Module Overview

Architectural Design Studio VIII directs students to engage with the issue of living (multi-dwelling) in a designated context integrating their work into a coherent masterplan and ecosystem. The module places an emphasis on the integration of strategies across all scales to reduce carbon emissions and to respond to the climate crisis at the level of domestic and communal. Underpinning each students’ design will be an understanding of the influence of their tectonic and structural solution on the haptic nature of the spaces (both domestic and shared) they propose. Students will design with (the seven) Universal Design Principles incorporated into their design demonstrating best practice in their design.

Through a combination of self directed learning and group engagement students will research and design architecture from first principles using structure, materials, construction methods and environmental design techniques that will address directly and project beyond current legislative requirements to meet the following Sustainable Development Goals GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production.