Architecture for Change

 

Syllabus

Overview

1 / ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHITECTURE
2 / URBAN ECOLOGY
3 / DISSERTATION MODULE

LECTURE SERIES
SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS
CONSTRUCTION WEEK
FIELDTRIPS

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NEW MA SUSTAINABILITY COURSE LEAFLET

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Sustainability Through Design


This programme is a unique MA degree, which combines both rigorous scientific environmental modelling and quantification tools AND design. Each student applies and tests these new 'quantification' skills to his/her own innovative designs both at micro- and macro-scale.

This enables students to transfer their newly acquired specialist and high-in- demand skills and knowledge into architectural practice and environmental consultancy, with the confidence to apply these new skills in a real-world situation.

Why study Sustainability & Design?
1. Impact: Buildings have a major environmental impact both through embodied energy as well as operational energy (50% of UK and EU's CO2 emissions)

2. Ethics: As designers of buildings, we have an ethical responsibility to respond to this problem and minimise the impact our buildings have on the environment

3. Aesthetics: However, we also have a wider responsibility and interest as designers: how is this 'new green' architecture formally represented? Does building ethically mean sacrificing aesthetics? Does environmental architecture look 'green' or can it 'quietly' perform?

MA Sustainability Yearbook
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MA Sustainability Yearbook 0809

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3 METHODS: What, why & how?
We study, assess and critique traditional, current and new theory and design practices together with their perceived and actual environmental benefit.


We deal with the “what”, “why” and “how” of environmental architecture at different scales.  We are interested in investigating, testing and generating experimental and innovative solutions which challenge current design practice.

3 MODULES:
1. Environmental Architecture Module
2. Urban Ecology Module
3. Dissertation Module

Each taught module is divided into two components, one of theory, and one of design practice.
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