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AR10016: Design studio 1.2

Credits: 24

Level: Certificate

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To continue, through a series of four short structured projects, the exploration of fundamental theoretical and historical themes in architecture that commenced in Semester 1. The aim of these projects is to provoke students to ask - and suggest some answers to - the basic question, what is this activity called 'architecture' to which we propose to devote our careers? Through this unit they will develop newly acquired skills in architectural design and communication.
Content:
Four architectural design and communication oriented projects: 1. A design project that questions the nature of architecture and landscape, that focuses and highlights issues concerning architectural content and expression; 2. I.T. Project: An introductory design exercise using the computer, adapted to the varying skill levels of individual students; 3. Public Space: focuses on the public open space between and around buildings as positive (rather than residual) environments. The project is introduced through a precedent study and an associated reading list. The design is communicated through models and figure-ground drawings; 4. Building Design. This project is concerned with developing planning and construction skills by focussing on a real site and a more complex functional programme. In addition, there will be a requirement for students to keep sketchbooks for recording three-dimensional spaces analytically, both real and imagined, alongside ideas on how these buildings either are, or might be, constructed.

Credits: 3

Level: Certificate

Semester: 2

Assessment: EX100

Requisites:

Aims: To strengthen the basic understanding of structures given to the students in Structures 1 by relating it to the history of civil and structural engineering, and to the design of specific structures through case studies.
Learning Outcomes:
The student should acquire a knowledge of the history of civil and structural engineering. The student should acquire an understanding of the way in which that history, together with an understanding of statics, informs the design of structures.
Skills:
Ability to understand the relationship between the development of materials and technologies and the history of the built environment.
Content:
A range of lecturers from within and outside the School will give a series of discrete lectures examining the development of various structural systems and materials.

AR10059: Mathematics 1a

Credits: 3

Level: Certificate

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX100

Requisites:

Aims: To provide a general mathematical basis for the development of engineering subjects at first year level of the civil engineering programmes.
Learning Outcomes:
The successful student will be able to demonstrate an understanding and ability to use the following techniques, as detailed in the 'Contents':
* Elementary functions;
* Differentiation and its applications;
* Integration and its applications;
* Infinite series.
Skills:
Ability to manipulate and solve mathematical problems, graphical representation of mathematical functions, development of mathematical ideas relevant to engineering
Content:
Elementary functions Exponential and logarthmic functions, hyperbolic functions and inverses in logarithmic form, inverse circular functions, plotting graphs. Differentiation and its applications Maximum and minimum values, inflection points, tangents, normals, curvature, solution of non-linear equations using Newton's method, limits. Integration and its applications General revision of techniques, by parts, use of partial fractions, substitution, length of curves, areas and volumes, first and second moments, centre of gravity, parallel and perpendicular axes theorem. Infinite series Maclaurin and Taylor's series, binomial expansion, ideas of convergence, geometrical series, comparison, ratio and integral tests, l' Hôpital's rule.

AR10060: Mathematics 1b

Credits: 3

Level: Certificate

Semester: 2

Assessment: EX100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take AR10059

Aims: To provide a general mathematical basis for the development of engineering subjects at first year level of the civil engineering programmes, and preparation for year 2 work.
Learning Outcomes:
The successful student will be able to demonstrate an understanding and ability to use the following techniques, as detailed in the 'Contents':
* Complex numbers;
* Determinants and matrices;
* Elementary vector analysis;
* Statistics;
* Concept of probability.
Skills:
Visualisation of engineering behaviour in terms of mathematical models, solution of mathematically and statistically described engineering problems.
Content:
Complex numbers: Complex plane, Cartesian, polar and exponential forms, algebra of complex numbers, de Moivre's theorem multiple roots, complex logarithm. Determinants and matrices: Properties of determinants. Matrix algebra. Solution of simultaneous equations using the matrix inverse. Cramer's rule and Gauss elimination. Consistency. Elementary vector analysis: Basic definitions and algebra. Scalar, vector and tensor products. Equations of lines and planes. Geometrical interpretations, orientation of planes, volumes of solids. Statistics: Basic descriptive statistics, histograms, cumulative frequency, measure of location and dispersion, mean, mode and median, upper and lower quartiles, variance and standard deviation. Concept of probability, exclusivity, dependence and independence of events, conditional probability. Binomial and Poisson distributions.

