This module aims to demonstrate design skills that develop through experimentation and speculative research in an original approach to urban design. Synthesize...

Urban Design Thesis Final Project (BARC0083)

This module aims to demonstrate design skills that develop through experimentation and speculative research in an original approach to urban design. Synthesize this approach to urban design within the framework of a final design project. Students will demonstrate the way this project serves as a strategic approach to the relevant context and finally, support presentation of work by students in a seminar/crit setting and portfolio preparation for the final portfolio review and examination. The module is structured so that in Term 3 and through to the end of the course, students take their thesis project to a final high level of resolution.

This module aims to:

 Demonstrate design skills that develop through experimentation and speculative research in an original approach to urban design.

 Synthesize this approach to urban design within the framework of a final design project.

 Demonstrate the way this project serves as a strategic approach to the relevant context.

 Support presentation of work by students in a seminar/crit setting and portfolio preparation for the final portfolio review and examination.

SURVEYING|METHODS FOR UNDERSTANDING BUILT ENVIRONMENTS|BUILT ENVIRONMENTS|ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY|

This module will take London as the base for a foundational exploration of methods for understanding urban historic built environments. Its exemplar will be...

Surveying and Recording of Cities (BARC0065)

This module will take London as the base for a foundational exploration of methods for understanding urban historic built environments. Its exemplar will be the work of the Survey of London and the teaching will mainly be by the Survey’s staff. Since 1894 the Survey of London has documented the history of London’s buildings in 50 volumes covering London districts (by historic parish) and 18 monographs on individual monuments. This tradition will be drawn on to address methods for survey and for the researching and recording of architectural heritage in cities, keeping it in view that urban fabric is an expression of social history. The module will also take in matters such as how to write effectively about urban environments, and how good writing and good illustrations (including photographs and measured drawings) can work together. There will be a series of pre-readings, short talks, and walks in areas as diverse as Whitechapel, Clerkenwell and Marylebone, as well as seminars and practical workshops, all conceived to explain principles and applications for understanding and documenting urban historic environments in social contexts. Overviews and case-study examples drawn from the Survey of London’s research will give students strong insights into London’s architectural heritage.