ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 5 (ARC 3118)

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO 5 (REPEAT)

For the rest of the semester, students will concentrate on designing a contemporary market-place

within an urban infill site. The design of the building is to consist of appropriate architectural

responses that address the aspects of the urban street context and user behavioural patterns as discerned and analysed in the Preliminary Studies.

Apart from developing an appropriate formal and elevational strategy in response to the character of the street, the design should take into consideration a holistic application of structural, spatial,

functional and environmental requirements to address the user needs for an urban market-place. The design development of this project will include an introduction to the legislative restrictions that impact an architectural scheme, the integration of lighting and acoustic design, as well as the design exploration and detailing of the façade and building envelopes that is coherent with the architectural language of the overall design project. 

Objectives of Project

1. To take into consideration key aspects of urban design and context in relation to architecture
2. To develop an awareness and basic compliance to Design Codes and Statutory Requirements
3. To emphasize the importance of elevational context and composition in developing architectural
design
4. To implement and explore the conceptual, schematic and design development phases in an
architectural design project

Learning Outcomes

1. Produce a design outcome for an urban contemporary market-place is site-specific through its

formal, cultural, legislative, structural and environmental design responses

2. Apply basic knowledge of urban architectural typologies, infill design strategies and market-place

programming

3. Demonstrate fundamental knowledge and awareness of design codes and regulations

4. Design within the constraints of feasibility and in response to basic design codes and statutory

requirements

5. Utilise study models, diagramming, mapping, orthographic plan-section and elevational studies to

explore and resolve relevant spatial, structural, functional and environmental issues in the design

development phase

6. Produce drawings (both 2D and 3D), models and presentations to verbally and visually

communicate architectural ideas and scheme. 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT (ARC 3612 / ARC 3614)

 PROJECT MANAGEMENT (ARC 3612 / ARC 3614)

Module Objectives

The teaching objectives of the module are:

1. To appreciate the roles and functions of project participants and the organizational forms which occur.

2. To develop an awareness of the form and influence of leadership in the project process and the relationship

to a project’s success.

3. To understand the application of management techniques in the control and direction of project resources.

4. To evaluate the dynamic changes which occur during a project‘s life cycle and the nature of a project’s

success.

5. To understand the means of evaluating success and failure in a project’s performance

Module Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

1. Define project characteristics, objectives, organizations and success.

2. Summarize strategies for the execution of the development process in response to the client’s objectives.

3. Explain the professional roles, duties and responsibilities of the project manager, including the range and

scope of the activities of the project manager within the development process.

4. Compile a framework of personal qualities needed by the project manager in discharging his/her duties. 

PROJEC 1 : DEFINING AND DOCUMENTING A MODULAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

This involves the application of the principles, issues and theories discussed thus far in the Project

Management module, and their application into a simple construction project.

OBJECTIVES:

1 To understand the application of management techniques in the control and direction of project

resources

2 To appreciate the need for Project Management in a real project environment

3 To understand the basic stages of project management in the construction industry

4 To understand the basic roles of the different consultants in the construction industry

5 To understand the use of "Success Criteria" in evaluating a project.

LEARNING OUTCOME:

1 Define project characteristics, objectives, organisations and success.

2 Apply Project Management Tools and Techniques to control and communicate the Design.

3 Summarise strategies for the execution of the development process in response to the client's

objectives.

PROJECT 2 : DOCUMENTATION OF A MEDIUM-SIZED PROJECT

This involves the documentation of your Studio 6 Architectural Design Project, to apply the principles learned in Project 1 to your final projec

OBJECTIVES:

1 To understand the application of management techniques in the control and direction of project

resources

2 To evaluate the dynamic changes which occur during a project’s life cycle and the nature of a

project’s success.

3 To understand the means of evaluating success and failure in a project’s performance. 

LEARNING OUTCOME:

1 Define project characteristics, objectives, organisations and success.

2 Summarise strategies for the execution of the development process in response to the client’s

objectives.