Architecture - ARB/RIBA Part 2 MArch (Hons)

University of Dundee

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Dundee (Scotland)

  • Duration

    2 Years

  • Start date

    September

The part 2 qualification, accredited by ARB/RIBA, constitutes the final two years of the MArch course. We welcome direct applications from students who hold part 1 (or equivalent) qualifications in Architecture.

The course asks you to build on the skills and knowledge gained in part 1, and develop your ideas and individual position through engagement with specialist input and complex architectural design/thesis projects.

At this level you will be given the maximum opportunities to choose a programme of study which suits your emerging interests as a maturing designer. We treat our wider context, the city and the landscape, as a live-lab asking students to engage with real places and real problems. You will focus on designing buildings and environments which respond to the needs of the individuals and society; architecture, spaces and places that are critically robust in terms of their cultural context, aspiration and intention.

At level 4, you will choose an integrated design project from a series of offered options, you also select design research themes which lead into final year unit studios. This gives you the opportunity to specialise in the aspects of architecture that most interest you and to develop individual thesis projects which explore these.

Level 5 studios allow for a variety of approaches to the discipline, from the polemic city plan to the design of autonomous, sustainable dwellings for specific communities. Studios are centred on staff specialisms so you’ll be developing your own design research within the context of this expertise.

The cornerstone of our teaching is our vibrant studio culture. We are physically located in Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design which means we benefit from both excellent facilities and a highly creative atmosphere.

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Location

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Dundee (Dundee City)
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Fulton Building, DD1 4HN

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course

Our graduates are highly regarded by the profession as skilled and confident individuals.

Your first three years of study qualify you as ARB/RIBA part 1 equivalent graduates, the final two years are accredited as equivalent to ARB/RIBA part 2.

Should you choose the MArch with Urban Planning option you’ll graduate with a qualification which also leads to RTPI chartered status.

Registration as an Architect in the UK requires completion of a minimum 24 months experience in architectural practice (the majority of students complete 12 months between years 3 and 4, and 12 months after year 5) and to subsequently sit a ‘part 3’ professional examination.

Our courses are designed to build your communication and team-working skills, and to expose you to ‘real world’ scenarios where you’ll engage directly with clients, communities and professional consultants, preparing you for a successful career in practice.

You'll need a good (2:1) degree and exemption from RIBA Part 1 (or an equivalent undergraduate degree in architecture). You will also need a digital portfolio as with Level 1 entry.

This course is accredited by Architects Registration Board (ARB) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

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Subjects

  • Architectural
  • Design
  • Imagination
  • Investigating
  • Analysis and Strategy
  • Theory Analysis
  • Architectural Humanities
  • Architectural design
  • Humanities
  • Architectural Thesis

Course programme

Level 4

Following a similar pattern to level 3, the year is structured around a major integrated design project sited within an urban context. Following a series of introductory Urban and Planning Studies investigating the urban imagination, the city, and design, you will work within small, elective tutorial groups exploring alternative ideas for your integrated design proposal. The project is developed in the second semester to an appropriate level of technical and programmatic resolution.

In parallel with the sketched, drawn and modelled exploration of ideas, you will compile an integrated design report which places the work within an intellectual context, draws out the central ideas and explains their detailed resolution.

Alongside the integrated design project you will develop a body of work within a separate “Design Research Unit”: a seminar group exploring themes within architectural theory such as typology, representation, materiality and landscape. The DRUs are aligned to and run by the level 5 thematic studios. You will have the opportunity to make physical experiments known as “thinking machines” and write accompanying texts which define and contextualise yourideas.

  • A410001: Urban Theory Analysis and Strategy
  • AR40003: Architectural Humanities
  • AR40007: Integrated Architectural Design 4

Students in level 5 opt to follow one of two pathways, MArch or MArch with Urban Planning.

MArch
  • AR50005: Architectural Thesis
How you will be taught
  • Studio. The majority of teaching is carried out in small groups and individual tutorials in the studio. Studio design projects are your opportunity to test and explore the knowledge gained through taught courses in the context of real design problems set by staff.
  • Workshops and seminars. Teaching of practical skills (analytical techniques, drawing, model making, IT etc) and technology (structure, construction, sustainable building methods) is done primarily through studio based workshops and seminars helping you integrate them as part of your design process.
  • Study visits
  • Lectures
  • Guest lectures from visiting speakers
How you will be assessed
  • Studio design projects
  • Drawings and models
  • Essays and project reports

Additional information

Overseas students (non-EU) Fee   £17,275 per year of study

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Architecture - ARB/RIBA Part 2 MArch (Hons)

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