During your international exchange, you will study abroad, in an international institution, modules that will enable you to develop your knowledge of the main methods of enquiry in architecture. You will also develop your problem-solving skills within the context of architectural design by proposing creative and imaginative architectural solutions of differing scales, complexities and typologies in response to a brief.

You will also acquire knowledge and a critical understanding of the well-established concepts and principles of the histories and theories of architecture and their development, as well as a broader understanding of the international cultural contexts of the subject.

The summative (marked) assessment for this module will comprise of the submission of a curated portfolio of the work developed during the international exchange in the partner institution, including finished drawings, photographs of models and prototypes, sketch books (workbooks) and evidence of independent research and study.

This assessment is worth 100% of the module mark and will assess the following Learning Outcomes:
LO1 – Problem Solving.
LO2 – Enquiry.
LO3 – Analysis.
LO4 – Learning.
LO5 – Knowledge & Understanding.
LO6 – Communication.
All learning outcomes have to be met in order to pass the module.

You will be attending the modules in the international partner institution, developing their proposed briefs and meeting their submission requirements.

1. Identify, anticipate and prioritise a range of issues, and evaluate critically the
appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems and propose creative and
imaginative architectural solutions of differing scales, complexities and typologies in
response to a brief. Problem solving

2. Demonstrate knowledge of the main methods of enquiry in architecture and
demonstrate the application of the key principles of critical evaluation and reflection on
the practical and related contextual issues and their impact design development. Enquiry

3. Use a range of established techniques to initiate an effective critical analysis of the
relationship between people, buildings, environment and context, with reference to
current thinking around sustainability, reuse and related environmental issues. Analysis

4. Understand the limits of an evolving subject knowledge, and the influences this has on
research methods for the exploration and development of an individually defined
response to a design brief. Learning

5. Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of the well-established concepts and
principles and their development, through enquiry and analysis in the design,
development, and resolution of a compliant architectural solution. Knowledge & Understanding

6. Demonstrate a range of visual, written and verbal techniques to conceptualise, represent
and communicate your ideas and completed work to specialist and non-specialist
audiences, and deploy key techniques of the discipline effectively. Communication

7. Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of the well-established concepts and
principles of the histories and theories of architecture and their development, including
the acquisition of a coherent and detailed knowledge their technical, cultural and
professional contexts. Knowledge and Understanding

8. Understand the limits of an evolving subject knowledge, and how this influences analysis
and interpretation of the relevance and influence of the fine arts on the theories and
realisation of architecture, and its application in the conceptualisation and realisation of
projects in studio. Learning

9. Demonstrate a range of visual, written and verbal techniques to conceptualise, represent
and communicate your ideas and completed work to specialist and non-specialist
audiences, and deploy key techniques of the discipline effectively. Communication

10. Demonstrate qualities and transferable skills necessary to work with other people,
accepting responsibility and recognising individual strengths and weaknesses including the
development of existing skills, and the acquisition of new competencies that will require
the exercise of personal responsibility, delegation and decision making and will enable
students to assume significant responsibility within organisations. Reflection

Access to the facilities of the international institution under the Turing agreement.

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The students need to have passed all the modules of L4.