AR10079: Structures 1

Credits: 6

Level: Certificate

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX50CW50

Requisites:

Aims: To make students aware of the role played by structure in the design and building process. To introduce the concepts of statics and load carrying mechanisms, sufficient for an elementary appraisal of structures. To familiarise students with different types of structural materials and assemblies.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this unit students will be able to design a simple structure and identify and calculate the forces within it.
Skills:
An understanding of Statics and an ability to apply the principals in the context of a design problem. Ability to work in groups on design projects and to present the work verbally and through graphics and modelling. An ability to analyse staticallydeterminate structures and to estimeate appropriate member sizes for permissible stress states.
Content:
Stable structures and structural mechanisms. Newton's laws; static equilibrium and free body diagrams. The concepts of forces and moments in structural members. Equilibrium of loads, forces and moments in simple structures. Introduction to load carrying action of trusses, beams, arches, cables and columns. The concepts of stress, section sizes and shapes. Pin-jointed trusses: triangles of forces, resolving at joints and method of sections; physical behaviour and structural form and efficiency. Direct stresses and strains; Young's Modulus. Beams and free body diagrams, bending moments and shear forces. Bending stresses in beams, section shape and structural efficiency; web action and the concept of shear stresses. Overall efficiency of beams and simple bridges. Combined bending and axial loading in short columns; the middle third; slender columns and stability concepts. Hanging chains and funicular shapes; simple suspension systems. Voussoir arches. Three pin arches and portal frames.The above topics concentrate on a broad overview of structural concepts and will be supportedby laboratory demonstrations, tutorial classes and project work emphasising the relation between structural and architectural concepts, structural safety and examples of structural failures.

AR10080: Structures 2

Credits: 6

Level: Certificate

Semester: 2

Assessment: EX70CW30

Requisites:

Aims: To develop an analytical understanding of the statics and mechanics of statically determinate structures and structural mechanisms.To introduce students to the internal action of structures, stresses and strains, and the comparative action of statically determinate and indeterminate structures.To consider in greater detail the range of structures examined conceptually in Structures 1.To develop a physical and analytical understanding of stresses and strains in two (and three) dimensions, and of the three-dimensional action of structures and components.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this unit, students will be able to analyse simple structures to determine stress, strain, stability and displacements.
Skills:
An ability to analyse stress, strain, deformations and stability in simple structures.
Content:
Bending moment and shear force diagrams for beams; comparison of statically determinate and continuous beams. Bending and shearing stresses in beams; concept of principal stress trajectories and analogies with truss action; structural form and efficiency. Centroid, neutral axis, section modulus and beam sectional shape efficiency. Deflected forms and bending moments in portal and framed structures; weak beam/ strong column and strong beam solutions (physical action and approximate analysis). Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio; shear modulus; elastic behaviour. Internal stress equilibrium; Mohr's circle for stresses and strains; principal stresses and strains. Moment/curvature relations and analysis of deflections. Shear flow in beams; fabricated and composite beams; welds and shear connectors. Bending of asymmetric sections. Torsion of thin-walled closed sections. Shear centre; torsion of thin-walled open sections. Stresses due to combined bi-axial bending, torsion and axial loading in structural members. Euler buckling load for columns; differing end constraints; imperfections, eccentric loading and initial curvatures. Concepts of plastic failure mechanisms. Approximate elastic analysis of multi-storey frames.

