ARC6813 Challenges of Interactive Built Environments (15 credits)

Year Running: 2016/2017

Credit level: F7

Pre-requisites for		ARC6816 ARC6817 (when the module is running)
Pre Uni Qualification		None
Additional Information		The unit is restricted to students undertaking the MArch (RIBA Part 2) and PGT Programmes at the School of Architecture.

Description

This module introduces the concepts, principles, approaches and examples of interactive built environments (IBE) as innovative syntheses of digital and physical environments responsive to user and environmental changes. This course contains (a) the IBE Lecture Series delivered by invited speakers from industry, design practices and academia; (b) students' undertaking case studies of IBE and presenting the results in seminars and writing up a Critical Evaluation Report; (c) students' formulating a distinctive personal Digital Design Agenda informed by the lecture series, case studies, seminars and site visits as the starting point of the MSc Dissertation Project.

Reading List

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Teaching Methods

Delivery Type	Hours
Independent	126.0
Lecture	13.5
Seminar	6.0
Tutorial	4.5

Methods of assessment

Assessment Type	Duration	% of formal assessment	Semester
Course Work	0.0	50 %	S1
Other	0.0	50 %	S1

Teaching methods and assessment displayed on this page are indicative for 2023-24.