Architectural Design Studio

The course is an approved Architecture Design project under supervision of the department of Architecture. The course will be executed by one of the disciplines of the track of architecture. The course makes it possible to develop and offer an unique and experimental design and research project on MSc2 level.

Since every year the course will be organised by a different group the theme and methods will vary.

The final topic and content will be presented at a studio information meeting and described in the syllabus before the enrollment starts.

Assessment will focus on the research and design work undertaken by the individual student within the set theme; the specific research questions raised within; the specific design study that responds to those questions; the representation of that study in a physical presentation made by the student.

Products: will be described in the syllabus which will be published at the beginning of the course

The project will be assessed on:

- the position that is formulated with regard to the brief and its context.

- the appropriateness of the intervention with respect to the assignment; the feasibility and translatability of the idea into a physical manifestation.

- aesthetic and technical / functional qualities; the elaboration throughout the respective scales

- the quality of the presentation, the products and the argument.

- the consistency, coherence and development of the students work during his / her process

Repair: The design project is awarded a grade that is a whole or half number between 1.0 and 10.0. Students pass the course with a 6.0 or higher. With a grade below 6.0: students who presented assessable work during the course are allowed to do a repair to change the grade into a ‘pass’. The repair is unsupervised and needs to be completed within 2 weeks after the end of the course. When the repair is unsuccessful, the student needs to follow the entire course again.