AR10087: Surveying 1

Credits: 3

Level: Certificate

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims: To give students the knowledge and skills required to carry out an engineering survey of a small site.
Learning Outcomes:
The succesful student will be able to demostrate the knowledge, understanding and skills required to carry out an engineeirng survey of a small site.
Skills:
Ability to use a range of surveying instruments to acceptable accuracy, to plan execute, and process small surveying projects.
Content:
Object and application of surveys - basic functions of survey instruments - survey planning - assessment of accuracy. Measurements of distance - direct tape measurements - cumulative errors in chainage measurements and corrections applied. Principles of electronic methods of distance measurement. Measurement of level - types of levels - levelling procedures and methods of booking - errors - reciprocal levelling - recording and plotting levels. Measurement of angles - principles and operations of the theodolite - scope of use - instrument errors and adjustments. Usage of theodolite and computation for tacheometry, traverse surveys, triangulation. After a series of initial practice periods with survey instruments the unit concludes with a survey project consisting of the measurment of a closed traverse around a land plot and its detailed mapping.

AR10212: Surveying and Geology Field Course

Credits: 3

Level: Certificate

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take AR10059 and take AR10033 and take AR10087

Aims: To learn how to apply modern surveying techniques appropriate to a larger scale and rougher terrain than can be found on the university campus, and to gain experience in geological field observations.
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the unit, the student should be able to:
* appreciate the requirements for carrying out geological and surveying observations in the field;
* carry out a limited range of geological field observations;
* understand the use of methods for surveying in rough terrain;
* appreciate the scale of some geological structures;
* be able to describe some geological structures and materials.
Skills:
Group working, working outdoors, use of advanced surveying instrumentation, sketching, geological observation.
Content:
Surveying:
* Techniques for reconnaisance surveys.
* Use of total stations and GPS. Geology:
* Study of glaciated landforms.
* Study of coastal and fluvial systems.
* Study of patterns of discontinuities and description of materials in outcrops. Takes place before the start of Semester 1.

Credits: 3

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
This course is intended to introduce students to the use of CAD software in the construction industry and to develop skills using AutoCAD 2000. By the end of the course students should be able to use AutoCAD to construct 2D drawings and 3D models of their design projects and to present this information in a variety of ways.
Content:
Contents include; creating basic drawing elements, editing and manipulation; adding text, dimensions and hatching; understanding the user co-ordinate system; creating and editing 3D objects; plotting.

AR20012: Building construction 2

Credits: 3

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

While taking this unit you must take AR20018

Aims: To develop an understanding of building construction and materials. To integrate construction into the Design Studio. To establish standards of drawing technique and $ùtechnical&© drawing.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this unit students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the connection between building design, the use of materials and the construction and assembly of buildings, of a standard that may be expected by employers during their first placement.
Skills:
The skills required are:
* simple technical (working) drawing, notation and presentation
* knowledge of the assembly of simple structures
* knowledge of the application of basic building materials and finishes.
Content:
A series of 5 lectures each on an element of building construction illustrated by extracts from construction textbooks, building trade (product) information, case studies and a range of completed buildings that are important in architectural history. Each lecture is accompanied by reference notes to the sources used. The coursework submission is tutored in the design studio and presented in draft before the final presentation. Coursework includes the preparation of a 1:20 working drawing section of a building designed by the student in Design studio together with structural diagrams, services diagrams and full descriptive notation.

AR20017: Design studio 2.1

Credits: 15

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

While taking this unit you must take AR20005

Aims: To expand students&© experience of how buildings fit into places. To introduce ideas of context in village or urban situations, methods of site analysis, and the translation of both these into actual designs.
Learning Outcomes:
A demonstrable awareness of the historical evolution of typical local villages or small-scale urban settings; an ability to prepare a site analysis for a real site; and, in preparation for students&© first placement, an understanding of generic housing types in urban/rural settings.
Skills:
By the end of this unit the students should have extended the range of their skills in architectural design, drawing and model making.
Content:
Village/urban visits.
Precedent studies of urban/suburban and rural housing.
Housing design and theory.
Design of public spaces, streets and squares, and of simple repeated dwelling units such as terraced and stacked housing.
The project will include the examination and integration of appropriate constructional techniques and environmental criteria.
On completion of the village (or urban) study students will undertake individual projects for housing of medium to high density within a village (or urban) context. The size to be determined by the studio co-ordinator.
This project is used as a vehicle for environmental analysis carried out as part of AR20005 Building Environment 2.
This project is used as a vehicle for the students to employ skills acquired in AR20009 CAD 1.

