Course syllabus for Design and communication tools

Course syllabus adopted 2019-02-21 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameGestaltnings- och kommunikationsverktyg
  • CodeARK442
  • Credits4.5 Credits
  • OwnerMPARC
  • Education cycleSecond-cycle
  • Main field of studyArchitecture, Architecture and Engineering
  • DepartmentARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language English
  • Application code 05129
  • Maximum participants26
  • Open for exchange studentsYes

Credit distribution

0117 Written and oral assignments 4.5 c
Grading: TH		 4.5 c

In programmes

Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for Master's level (second 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

English 6 (or by other approved means with the equivalent proficiency level)
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

Qualification for the master programme.

Aim

The course furthers the students' knowledge in architectural and urban design by means of representation, prototypes and/or virtual or material processes. It introduces specific techniques and methods within an accompanying field of research or discourse. It trains the students' ability to design and analyse through an iterative and explorative process.

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

Knowledge and understanding
Demonstrate a deepened understanding of digital as well as analogue methods, techniques and processes required to handle complex design issues within the field of architecture and urban design.
Conceive, analyze and/or realize architectural ideas through representations, prototypes and/or digital or material processes.

Abilities and skills
Make advanced use of design media (e.g. drawings, diagrams, mapping, geometry, models, mock-ups, video, virtual reality, 3d-scanning, etc.) in order to inform and drive their design process.
Use the above in order to develop a design project of limited scope.
Analyze and communicate their designs through various modes of representation.
Appropriately devise refined types of representation to highlight specific conceptual issues and/or sensory qualities.

Ability of assessment and attitude
Promote the value (and joy!) of refined means of representation and prototyping in architecture.
Critically relate their own work in the course to a larger issue or question of representation in architecture, as outlined in the course description.

Content

The work in the seminar develops through explorative studies within a specific range of design media (such as software) and through a design project of limited scope. The course description is formulated so that it targets a current issue or debate on representation in the field of architecture and urban design. Students are required to critically relate their work in the seminar to larger issues outlined in the course description.

Organisation

The course description and its context are introduced in an introductory lecture. Learning is structured around a weekly set of software demonstrations, tutorials and pin-ups. Deliverables are defined at the outset of the course through weekly assignments and through the final review. Students work individually or in teams.

Literature

To be announced in a bibliography in each course description.

Examination including compulsory elements

Student projects will be presented verbally according to requirements (e.g. drawings, models, media, text) outlined in the course description and assessed in a final review with invited guests at Chalmers Department of Architecture. Each student project is further reviewed after submission. A minimum of 80% active attendance / participation in lectures, pin-ups, demos and visits is required in order to pass the course.