NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY RIBA STUDENT APPRAISAL 2013 NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY 02 01 RIBA STUDENT APPRAISAL 2013
“Tutors are very WITH cooperative,LINKS approachable and knowledgeable.”
REPRESENTATION
04 CONTACT TIME As each year group progresses
Through staff and former students, Northumbria has
numerous links with professionals from across the country. PROFESSION Several local practitioners take part in weekly tutorial Head of Department
Two student reps from each year are nominated by
02 LINKS WITH PROFESSION
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meetings Through staff and former students, Northumbria has along with architects and designers from further a “Tutors are quick to respond field involved with interim and final reviews. thebeing country. and numerous helpful.” links with professionals from across
their peers to represent the student body in regularly
Several local practitioners take part in weekly tutorial “Really supporting and meetings along with architects and designers from further a caring and tutors.“
“Tutors are quick to respond and helpful.” “Really supporting and caring and tutors.“
Paul Ring
Peter Beacock
“The tutors presence in the studio is inspiring and very encouraging.”
Manuel Cresciani Kelly MacKinnon
Bob Giddings
Paul Jones Martin
Lewis Preston
Lewis Preston
Martin
Ben Elliott Ruth Dalton Ben Elliott
“The high standards of teaching enabled me to gain work experience abroad in preparation for Part II.”
Cape Town
School Facilities
School Facilities
Year 2
Year 3 Richard T Olivia N
Year 5 Alex F
Megan C
Alex F
Megan C
Jamie B
Sarah M Sean N
Chris B
students. Several I.T. suites across the campus Year 6 are also available and equipped with the latest industrial standard software.
Year 6 Jamie B
Nikki H
Sarah M Sean N
Leanne S
Northumbria University Northumbria University RIBA Student Course Appraisal RIBA Student 2013 Course Appraisal 2013 Richard T Olivia N
Year 5
Sebastian Messer
Course Reps
Year 1
Year 3
Chris B
Nikki H
Leanne S
Course Reps
Will Campbell Andrea Couture Steve Roberts
Year 2
Year Leaders
Year 1
“The studios encourage collaborative working.”
02 Links with Profession
KEY
Mounted Jig Saw
Specialist PC’s
Bandsaw
KEY
A3 Colour Printers Mounted Jig Saw
Specialist PC’s
A3 Colour Scanners Bandsaw
A3 Colour Printers
A0 & A1 Colour Plotters Laser Cutters (x10 per unit)
A3 Colour Scanners
3D Printers
A0 & A1 Colour Plotters
3D Router
(x10 per unit)
02 Links with Profession
30
6
Hours per week
Seminars
5
1 0
Tutorials
Year
studio based design projects2 and self directed learning.
Lectures
Studio
3 replaced with more time spent on
45+
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Seminars
5 hours reduce significantly. This is
5
3
“The curriculum is challenging but enjoyable.”
Studio
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2 “The learning curve is so steep, I could see myself 1 improve every week.” 0 45+ 30 “The studios encourage collaborative Hours per week working.”
The course is based around studio design projects with modules in technology, culture and management ran along it. In Part II, architectural research is incorporated into the course.
Space Per Student
“Studio space is excellent, don’t ever change this.”
space is made available for each student. students. Several I.T. suites across the campus Sebastian Messer a strong studio culture to the benefit of all industrial standard software.
Brisbane Sydney
Space Per Student
a strong studio culture to the benefit of all a sizeable desk and copious amounts of pin-up
Will Campbell Andrea Couture Steve Roberts
6 through the school, their lecture
“Studio space is excellent, Year 1 don’t ever change this.”
space is made available for each student.
This in turn encourages the development of are also available and equipped with the latest
Tutorials
Lectures
5
10
“The studios encourage collaborative
Laser Cutters KEY 3D Printers Year 1 2.3m² 3D YearRouter 2 2.4m² Year 3 2.6m² Year 5 2.7m²
“Facilities like the workshop and I.T. are very good.” KEY “The atmosphere is great in the Year 1 I 2.3m² studio, wouldn’t want to know what to do2without Year 2.4m²it.” Year 3 2.6m² “Quality staff nurtures achievements and the Year 5 studio 2.7m² nurtures social interaction.” Year 6 3m²
Year 2
“The studios encourage collaborative working.”
Year 1
“The curriculum is challenging but enjoyable.” “Lectures cover a wide range of subjects.”
Year 3
Year 2
Year 3
“Facilities like the workshop and I.T. are very good.” “The atmosphere KEY is great in the studio, I wouldn’t want to know what Studio to do without it.” Technology “Quality staff nurtures achievements and the studio nurtures social Culture And History interaction.” Management “Prints here are so cheap compared to other unis.” Architectural Research
“Prints here are so cheap compared to other unis.”
