Course content

Historical aspect: 10%
Registration, mesuring and presentation of existing buildings and-/or landscapes.
Architectural design: 75%
Form and colour studies:15%
Exercises in two- and threedimensional form.

Learning outcome

An introduction to the teoretical, practical and estetical basis of architecture with emphasis on space; structure and form.
Developing skills connected to visual communication and project work.
Develop the ability both to cooperate with other students and to make individual statements as a fundament in the creative process. To achieve a basic understanding of construction and material the students are introduced to full scale building in the beginning of the semester.

Learning methods and activities

Practical part: Construction work,- scale 1:1. Registration, measuring and presentation of existing buildings and-/or landscaps. Individual project assignment. (” Place, space and visual expression I”. Architectural suggestions in the landscape.)Workshops. Groupwork is emphezised. The groups different perspectives and experiences becomes a part of the basis of knowlegde.
Theoretical part: Lectures, literature.
Excursions: A short excursion where registration, measuring and presentation ( drawing and models) of existing buildings and-/or landscape is the main issue.

Specific conditions