| CODE | AUD5001 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Final Project | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 25 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Architecture and Urban Design | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The Final Project is a year-long Workshop Project, which addresses a complex set of design problems, related to the disciplines studied in the specific degree programme, and which require a synthetical approach to resolve. The theme of the Final Project may be related to a Workshop project tackled, or to research themes explored, in the first year of the degree Programme. The theme of the Project will be subject to approval by the Board of Studies, so as to ensure that it has sufficient complexity to challenge the candidate to bridge over, and synthesize, the different disciplines tackled in the specific Master degree programme. The Project will be developed on an individual basis, (even if the Brief formulation, or other initial analytical stages, are normally tackled as a group work), with regular monitoring by Project tutors. Intermediate presentations, in the form of crits, will be held during the term, with a final Presentation and defence of the project hypothesis held, normally, in the last week of June. The assessment will be based on the submission of a portfolio outlining and detailing the project proposal, and by an oral presentation of the project, and subsequent project review or “crit”, with the participation of Faculty members, and also of professionals or academics external to the Faculty. The members of the Board of Assessors take part in the Review, together with other participants, and take into account the candidates’ defence of their proposals in their assessment. The Final Project is one of the two components which, together, carry one-third of the weight of the assessment of the students, 40 ECTS, the other component being the Dissertation. Study-unit Aims: The objective of the Final Project is to enable the candidate to demonstrate that, in fulfillment of international criteria for architectural training, he/she can make innovative and original architectural design proposals that satisfy both aesthetic and technical requirements, underpinned by a sound understanding of the history and theories of architecture, and related arts. Depending on the project theme, which can vary with the Masters degree Programme, the candidate is also expected to demonstrate adequate knowledge of urban design and planning, and the relationships between people and buildings, and between buildings and the environment or cultural/heritage context, and the need to relate buildings and the spaces between them to human needs and scale; and to show sensitivity to site and context, particularly with themes which have a heritage context, and which hence raise conservation/restoration technical considerations that need to be addressed. The Final Project is also intended to enable the candidate to demonstrate that, depending on the project theme, structural, constructional, and other engineering problems associated with the proposal, have been addressed and integrated in the proposal; and that the building physics problems are understood, and the appropriate environmental technologies can be adopted so as to create comfortable internal and external environments, and provide adequate protection against the climate, whilst keeping in mind sustainability and resource efficiency considerations. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Define appropriate value systems and ethical positions in response to complex architectural project requirements, resolving architectural propositions of substantial complexity at a professional level; - Integrate advanced technical and environmental knowledge in the resolution of architectural proposition, at a professional level; - Implement societal, ethical and cultural heritage concerns impacting on the architectural design process; - Articulate cogent architectural propositions verbally and graphically at a professional level; - Create architectural designs that satisfy both aesthetic and technical requirements, demonstrating an adequate knowledge of building physics problems and technologies and of the function of buildings so as to provide them with internal conditions of comfort and protection against the climate; - Demonstrate an adequate knowledge of the relationship between people and buildings, and between buildings and their environment, and the need to relate buildings and the spaces between them to human needs and scale; - Demonstrate the ability to research, analyse and test the feasibility of a design solution, and develop the final design in terms of technical aspects and details, normally including structural and building systems, statutory technical performance requirements, and demonstrating appropriate, and resource-efficient environmental performance. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Synthesize the knowledge theory relevant to the disciplines in the specific master degree programme, to solve professionally-oriented design project tasks, applying appropriate design process methodologies; - Prepare a portfolio of graphic and textual work describing an architectural design solution to a complex problem; - Conduct interdisciplinary presentations of architectural, building and construction projects, using analogue and digital project material, and critically argue and evaluate, orally and in writing, across multi-disciplinary issues; - Appreciate the importance of time-management in the achieving of project targets. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: The appropriate bibliography has to be researched by each individual candidate. |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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