KEY
Year 5
Year 6
Studio Technology
Year 5
00 Introduction
Year 6
Culture And History Management Architectural Research
Year 6 3m²
facilities whenever possible tofacilities aid in ourwhenever design projects possibleand to aid have in recently our design projects andlearning. have recently
Northumbria University’s Architecture course is accredited by the RIBA as a recognised architecture course. Every four years, the school is visited by the RIBA. This document reflects the students views, opinions and feedback on the Architecture course at Northumbria University. The brief stated that the document must be no more than two sides of A4 and must contain the five themes of representation, links with profession, facilities, contact time and course structure. The previous Student Appraisal Documents were text heavy, this updated version demonstrates the high graphical standard of the students.
learning. Contact time work during degree level Contact is welltime structured, during degree with seminars level is and well lectures structured, with seminars and lectures expanded our workshops to accommodate expanded ournewly workshops purchased to accommodate laser cutters, newly work purchased laser cutters, Northumbria University averaging about 8 hours a week. averaging Individual about or group 8 hourstutorials a week.are Individual providedor group tutorials are provided benchesstrong and model making facilities. benchesLocated and model in a making buildingfacilities. adjacentLocated to the in a building adjacent to the Through visiting lecturers and guest Through tutors visiting Northumbria lecturers has and formed guest tutors strong Northumbria has formed RIBA Student Course Appraisal 2013 weekly tousage help guide weeklythe to help design guide project. students during the design project. studios, we have a specialist photography studios, we have boothafor specialist models,photography however usage booth canfor models, however can students during This student prepared document This aims student to portray prepared the students document opinions aims toand portray the students opinions and relationships with practicing professionals relationshipslocally, with practicing nationallyprofessionals and internationally. locally, nationally and internationally. During Part II the number of contact Duringhours Part IIwith thethe number tutorsofis contact reducedhours to allow withthe the tutors is reduced to allow the be United challenging when transporting be challenging larger models. when transporting larger models. observations for both the Part Iobservations degree and for Partboth II diploma the Partcourse. I degree It contains and Part II diplomaThis course. It contains has allowed us to gain architectural This has allowed experience us to across gain architectural the United Kingdom experience across the Kingdom 02 Links with Profession students to investigate their thesis students material to investigate more freely. their thesis material more freely. comments from all years both positive comments and from negative all years to fully both reflect positive the and real negative to fully reflect the real and abroad illustrating the high and standard abroad of illustrating Northumbria the high Graduates. standard of Northumbria Graduates. whenever possible to aid in our design projects and have recently expanded our projects and self directed learning. 00 Introduction 03.3 I.T.strong andtoPrinting 03.3 purchased I.T. and Printing voices of the students. voices of the students. Contact time during degree level is well structured, with seminars and lectures workshops accommodate newly laser cutters, work benches and During education and post graduate Duringemployment education and Northumbria post graduate hasemployment strong Northumbria has Student Comments Student Comments The course’s reputation and demand The course’s for places reputation have steadily and demand increased for places have steadily increasedwith Faulkner Browns, averaging about 8 hours a week. Individual or group tutorials are provided making facilities. Located in a building adjacent to the studios, we have connections Ryder Architecture, with Faulkner _space, Browns, Surface Ryder +Architecture, Light _space,model Surface + Light Through visiting lecturers andconnections guest tutors Northumbria has formed strong Great tutors, always available. Great The tutors tutors, presence always available. in the studio The isdesign tutors inspiring presence in the studio is inspiring Several I.T. suites across the campus Several are I.T.available suites across and the equipped campus with arethe available latest and equipped with the latest since 2008 which is reflected in since the aims growing 2008towhich sizeisofreflected thestudents student in the group. growing group. weekly to help guide students during the project. a specialist photography booth for models, however usage can be challenging + Space Architecture, JDDK, Craft, + Space Mitchell Architecture, Taylor, FeildenCleggBradley JDDK, Craft, Mitchell Studios, Taylor, FeildenCleggBradley Studios, This student prepared document portray the opinions andsize of the student relationships with practicing professionals locally, nationally and internationally. and very encouraging. The lecturers and very are encouraging. very approachable The lecturers and friendly. are very Tutor approachable friendly. industrial standard software in industrial addition to standard our specialised software VR in addition suites and to render our specialised VR suites and render However, we still have been able However, to maintain we still our have close been student able community to maintain our close student community During Part II the number of contact hours with the tutors is reducedand to allow the Tutor when transporting larger models. Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Renzo DRDH, Piano Malcolm Building Fraser Workshop, and Gareth DRDH, Hoskins. Malcolm Fraser and Gareth Hoskins. observations for both the Part I degree and Part II diploma course. It contains This has allowed us to gain architectural experience across the United Kingdom availability strong relationships. is good and develops strong relationships. farm which are used for high end farmrendering which areand usedanimation. for high end rendering and animation. availability is good and develops andcomments studio culture. Staff numbers and have studio also culture. grown Staff to further numbers develop have also the grown to further develop the students to investigate their thesis material more freely. from all years both positive and negative to fully reflect the real and abroad illustrating the high standard of Northumbria Graduates. 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This is replaced with more timesignificantly. spent on studio Thisbased is replaced designwith projects more timeand spentself on studio directed based design projects and self directed compiled using data collected from their respective years. 04 Contact Time Using this method large amounts of information can be collected quickly and The workshop has increased in size dramatically over the years. We currently easily. have two laser cutters, 3D router, 3D plaster printer and 3D resin printer. We also have a number of workshop power tools including sanders, drills, cutters, vacuum As each year group progresses through the school, their lecture hours reduce formers, spray booths and hand tools. We are encouraged to use these facilities significantly. This is replaced with more time spent on studio based design 00 Introduction
Part II Year One Newcastle, England A document created to reflect the students opinions of the course to the RIBA
working.” 05 COURSE STRUCTURE “Lectures cover a wide range of subjects.”
This in turn encourages the development of Within Northumbria’s designated studio space,
Ollie Jones
As each year group progresses Year
The course is based around studio design projects with modules Brisbane
Auckland
03 FACILITIES
KEY
Auckland In Part II, architectural research is incorporated into the course. Melbourne
Faculty Facilities
04 CONTACT TIME
Sydney Melbourneculture in technology, and management ran along it. Cape Town
“I found the CV workshops and support before graduating useful in my year out.”
05 COURSE STRUCTURE
Kuala Lumpur
“I found the CV workshops and support before graduating useful in my year out.”
Within Northumbria’s designated studio space, Faculty Facilities a sizeable desk and copious amounts of pin-up
03 FACILITIES
Peter Holgate
through the school, their lecture
Stockholm Moscow
Edinburgh hours reduce significantly. This is Belfast replaced with more time spent on Dublin London Berne Berlin Ontario Zurich studio based design projects and Oslo San Francisco Graz Beijing Stockholm Azerbaijan Edinburgh Gibraltar self directed learning. Moscow Denver Belfast Tokyo New York Cyprus Dublin London Berne Shanghai Chiang Mai Berlin Texas Dubai Bermuda Zurich “The learning curve is so Abu Hong Kong Graz Beijing steep, I could see myself Odisha Azerbaijan Dhabi Hanoi Gibraltar improve every week.” Tokyo New York Cyprus Shanghai Chiang Mai Kuala Lumpur Dubai Bermuda Abu Hong Kong Odisha Dhabi Hanoi
Year Leaders
Ruth Dalton
Peter Holgate
Ollie Jones
practices across the globe. This map illustrates
exported talented students to architectural destinations of students from 2006 onwards. “The high standards of practices across the globe. This map illustrates teaching enabled me to gain work experience abroad in a selection of the RIBA Part I placement preparation for Part II.” destinations of students from 2006 onwards.
Paul Jones
Programme Leaders
Kelly MacKinnon
Bob Giddings
exported talented students to architectural
Since 2001 Northumbria has consistently a selection of the RIBA Part I placement
Programme Director
Manuel Cresciani
Peter Beacock
Programme Director
conveyed directly to staff from the students.
Ontario
field being involved with interim and final reviews. San Francisco “The tutors presence in the studio is inspiring and very Denver encouraging.” Texas Since 2001 Northumbria has consistently
Programme Leaders
held rep meetings. Course feedback can then be
Paul Ring
Head of Department
their peers to represent the student body in regularly “Tutors are very REPRESENTATION held rep meetings. Course feedback cooperative, can then be approachable and knowledgeable.” conveyed Two student reps from each year are nominated by directly to staff from the students.
Oslo
Much research was conducted in order to collect and represent the various countries students went to work for Part I placements. Surveys were also conducted to gain qualitative and quantitative feedback of contact time and course structure. Both positive and negative comments were incorporated into the document to gain a true reflection of students opinions. The images on the right show the RIBA Exhibition. Over a period of a month, Selected students works to represent all the years were printed, mounted and displayed. A small team of people were managed to ensure that the exhibition would be completed in time of the RIBA visiting board.
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