5.0_New Realities

5.0 New Realities

24/05/16 - 26/08/16

5.1 Brief

Drawing upon your physical crafting, experimental knowledge and technical control skills you must propose large scale semi-permanent interventions. The delivery of these in a site location of your choosing will form the basis of both your final project assessment and your MA Graduation show.

5.2 Requirements

In developing your designs you should allow for a process of affordance or continual reinterpretation, including of established behavioural or material properties and the extent to which they can be re-designed to evolve into changing environmental understandings.

5.3 Outcomes

As well as demonstrating your knowledge of design and artistic construction, you would at this point be expected to be versed in parallel contemporary themes of architectural significance, such as artificial intelligence, cognition, adaption, communication or emergence. From this knowledge base, you will aim to complete a high quality, site specific construction. This will draw upon, further develop and ultimately demonstrate the expertise developed within the MA grouping.

5.4 Assessment

Completion of the New Realities project will contribute 100% of the grade for the MA Interior ‘Final Project’ unit (CIND 7010) and the MA Architecture ‘Final Project’ unit (CARC 7004). Both units are valued at 60 credits.

Assessment will be carried out via a final A2 paper portfolio and built work review.

5.5 Key Events

30/06/2016:

Final proposals review

(written formative feedback)

28/07/2016:

Final Crit

(verbal formative feedback)

09/08/2016:

Portfolio submission

25/08/2016:

External examinations & exhibition

26/08/2016:

Graduation Show Opens

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5.6 Duration

The project will run from the 24/09/2015 until the portfolio submission on 21/01/2016.

5.7 Deliverables

The following are minimum deliverable requirements for completion of the project: A construction, large scale installation or site specific intervention A2 portfolio design development drawings A2 portfolio records of all physical fabrication tests & prototype pieces A2 portfolio records of any simulation, or digital work A2 portfolio documentation of public exhibit or use of Curio Project research report Online digital blog of work done (minimum one entry per week)

5.8 Staff/Guests

The project will be run by Sam McElhinney (MA Course Leader) and assisted by David Di Duca, visiting design tutor. Technical support will be provided by Chris Settle and Ben Westacott when required.

During the course of the unit we will be joined by key guests for crit reviews.

5.9 Lear ning Aims

The aims of this unit are: A1. To consolidate and realise the MA project both practically and/or theoretically.

A2. To demonstrate a personal and creative approach to research.

A3. To enhance technical skills through the realisation of a major visual or written project.

A5. To demonstrate concepts and ideas as a response to research, critical, practical and professional contexts.

A5. To encourage and support the dissemination of research outcomes in appropriate professional and or public contexts.

5.10 Lear ning Outcomes

On satisfactory completion of the unit you will have: LO1. Developed a rigorous and independent research project, which fully integrates theory and practice.

LO2. Developed a rigorous and complex understanding of your MA project through critical evaluation and self-reflection.

LO3. Developed an advanced understanding and use of, materials, processes, techniques and methods to a professional standard.

LO5. Developed communication and presentation skills that allow you to demonstrate ideas in relation to research contexts.

LO5. Demonstrated the ability to situate your MA project within a range of appropriate public/professional contexts.

LO6. Demonstrated the ability to work independently, set goals, manage workloads and meet deadlines.

5.11 Further Reading

At this stage of your MA you are expected to identify and develop specific reading and research sources of your own. [ends] UCA Canterbury School of Architecture // MA Architecture // MA Interior Design // 2015-16