Architecture, Basic Course B1

Description

One of four basic courses during the student’s first two years, this course aims to give him or her step-by-step a basic knowledge and ability to use an architect’s equipment and understand the arts of giving architectural form and perceiving spatial conditions, and how individual buildings and towns are technically built and used. The student learns how with these means to give form to buildings and built environments in a spatial context by working and investigating creatively, to take account of various factors in expressing architectural ideas; and to use drawings, sketches, models, written texts and images to communicate with others. In this course (B) emphasis is given to the architecture of dwellings, its relationships to those who live in them and their surroundings. Knowledge and understanding For a passing grade the student must individually, but with support from a teacher describe the fundamental conditions for giving form to dwellings. individually, but with support from a teacher describe and analyse the architectural qualities of a dwelling, with particular emphasis on the interplay between its aesthetical, spatial, functional, technical and ecological aspects which he or she must be able to balance against one another in a project he or she has created. individually, but with support from a teacher choose and present something constructed and the material from which it is made and, from the points of view of its endurance, expression and significance for those that experience it, discuss its architectural qualities and those of its design. individually, but with support from a teacher understand and describe the meaning of a plan, a section, an elevation and a site plan drawing. Competences and skills For a passing grade the student must individually, but with support from a teacher while taking account of pre-determined spatial and architectural conditions, design a small dwelling and its surroundings in a way that expresses an architectural idea. individually, but with support from a teacher use relevant architectural terms and concepts in both discussing and presenting his or her own project. individually, but with support from a teacher with the help of drawings and models give an oral presentation of a smaller dwelling for his or her fellow students and their teachers. The presentation shall in a clear, well-ordered and graphically deliberate manner mediate the dwelling’s architectural ideas in a way that is expressive, well developed and precise. Judgement and approach For a passing grade the student must individually, but with support from a teacher compare and evaluate different dwellings and their surroundings with particular reference to both their architectural values and their values to different groups of users in different situations. individually, but with support from a teacher demonstrate a creative attitude to specified tasks. individually, but with support from a teacher alter an existing project during the design process Teaching is mediated through lectures, project and other exercises, seminars, study trips, workshops and written work. The greatest emphasis is on teaching students to work on and present tasks in the form of drawings, models, sketches, illustrations, writing and other relevant media. At the end of each term each student’s tangible material will be assembled in what is called a portfolio that is used as the basis for an individual pedagogical discussion with him or her. The projects and exercises of the course focus on giving form to dwellings and houses and their immediate surroundings. The student shall investigate the relationships between a dwelling and its location and spatial context and the building’s design and its functional, cultural and aesthetical qualities. The course includes various forms of support, among them digital presentation and modelling and various artistic techniques. LTH programme course for Architecture. Choice group: mandatory. Language: The course will be given in Swedish. Suitable for foreign students: False. Assumed prior knowledge flag: 0. Entry requirements flag: 0.