AR20018: Design studio 2.2

Credits: 15

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

While taking this unit you must take AR20012

Aims: To introduce a more detailed and complex building brief through study of a particular building type, (e.g. art gallery), in the context of its landscape and local settlement. Experience of the process of design from initial conception to the actual site and context, through an individual building design. This project also requires students to design larger, more specific interior and exterior spaces, and gives them experience of the physical environment within and around buildings.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion the student must demonstrate the ability integrate spatial, environmental, constructional, and structural principles in a coherent building design proposal which meets a given brief.
Skills:
Research, analysis, proposals in sketch and models, drawn and verbal presentation, related to a specific building scheme.
Content:
Although of limited complexity, the building will require the planning of a number of different sized, interrelated spaces, at least one requiring a medium span structure.
The building will be low-rise.
The site will be non-urban but include some built context.
Precedent studies of chosen building type.
Visits to examples of building type.
Site analysis.
Planning within specified floor areas to provide different types of space, volume etc.
Design of external space (square, courtyard, wider landscape) associated with the building. The project is used as a vehicle to satisfy the course work requirements of AR20012 Building Construction 2.

AR20036: History & theory of architecture 2

Credits: 3

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims: The aim of this course is to extend beyond the basic history survey undertaken in the first year and to give the students the opportunity to participate in the research and presentation of material. A period from the industrial revolution to the present day is analysed according to a range of thematic concepts many of which can be related to @Isms&© (eg rationalism, minimalism).
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this unit students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of important movements and positions that have affected the design of buildings and of the built environment in the period under consideration: they will demonstrate elementary analytical appreciation of this material and the necessary communication skills, in presenting in a public environment.
Skills:
Simple research from set books; digestion and marshalling of facts and argumentation; presentation of findings in the form of $ùpowerpoint&© presentations; teamwork organization in preparing and delivering the presentation.
Content:
Each week groups of 2-4 students use $ùpowerpoint&© to present to the whole year a lecture on a selected period or movement. This is followed up by an individual essay submission.

AR20042: Industrial placement CA1

Credits: 30

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: RT100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take AR20082 and take AR20213

Aims: To gain experience and knowledge of civil engineering in practice, and to report on and assess the experience gained.
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the unit, the student should be able to demonstrate an enhanced understanding of civil engineering practice, an ability to write a clear report, and an awareness of training objectives.
Skills:
Ability to apply skills learnt in university to practical design and construction problems, and the development of new skills particular to the individual placement.
Content:
Practical experience and first hand observation of civil engineering and construction, preferably on a construction site as an employee of a contractor, but possibly as an employee of a consultant with visits to sites. The student is supported in finding an employer, but the School cannot guarantee that every student will be employed. All students will be given an academic supervisor for the duration of the unit. Students who obtain employment in the UK will be visited at their place of work to discuss with them and their Supervising Engineer their training progress and objectives. Where this is not feasible (for example overseas placements) otherwise, communication will be maintained by other means. Should a student fail to find a job, they would be expected to carry out a relevent study in the area in which they live; their supervisor will discuss this study with them, and give guidance where required. Students will be assessed for the award of the credits on the basis of a report on one aspect of the work they have done.

AR20043: BEng industrial placement

Credits: 60

Level: Intermediate

Academic Year

Assessment: RT100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To gain experience and knowledge of civil engineering design in practice, and to report on an area of interest.
Content:
Practical experience and first hand observation of civil engineering desgn, preferably in a consulting practice. The student is supported in finding an employer, but the School cannot guarantee that every student will be employed. All students will be given an academic supervisor for the duration of the unit. Students who obtain employment in the UK will normally be visited at their place of work; otherwise, communication will be maintained by other means. Should a student fail to find a job, they would be expected to carry out a relevant study in the area in which they live; their supervisor will discuss this study with them, and give guidance where required. Students will be assessed for the award of the credits on the basis of a report on one aspect of the work they have done.

