Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part 2 Exemption)

This programme is for graduates with ARB/RIBA Part 1 who wish to gain exemption from ARB/RIBA Part 2. The part-time programme is intended for students working in an architectural practice and requires attendance one day a week over three years.

During the programme, students may change from full-time to part-time or vice versa by arrangement with the School. The diploma programme balances academic and practice concerns; it concentrates on the skills needed to design well, build securely and communicate design ideas. The main discipline is architectural design informed by city and landscape studies, theory and professional practice.

The first year design work is both introductory and experimental, with the work varying from urban design and theory to 1:1 technology fabrication.

The second year is about developing and synthesising the thesis design in preparation for the students' entry into the next stage of their professional careers. Students choose an atelier or design group in which to undertake their design work, each group having a different emphasis on landscape, technology and culture.

The part-time students develop their thesis design over two years and both part-time and full-time students. Students have the option of pursuing an MA in Advanced Architectural Design, a 60 credit part-time top up to the Diploma programme usually undertaken on completion of the diploma.

The diploma programme balances academic and practice concerns; it concentrates on the skills needed to design well, build securely and communicate design ideas. The main discipline is architectural design informed by more advanced study in the Schools' strong subjects of urban design, landscape and contextual studies.

Coursework is structured sequentially, starting with research and the analysis of an urban area and building upon the knowledge obtained to introduce meaningful buildings and urban spaces into the fabric of cities and landscapes.

The first year is introductory and experimental, with the work varying from urban design and theory to 1:1 technology fabrication. The second year is about developing and synthesising the thesis design in preparation for the students' entry into the next stage of their professional careers.

Students choose an atelier or design group in which to undertake their design work, each group having a different emphasis on landscape, technology and culture.

The part-time students develop their thesis design over two years and both part-time and full-time students undertake their dissertation or thesis design research in their final year.

Content

• City & Landscape Studies (20 credits)
• Design & Detail (40 credits)
• Context /Urban Design (20 credits)
• Influences, Theories & Techniques in Architecture 1 (20 credits)
• Architectural Professional Studies (20 credits)
• Influences, Theories & Techniques in Architecture 2 /Dissertation (20 credits)
• Thesis Design Studio 1: Site, Briefing and Technology (60 credits)
• Thesis Design Studio 2: Synthesis - Critical Reflection (40 credits)