KA5001 - Architecture Project 2.2

This design project module will be delivered using a combination of individual or group tutorials, workshops and set project work. Presentations will introduce project briefs and associated thematic information whilst studio-based tutorials support you through your learning journey. The participatory weekly design tutorial provides you with a forum to discuss personal or group progress and your associated project work. Tutors will provide you with formative feedback in a variety of forms to support you in your personal design reflection and the progression of your project work. Direct learning will allow you to research any thematic issue raised within your tutorials and independent learning will allow you to investigate your own themes in response.

You will be supported through weekly tutorials as the primary conduit for your design project discussion where you will receive formative feedback from your tutor. In addition, progress reviews at key intervals form collegiate occasions for further guidance and formative assessment of your work. Periods of self-directed learning are essential for your personal research, creative exploration and development of project work.
Direct participation in design tutorials, group discussion and associated taught content is essential to your development. The formative feedback you receive each week can be a variety of forms; verbal, written and drawn, and is provided throughout the duration of the module. Written feedback will be provided at summative assessment points to help you reflect, develop and learn. In addition, project briefs, presentations, relevant associated module information and specific reading lists will be uploaded to the eLearning Portal (Blackboard), so that you can access module content when needed. The university library offers support through its extensive physical and on-line resources, through e-reading lists. In addition, guidance on developing academic study skills, is provided by the Ask4Help facility.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. Online reading lists (provided after enrolment) give you access to your reading material for your modules. The Library works in partnership with your module tutors to ensure you have access to the material that you need.

Knowledge & Understanding:
KU 1. Articulate the physical, cultural and environmental context of a specific site through architectural analysis

KU 2. Demonstrate an individual attitude towards the programmatic, structural, environmental and regulatory requirements of a brief

KU 3. Develop an architectural solution that integrates the technical, environmental and regulatory requirements of a brief

KU 4. Identify, evaluate and articulate the professional roles and responsibilities of an architect within design and construction projects

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
IPSA 1. Apply advanced research and analytical skills with consideration of the influences of architectural histories and theories.

IPSA 2. Apply advanced research and analytical skills with consideration of the influences of the technical, environmental and legislative contexts on the design process


Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
PVA1. Manage and appraise your working practices and problem solving within deadlines in a logical and lateral manner

PVA2. Develop and communicate an awareness of the wider ethical and environmental contexts of architecture within the process of design and construction

Formative assessment will take place within regular tutorials and at interim reviews to provide ongoing developmental guidance and reflection within each of the projects, towards all module learning outcomes.

Summative assessment is of 1) a submitted design project and 2) a Professional Practice Report

1) Architecture Project 2.2 (75%);
a medium scale architectural design proposition that responds to the conditions of place and the needs of building users within a set or live project brief.
MLO: KU1, KU2, KU3, KU4, IPSA1, IPSA 2, PVA1, PVA 2

2. Professional Practice Report (25%);
an illustrated report that demonstrates an awareness of the management principles of your “Architecture Project 2:2” design project for end users.
MLO: KU2, KU3, KU4, IPSA 2, PVA1, PVA 2


Feedback will be offered in verbal, written and drawn forms, which will provide advice for further development and a critical appraisal of work and performance. Moderation of summative assessment will take place in project reviews at the end of the module.

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This project-based module advances your holistic design skills and creative processes necessary for the investigation and communication of integrated architectural design. Taught content will further advance an existing understanding of context, interdisciplinary contemporary architectural thought with an increased awareness of applied environmental literacy and the management of the design process. You will advance your existing design awareness will foster further exploration of 2D and 3D analogue and digital design communication skills and creative practice. Through medium scale architectural design investigations, you will advance your previously acquired creative skills, critical thought, experimentation and independent judgement at a larger and more complex setting. This knowledge will be synthesised to create meaningful architectural proposals in response to an established brief. This project will encourage you to explore specific architectural typologies and themes associated with place, architectural language, form, narrative exploration, materials and construction. You will apply the principles and thinking required to design socially sustainable, ethical and environmentally aware design solutions that employ an informed application of materials and construction methodologies, and illustrate an awareness of the management of your design project for end users.