Module Database Search
| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title | |||
| Advanced Data and Computational Methods for Design | |||
| Reference | ACM610 | Version | 1 |
| Created | January 2022 | SCQF Level | SCQF 11 |
| Approved | November 2022 | SCQF Points | 15 |
| Amended | ECTS Points | 7.5 | |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| To equip students with skills in the use of advanced digital tools for the design and evaluation of sustainable architectural solutions, over their whole-life cycle. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
|---|---|
| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Devise and critically evaluate advanced Data Driven methods for Architectural design, taking into account the wider economic, social and environmental context. |
| 2 | Design strategies and models for circular economy, re-purposing, adaptability of materials, building components, and buildings. |
| 3 | Develop coherent, credible Design for Manufacture and Assembly structures |
| 4 | Conduct and critically appraise whole-lifecycle carbon assessment of designs in the early strategic stages of development, including embodied and operational carbon. |
| Indicative Module Content |
|---|
| Principles of Circular Economies, Material Passports, Whole-lifecycle Carbon Assessment, Data lifecycle of a building, Data strategies for design, Parametric strategies for Design, DfMA strategies, Data Driven Evaluation of Architectural Design, The content is delivered through a series of seminars and lectures, while the students need to develop a research brief using the indicative design methods/content |
| Module Delivery |
|---|
| 2 hours seminar and lecture and presentation followed by a 2 hour hands-on tutorial with tools and application of concepts. Students develop their coursework on both the tutorials and the off-contact hours. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | 46 | N/A |
| Non-Contact Hours | 104 | N/A |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | 150 | N/A |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 100% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Description: | Technical report incorporating circular economy appraisal, whole-life cycle appraisal Data driven and DfMA approaches to design for a small building/structure. | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | |
|---|---|
| Explanatory Text | |
| The overall module grade is based on 100% weighting of Component 1 (Technical Report). An overall minimum grade D is required to pass the module. Non-submission will result in an NS grade. | |
| Module Grade | Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade: |
| A | A |
| B | B |
| C | C |
| D | D |
| E | E |
| F | F |
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination |
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | None. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Handbook to Building a Circular Economy, RIBA, Cheshire, David |
| 2 | Building Better, Less - Different: Circular Construction, Felix Heisel, Dirk E. Hebel, Ken Webster, 2022 |
| 3 | Targeting Zero: Whole Life and Embodied Carbon Strategies, Simon Sturgis, 2019 |
| 4 | Data-Driven Design and Construction: 25 Strategies for ...books.google.com › books, Randy Deutsch, 2015 |
| 5 | Parametricism 2.0 - Rethinking Architecture's Agenda for the 21st Century, Schumacher |