OPTIONS DESIGN RESEARCH STUDIO + ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE STUDIO

SEMESTER 1 (M ARCH I & II STUDENTS)

AR5801 OPTIONS DESIGN RESEARCH STUDIO 1

AR5805 ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE STUDIO

Units: 8

SEMESTER 2 (M ARCH I STUDENTS)

AR5802 OPTIONS DESIGN RESEARCH STUDIO 2

Units: 8

Graded Course

This three-semester design course sequence establishes the foundation for master level creative research and design. Framing design as a creative practice, the objective of the course is to develop a high level of competence in research, that leads to design outcomes which are innovative, skilful and insightful in terms of architectural design.

The design course provides students with an opportunity to select from a variety of studio topics; thereby allowing them to choose the themes aligned with their individual interests and intellectual drives, while creating synergy with their studio leader.

The course expects students to demonstrate a high degree of proficiency in research, design, representation, and communication. In its process, students are not only conducting the research, but also translating its outcomes into actionable strategies in architectural design. The processes and the final products should be communicated through representational techniques that are most suitable for the architectural design content.

Learning Objectives :

1. To set an appropriate question pursuable through architectural design research.

2. To explore questions through empirical and visual methods.

3. To translate research outcomes to architectural approaches, techniques and strategies.

4. To propose profound architectural design that takes into account its impact to social, urban and natural environments.

5. To explore insightful architectural design that substantiate conceptual, technical and practical aspects of architecture.

6. To use representational methods that are appropriate for the research contents, design process and final architectural design.

7. To experiment with representational techniques in both digital and analogue media, simulations in 2D, 3D and 4D media to communicate ideas in the most effective manner.

Measurable Outcomes :

1. Clear individual focus

2. Critical and rigorous research using graphical methods

3. Close relationship between research and design

4. Substantial architectural proposal

5. Architectural representation suitable to design content