AR20044: Industrial placement M2

Credits: 24

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: RT100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To gain experience and knowledge of civil engineering design in practice,and to report on an area for which the student has taken significant responsibility (project report IP1).
Content:
Practical experience and first hand observation of civil engineering design, preferably in a consulting practice. The student is supported in finding an employer, but the School cannot guarantee that every student will be employed. All students will be given an academic supervisor for the duration of the unit. Students who obtain employment in the UK will normally be visited at their place of work on two occasions in order to discuss the progress of project work (related to IP1) and potential follow-up work to be undertaken in Semester 2 at the University for Project IP2. Should a student fail to obtain a placement they will be required to undertake project work (for IP1) at the University under the joint supervision of academic and industrial tutors.

Credits: 12

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take AR30020 or take AR30243 and After taking this module you must take AR30021

AR20076: Soil mechanics

Credits: 6

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

Aims: To develop an understanding of the behaviour of soil, and the factors that influence that behaviour.
Learning Outcomes:
The successful student should be able to demonstrate understanding, and an ability to apply that understanding, in the following subjects, as detailed in the 'Contents' section:
* Stresses in soil;
* Seepage and flow nets;
* Measurement of permeability;
* The shear strength of granular and cohesive soils;
* Measurement of fundamental shear strength, and of the current state of a sample.
Skills:
Basic soil mechanics laboratory technique, graphical and algebraic analytical methods.
Content:
Stresses in soil - total stress, effective stress and pore water pressure. Non-linear stress-strain character of soils. Isotropic and one-dimensional consolidation. Consolidation of natural deposits, normally consolidated and over-consolidated materials. Seepage, Darcy's law of permeability, head as a measure of potential. Wide range of permeability values. Flow nets, derivation from a common sense approach, how mathematical 'derivation' is merely a formularisation of this. Determination of volumetric flow rates by Nf/Nh. Relative importance of predictions of volumetric flow rates and pore pressures. Sensitivity to inaccuracy of flow net. Prediction and importance of low effective stresses. Measurement of permeability, use of triaxial apparatus as a permeameter. Falling head and constant head tests. Pumping tests - confined and unconfined aquifers. Flow nets for anisotropic permeability. Outline of other approaches to analysis of flow - physical / electrical / computer numerical modelling. Seepage in earth dams, importance of drainage, stability of downstream face, rapid drawdown. Influence of rainfall. Design of filter layers, use of geotextiles. The shear strength of granular and cohesive soils. Mohr's circles of total and effective stress to determine the undrained and drained shear strength and friction angle of soils. Stress/strain relationships for soils, behaviour of normally consolidated clays. Behaviour of loose and dense samples, concept of a critical state, introduction to behaviour of lightly and heavily overconsolidated clays, dependence of critical state density on normal stress. Relationship between normal consolidation line, Roscoe surface, Critical State Line, Hvorslev Surface, zero tension criterion. Shear strength tests, the advantages and disadvantages of the direct shear test, the triaxial test, vane shear test, other tests. Total and effective stress paths for drained and undrained testing. Obtaining information about current state of a sample (undrained shear strength) compared with fundamental properties (drained shear strength / critical state parameters) from triaxial testing.

AR20081: Structures 2A

Credits: 3

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take AR10079

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To consider the development of the design process as the interaction between architecture and engineering, of various classes of structure. To define efficiency and aesthetic quality. To consider in more detail the structural design of steel and reinforced concrete structures, and to apply structural concepts of stability, safety and serviceability to examples of contemporary architecture. On the completion of this unit students should be able to demonstrate their understanding of the design process that links architecture and engineering, in relation to various classes of structure.
Content:
The structural design process. Basic concepts of static and structural action. Structural materials. Definition and quantification of loads on structures. Concepts of safety, stability and serviceability. Identification of architectural and structural concept in design. Comparison between efficiency and aesthetics of structures and buildings. Approximations and other criteria for sizing structural elements. Design of steel structural elements. Design of reinforced concrete structural elements. Design of connections. Application of the above programme to the structural assessment of a chosen case study, among contemporary works which highlight interaction between architectural creativity and innovative technological design.

