
  • Application code 45117
  • Open for exchange studentsNo
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0122 Project, part A 7 c
Grading: UG		 7 c
0222 Written and oral assignments, part B 2 c
Grading: UG		 2 c

In programmes

Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

The same as for the programme that owns the course.
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

At least 40 university credits in Year 1 of the Architecture program, or equivalent work from comparable architecture or design education.
Swedish.

Aim

This course is intended to develop students' ability to reflect on what they learn by planning and executing a design project. The course aims to develop fundamental knowledge and insights about urban residential architecture, its history and development, functions, types, economic conditions, and regulations. The course should give students skills and knowledge in housing design.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

DESIGN STUDIO PROJECT, del A (7.0 credits)
  • Work with a variety of different building and apartment types.
  • Design housing with insight into the aesthetic and functional values of building types, space design, and materials and detailing.
  • Design housing that provides utility and long-term sustainability for a variety of different households.
  • Demonstrate familiarity with administrative regulations and standards governing the design of housing
  • Understanding of housing costs in new production of housing.
  • Understanding of professional ethics of housing.
CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE: HISTORY, THEORY, AND CURRENT TRENDS, del B (2.0 credits)
  • Refer to current ideas in the theory, history, and practice of contemporary architecture.
  • Reflect on the application of theories in architecture, including residential projects.
  • Make use of a repertoire of architectural precedents, including from residential projects.
  • Demonstrate knowledge and reflections in written form.
  • Relate to questions of equity in the housing subject.

Content

In a concrete design assignment - a multi-family residential building - students explore and train in theoretical perspectives that are conveyed through reading, lectures, and design charrettes. The design assignment is based on a given site. The students' tools are the design process using sketches and computer software.
The central aspects of the course are:
Space for living - interior and exterior - in terms of dimensions, functions, furnishing, enclosure, generality, and lighting.
The organization of spaces in the home in terms of spatial sequencing, movement, flexibility, axiality, and character as private, semi-private, and public.
Apartment types, including their qualities and opportunities and historical development.

Organisation

The course is planned and led by a team of teachers. The design project is to develop part of a multi-family residential building with a complex content. The design project is accompanied by exercises and lectures that support the design work. One seminar, one exercise in housing costs, and one study of international examples of multi family residential buildings are also implemented. Students work both individually and in groups.

Literature

A reading list will be provided at the start of the course.

Examination including compulsory elements

A passing grade requires a completed and approved design studio project, participation in critiques, participation in seminar and fulfilled study of international examples of multi family residential buildings.

A student who is not approved in the course after the regular examination must be given the opportunity to be examined through supplementation after the end of the course if the examiner considers it feasible. If, after two attempts at completion, the student still cannot be approved, the student must retake the course. Assessment of completions takes place during Chalmers' re-examination periods. It is the student's responsibility to check reported study results in Ladok after each study period and to contact the course examiner for instructions on supplementation if an approved result is missing.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.