Pre-Master in Architecture & Technology

Would you like to become an architect and are you considering a Master in Architecture at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture? Follow our compact and inspiring pre-master Architecture & Technology, in which architecture and the architectural practice form the basis. This pre-master is intended to bring technical knowledge to the required standard so that students with a different entry level in structural and technical fields can begin the Master’s in Architecture at the Academy of Architecture. You can register if you have a Bachelor’s degree in architectural design or interior architecture.

Why this pre-master?
• You will be introduced to general architecture based on short thematic presentations about specific architectural topics. We link a drawing exercise to each topic.
• You will increase your insight into the relationship between the design and the load-bearing structure of buildings.
• You will increase your knowledge of building physics, so that you know how to improve the living and working climate of buildings.
• You will learn to substantiate your own designs technically and practically in various materials with details that are based on architectural principles.
• You will learn to understand external and internal forces within the interplay between structure and structural members and to visualise these.
• You will take on practical challenges: you will conclude the pre-master with a design exercise in which you will design integrally with technical knowledge and skill.
• You will be inspired by excursions and fascinating lectures from professionals from the practice about their field of specialisation or about their fascination for an element of architecture.

And: when you have successfully completed the pre-master Architecture & Technology, you will be very well prepared for the Master in Architecture at the Academy of Architecture. You will have more chance of being directly admitted to the Master’s programme.

Practical teaching method
At the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam, we believe in ‘learning from experiences’ and ‘applying theory in practice’. Our way of teaching is adapted to this. The combination of studying and concrete practise is an essential part of the pre-master.

Register for this pre-master via the registration form. The deadline for application for the pre-master in the first semester of 2020-2021 is 20 April 2020. NON-EEA / EU students can only participate in the course in the second semester, due to visa regulations.