Credits: 6

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims: To extend the student's knowledge of surveying by giving them an understanding of how terrerial and aerial photgrammetry can be used in support of engineering projects.
Learning Outcomes:
The successful student will be able to demonstrate understanding of the capabilities of a range of modern surveying techniques, especially in the context of engineering projects.
Skills:
Ability to determine appropriate surveying methods for specific problems.
Content:
Photogrammetry: Definition, history, uses and application of photogrammetry. Stereoscopic viewing, depth perception, the human eye, principle of parallax. Terrestrial photogrammetry. Surveying accuracy/errors. Differences between random and systematic errors, observations not equally precise, assessment of accuracy. Assessment of acceptable tolerances in construction and building. The advanced use of total stations, including reflectorless systems. Laser Scanning, and any other newly developed technique considered to be appropriate to this unit.

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: RT100/CW100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To give experience in solving a real industrial problem under both industrial and academic supervision.
Content:
Structural or Environmental Engineering Design carried out in industry with academic links, following or during the second industrial placement M2. For students who are unable to gain an industrial placement the project IP1 will be undertaken as a sponsored project on behalf of one of the companies who would normally employ students. In this case the project will be undertaken wholly at the University (in labs or CAD labs) during the first part of term 2 and before commencement of Semester 2.

AR30046: Industrial project IP2

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To give further experience in solving a real industrial problem under both industrial and academic supervision.
Content:
Structural or Environmental Engineering Design linked with industry sponsorship, following on from Industrial Project IP1, but for all students based in the University under closer academic supervision.

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims: To develop skills in integration of civil/structural engineering, environmental control and architectural objectives to produce creative and competent designs.
Learning Outcomes:
The successful student should be able to demonstrate an ability to work in an interdisciplinary design team, contributing engineering expertise, insights and creativity to the overall creative process.
Skills:
Team working, drawing, analytical, and written and oral presentation skills.
Content:
* Structural and Environmental Engineering Design linked with architectural studio.
* Precedent lectures are used to discuss relevant examples.
* Suitable buildings might include a community centre, an electronics factory with spans typically up to 15m.
* Structural issues should include the integration of architectural and environmental aspects in teh complete conceptual design, the design to codes of practice of all principle members, connection details and construction aspects, and the design of foundations. Environmental issues should include optimal use of daylight, solar heating, natural ventilation, noise from surroundings.
* The proportion of time spent on group working with the architectural students is up to 60% (in the first half of the project development).

AR30069: Project C3/1

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To give students experience in developing a complex scheme working in teams with architecture students.
Content:
Precedent lectures are used to discuss relevant examples. The building type will have more complex planning problems and potential for elegance to suit the needs of the architects. There should be environmental conditions to consider, ie air conditioning/ natural ventilation to compare, and lighting and acoustic problems. Types of building which are suitable include autitoria based (theatre, opera house, concert hall - all have potential for interesting structures, eg cable, domes, frameworks etc), museum (differing types from art galleries to 'Exploratory' type, and libraries, requiring exclusion of noise and good lighting ), industrial (eg brewery, with the process providing a problem), or sports complex. All have air conditioning / natural ventilation, potential for interest visually as well as in services and structure, and heavy foundation loads. The project will be tutored both by academic staff and industrial visiting tutors.

AR30070: Project M4

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
Development of a holistic approach to structural and environmental design.
Content:
Two alternative paths can be taken for this project, depending on the subject and content of the semester 1 project C3/M3 (carried out as a group project involving architectural students):
1. Individual design development of Project C3/M3, involving consideration of civil, structural and environmental engineering design issues. Normally a real current development project will be used for this brief, and the project will involve the full structural, geotechnical and environmental design for a particular building or small complex of buildings within the development. Precedent lectures are used to discuss relevant examples, and the work is tutored by visiting architects and engineers.
2: A design project which is specifically related to one of the option courses (in Lightweight Structures, Conservation, Facade Engineering, or Bridge Engineering); it may also be related to Project M3 (but would not be restricted to the development of a particular feature of that project).

