Building with the Past
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ABEE4006 | Architecture and Built Environment | 4 | 20 | Spring UK |
- Code
- ABEE4006
- School
- Architecture and Built Environment
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
This module explores issues of display, and is to be taken in support of the concurrent 30-credit design module, ABEE 4046. Throughout its history, exhibition architecture has been an efficient vehicle for the promotion of identifications and power. This module considers how the built environment in museums and galleries reveals much about the political, social and cultural aspirations and identities of those who commission, design and use it. Exhibitions have long captured the imagination and created new realms: from the cabinet of curiosities of Renaissance princes, to the powerful technologically-driven displays of today. This module explores both conceptual and practical aspects of exhibition design in relation to the wider architectural design of museums. It challenges participants to explore the art and practice of display at the varied scales of artefact, display space, and wider museum, and undertake a significant piece of self-directed research and writing in this area.
Target Students
Students registered on courses in the Department of Architecture & Built Environment.Available to JYA/Erasmus and exchange students registered at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment
Classes
- One 2-hour lecture each week for 11 weeks
Breakdown of hours: Tutor led - 32 hours; student directed – 41.5 hours reading and preparation for seminars plus 125 hours further study and essay preparation.
Assessment
- 60% Coursework 1: 3,000-word illustrated report.
- 10% Coursework 2: PowerPoint presentation (5 page)
- 30% Coursework 3: One A3 design report associated with the studio design scheme
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
• To engage with philosophical, theoretical, and practical issues of museum and exhibition design• To undertake a piece of academic research and writing within this interdisciplinary field of architectural design and museology• To present ideas at an ongoing research symposium• To combine the theoretical study and the studio design work togetherLearning Outcomes
This module develops transferable skills (including study skills), as well as the following architectural and technological skills essential to a professional architect: research methods; documentary and literature analysis; presentation skills and report writing.