GUIDELINES FOR STUDENTS UNDERTAKING ADVANCED DESIGN 1 (ARCHDES700): INTEGRATED DESIGN PROJECT, 2012.

Course Prescription: The prescription for Advanced Design 1 is as follows: Integration of architectural design knowledge previously acquired. Studies in which students are expected to address a challenging and conceptually complex architectural design and to achieve a fully resolved design project, together with developed design studies sufficient to explain the proposed buildings construction, structure, materials and environmental performance. A report is required to elucidate the design. Students undertaking Advanced Design 1 should also note that this course is assessed by a panel of staff and external assessors representing both academic and professional interests. Their assessment of student work is undertaken in the context of the above prescription, and the guidelines contained in this document. Students are advised that these guidelines CANNOT be superseded or displaced by whatever emphases might be placed on project topics by either staff or students. Such emphases should be treated as additional and complementary to the emphases noted in this document. STUDENTS ARE URGED TO READ THESE GUIDELINES CAREFULLY AND TO ENSURE THAT THE GUIDELINES INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR WORK.

Purpose of the integrated design project: The purpose of the integrated design project is to allow first year MArch(prof) students to consolidate, test, and extend capabilities developed in the BAS (particularly Design 6) to undertake a challenging and conceptually complex architectural design project, and through a number of related studies, to achieve a clear and convincing resolution of their design proposal. The integrated design project is an opportunity for each student to explore and demonstrate individual architectural convictions in response to a given topic or project setting. It represents the professional competence component of each student's professional post-graduate academic study of architectural design and a potential point of departure for future academic or professional design interests. Students undertaking the integrated project will be expected to draw upon and extend their knowledge of architecture as both an academic and a practical field of study. Students
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and/or staff may wish to incorporate into the integrated design project and conditions representative of the professional practice of architecture. However, where such conditions are introduced, these should not displace the academic challenges and objectives which arise from a project grounded within the discipline of architecture, and the kinds of enquiries that this should provoke. While the major project may involve the design of larger and more complex buildings than in the BAS programme, students should not treat project size as indicative of academic challenge. Projects of modest size (particularly where they occupy a crucial position within an urban context) may present an appropriate order of challenge. However, individual houses are not acceptable as a project topic, and multi-unit housing topics will be accepted only under specific conditions and with the approval of the Associate Head: Design.

Integrated design project parameters: While architecture may be conceptualised in a diversity of ways, characteristic and recurring areas of interest may be identified. Each can be expected to inform architectural debate and the production of design work. Each student's work should demonstrate an awareness of, and a clear response to, these areas of focus: 1. Theoretical: to identify and engage with relevant areas of architectural theory and knowledge, and to explore the possible influence of this upon the development of architectural ideas within the project. 2. Performance: to identify and engage with relevant environmental and programmatic factors underlying the project and how these might inform the performance of the building. 3. Contextual: to identify and engage with those natural and non-natural conditions that could be expected to have a bearing upon the project, and to examine the way in which architecture may modify or redefine the context in which it occurs. 4. Architectonic: to identify and engage with the tectonic characteristics of the project and its 5. architecture, and with issues of materiality and the making of architecture.

Formal and spatial: to identify and engage with the three dimensional nature of architectural form and space from both an exterior and interior perspective.

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Media: to clearly communicate the project at all stages of design development.

In respect of item 4, extensive working drawings are not required as part of an Integrated Design Project submission. However, students are expected to address clearly the key material, structural
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and constructive issues presented by their project, and to explain these clearly by way of drawings and the design report. Expected learning outcomes: Grades will be based upon a student having demonstrated the following learning outcomes: 1. Theoretical: a demonstrated understanding of the notion of a theoretical idea and its application to an architectural design project, from overall design concept through to design detail. 2. 3. Performance: a demonstrated understanding of the relevant environmental and programmatic factors underlying the project and their role in giving shape to a project. Contextual: a demonstrated understanding of the natural and non-natural conditions that could be expected to have a bearing upon the project, and an examination of the way in which architecture may modify or redefine the context in which it occurs. 4. Architectonic: a demonstrated understanding of the constructability, structural integrity, materiality and some aspects of the environmental performance (such as thermal, lighting, energy efficiency, etc) of the architectural project. 5. Formal and Spatial articulation (interior and exterior): a demonstrated understanding of how the design project, if built, would be experienced three dimensionally, in both formal and spatial terms. 6. Media: a clear, comprehensive communication of all of the above.

