25.0 Mark Irving. 702-403 Architectural Design and Practice 4 First semester Up to 5 hours of lectures, seminars, and tutorials per week; and additional studio work. On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate they:

• are able to design a large-scale building complex with regard to its urban setting and its programmatic and technical requirements;
• are able to undertake part of the detailed design development and construction documentation of a large-scaled energy-efficient institutional building, and compile a project report that describes and illustrates the technical aspects of the design proposal;
• are able to demonstrate the design skills commensurate with those required by the architectural profession of a Graduate Architect.

Students will undertake a series of studio-based exercises in design directed towards a large-scale institutional building complex. Assessment will be based on a major project and a review of a portfolio of all assignments set during the semester. (Projects, studio tests, exercises, reports, and tutorial presentations, to the equivalent of 15,000 words. Details, including the weighting of assessment, will be made available within the first 2 weeks of the semester. )