2015/16 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

CIVE3720 Architectural Engineering Project

30 creditsClass Size: 75

Module manager: Professor Steve Garrity
Email: s.w.garrity@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2015/16

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to examine all aspects of job planning and implementation from feasibility, through design to a final report.

Learning outcomes
Aims
The aim of this project is that the student:
- researches, analyses and synthesizes a broad set of requirements in order to develop a design solution;
- demonstrates the structural integrity of that design solution;
- presents the work in a clear and objective manner at various stages in its development, demonstrating communication skills and the ability to work singly and as part of a team.

Objective
The objective of this project is that the student:
- can demonstrate an ability to design a building structure;
- research and learn from architectural and engineering precedents;
- develop and respond to a site strategy; to arrange a series of relatively simple internal spaces;
- show the appropriateness of the structural solution;
- work successfully as an individual and in a team situation;
- present the results to the class in a clear and direct manner.

Syllabus

Students undertake a pre-set design project relating to the design of buildings in the environment.
- These include an element of research, i.e. building type study, briefing and environmental impact.
- Projects progress through stages of preliminary assessment, feasibility (research) and on to final design, depending on the project.
- Designs take into account the site conditions; the social and environmental context; construction methods with particular regard to health and safety risk management.

Projects are supervised on a one-to-one and group basis and assessment is by written report and by verbal/visual presentation.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Presentation	4	1.00	4.00
Consultation	20	1.00	20.00
Lecture	11	2.00	22.00
Private study hours			254.00
Total Contact hours			46.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Private study

270 hours - Individual development of the integrated design.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

22 hours of formal contact plus additional consultation time throughout the project.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Presentation	Precedent Study (group)	15.00
Presentation	Site analysis (group work)	10.00
Portfolio	Arch. and Structural Design (individual)	75.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Resit - 100% Building Design Portfolio (Architecture and Structural Design)

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 15/01/2016

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