Organization and assessment of the integrated design project: The integrated design project will take place during the first semester. Each staff member will establish in broad outline the sequence of work required in accordance with the nature and objectives of the particular design topic. Regardless of the organization adopted for each design topic, there is a clear expectation that each student's work will be commensurate with its 30 point value, and will achieve a high level of design resolution. Students should ensure that they work consistently on their project throughout the 12 week period. It is strongly recommended that students set aside some time to work on their design projects for periods which are additional to the 12 hours per week formally timetabled for studio sessions.

Work Required: The following are general expectations regarding the scope of the final submission for the integrated design project, in either or any combination of drawings, models and/or digital images:

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a clear and convincing design, fully described in plans, sections, and elevations and/or three dimensional model form, together with all relevant contextual conditions

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design development studies sufficient to clearly explain the following i) ii) iii) iv) v) the proposed structural system or systems materials and the manner of their use the assemblage of structure and building fabric at a key location of the design the exterior formal and interior spatial qualities of the design proposal at least one aspect of the environmental performance of the building including its

artificial or natural light, ventilation, acoustic, and/or thermal performance 3. a succinct design report (refer below for details).

The precise scope and mode of final presentation of each student's work will be influenced by the nature of the project undertaken and the student's own design intent. Therefore all students should confirm their proposals for final presentation with the supervising member of academic staff.

Design Report Guidelines: The purpose of the design report is to outline the key ideas contained within each student's project and how these have been realised in the design proposal. The Design Report should be treated as an integral part of the Advanced Design 1 submission. Given that the Design Report is an integral part of the Advanced Design 1 submission, any student who fails to submit the Design Report on the presentation day will receive DNC (did not complete) for their entire Advanced Design 1 submission. The report should EXPLAIN rather than describe the design proposal, and should not therefore be seen as a substitute for a full description by means of drawings and models. The arguments presented should be cogent and focused. Key ideas presented in the report will be both architectural and from other sources. The design report should be comprehensive in scope, bringing together these key ideas and indicating their source, where appropriate. (Academic sources should be referenced.) In particular it should seek to explain significant relationships amongst these ideas, as they have been addressed within the design proposal. The following concerns are indicative of the possible scope of the design report: theoretical performance environmental cultural, social, aesthetic, literary, etc.; architectural theory and the critical analysis of architectural precedents social, cultural, and functional, (ie: addressing human issues and concerns directly) formative influences of architectural strategies for environmental design: light, sound, thermal, ventilation
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contextual formal and spatial architectonic legislative

geographic, geological, urban, historical, site - specific, etc. exterior and interior influences and qualities formative influences of structure, construction, materials possible influence of building standards and controls.

The Design Report may be in A4 or A3 format, and may include annotated sketches, diagrams, reduced copies of sketch design drawings and photographs as appropriate. While the report may be structured in a number of ways, it should succinctly cover the following matters: i an explanation of the design intentions broadly conceived, and with reference to relevant architectural theory and/or other knowledge sources within the discipline. The relationship between project conditions (programmatic and contextual) and design intentions should be clearly outlined. In particular, issues of human response either as they have informed the architectural proposal or may be engendered by it, should be addressed. ii iii iv a succinct explanation of the architectonic properties of the design proposal and the overall structural system adopted a succinct explanation of any significant natural and/or artificial environmental design and servicing systems any other matters considered relevant.

Apart from the above guidelines, there are no other recommendations or requirements for the Design Report. The Report is not separately assessed, but is considered in conjunction with the remainder of the students submission in each case, and may be made available for review by the external assessors, at the assessors request.

Final Review: The final review will constitute a significant event in the academic year. In addition to staff and tutors, visiting academics, practitioner architects and the Design Course External Assessors may be invited. Students should prepare carefully for this review, both in regard to the drawings, models, digital material, and supporting verbal presentation.

This document is based upon and replaces the Guidelines for Students - Design 9 (ARCHDES500FC) prepared by Professor John Hunt, 2005 prepared by Professor John Hunt February 1995 updated : MD December 2010

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