Module Details
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Title ADVANCED DESIGN-RESEARCH STUDIO
Code ARCH714
Coordinator Dr T Kocaturk
Architecture
T.Kocaturk@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2017-18 Level 7 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

•  Provides the students an ability to integrate a range of technical, theoretical, historical and professional issues, into formulation of design research proposals
•  Provides the students the advancement of their design skills through an investigative, creative and original design project that will push the boundaries of current research, and future thinking
•  Familiarises the students with a diverse range of tools, methods and techniques to aid design exploration and evaluation
•  Provides the students with the necessary competence and skills to design and research both individually and collaboratively in a highly interdisciplinary setting

Learning Outcomes

Apply practical and theoretical design knowledge to an architectural or urban design problem

Critically analyse, evaluate and make informed judgement on a selected range of technical, programmatic, theoretical, historical and professional issues and their implications for design 

Critically assess and synthesise advanced design knowledge to solve a range of complex design problems through original design proposals

Demonstrate design research and technical skills, and demonstrate judgement by challenging and extending design knowledge through design work

Syllabus
1 

Design Brief

Workshops and Tutorials

Interim Submission

Workshops and Tutorials

Project/Report Submission and Final Presentations

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Lecture - Lectures and presentations will be delivered by the academic staff and guest speakers, which will be aligned to the specialized context of the design-research brief.

Tutorial - Students will receive customised tutorials and feedback aligned with their domains, and will receive further insight and practical advice from experts in the field. Tutorials will aim to provide formative feedback to the students on their individual design work.

Workshop - The workshops will provide guidance to the students to further develop their individual and collaborative design research skills (e.g. design research methods); and also to build software skills to aid their research and design process (e.g. 3D modelling, context analysis, design optimization, visualization, simulation)


Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 4
Lectures and presentations will be delivered by the academic staff and guest speakers, which will be aligned to the specialized context of the design-research brief.
  20
Students will receive customised tutorials and feedback aligned with their domains, and will receive further insight and practical advice from experts in the field. Tutorials will aim to provide formative feedback to the students on their individual design work.
    4
The workshops will provide guidance to the students to further develop their individual and collaborative design research skills (e.g. design research methods); and also to build software skills to aid their research and design process (e.g. 3D modelling, context analysis, design optimization, visualization, simulation)
28
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 122
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Coursework  Design Research Proj  2  100    Standard UoL penalty applies  Design Research Project submission/presentation Notes (applying to all assessments) The first coursework will be a design research project. The design research will be conducted individually or in groups depending on the type and scale of the project. Marking will be based on each individual student’s design-research output as well as their contribution to the group effort. Assessment in these areas will be evaluated by how the student(s) demonstrate and communicate design research process and the design output ( if any) through drawings, models, moving images, animations, scripts, text and/or any other modes of representations depending on and relevant to the type of design research the student will be undertaking. In order to pass the module; students will be required to engage the studio agenda; articulate clear design research goals; develop coherent design proposals; demonstrate verbal and graphic communication skills. 

Recommended Texts
Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.
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