AR30071: Project C3/2

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To undertake an entirely individual design project and develop it from concept through to detail design.
Content:
The project is intended to be linked to one of the option or core design subjects (Lightweight Structures, Conservation, Facade Engineering, or Bridge Engineering), and will be tutored by both academic staff and industrial visiting tutors. The project undertaken may be an extension and redevelopment of a particular feature of project C3, but will entail a new structure which complements the C3 design project, and is developed to a much greater level of engineering competence in its detailed solutions.

Credits: 3

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment: EX100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
The movement of energy and fluids in buildings.
Content:
Dimensionless analysis and similarity : Introduction to the principles of dimensionless analysis; determination of dimensionless groups; use of dimensionless groups in experimental investigation. Turbo-machinery Performance characteristics of rotodynamic machines; centrifugal, axial and mixed flow pumps and fans; use of specific speed for pump selection; simple applications of network machine systems. Euler one dimensional theory for axial and centrifugal turbomachines. Introduction to heat transfer :General conduction equation, 2-D steady state solutions; 1-D unsteady state, lumped parameter approach, Biot and Fourier numbers. Convection : Velocity and temperature boundary layers, calculation of convection coefficients, use of dimensionless parameters in heat transfer, analogies between momentum and heat transfer; dimensionless correlations in forced and natural convection. Radiation : Laws of radiant heat transfer, radiation properties of real materials, geometric factors. Radiation networks in buildings. Extended surfaces : Analysis of heat transfer from fins, overall U-value for extended surfaces. Heat exchangers : Analysis of parallel and counterflow exchangers, log mean temperature difference and Transfer Unit approaches, fouling factors. Heat recovery devices used in buildings

AR30093: Urban studies

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

While taking this unit you must take AR30019

Aims: The aims of this Unit are twofold: firstly, to introduce students to: the ideas and ideals which have shaped cities; and understand the policies that govern urban design and to introduce a methodology in use to assess the architectural character and qualities of an historic UK city.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this Unit, students will be demonstrate an awareness of the influences on the contemporary built environment of individual buildings, the design of cities and past and present societies. Students will also be required to demonstrate a knowledge of the history and theories of urban design and related disciplines.
Skills:
Ability to analyse an urban context and the visual communication skills required to present such an analysis.
Content:
The Unit begins with 6 lectures introducing the ideas and ideals that have shaped European cities, and which focuses on specific historic UK cities as case studies. The second part of the Unit is carried out in studio AR30019 with students required to produce an illustration of the urban analysis of their site and illustrate how their building proposal responds and contributes to the urban context.

AR30112: Building services engineering

Credits: 3

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

While taking this unit you must take AR30073

Aims & Learning Objectives:
Aims: To enable the design of mechanical and electrical services. Objectives: To understand the techniques available to design various air conditioning systems and choice of suitable plant. To provide tools needed design principal electrical service distribution systems. To consider the design of utility systems within buildings.
Content:
Design of heating systems Design of mechanical ventilation systems Design of air conditioning systems Choice of cooling plant and methods of heat rejection, Design of Utility systems, Design of hot and cold water services, Gas distribution Telephones and communictions Waste systems and management. Design of electrical distribution systems, fault protection, harmonics, interference Emergency power generation Fire and security systems.

AR30114: Structures 4A

Credits: 3

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take AR20081

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To reinforce the understanding of architectural students in the role of statics in determining the form efficiency of structural systems.
Content:
A number of architectural projects with significant qualities in their structural engineering and conceptual realisation are examined in the context of their statical actions as a whole and the influence of these actions on the construction detailing.

AR30207: Bridge engineering 1

Credits: 3

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take AR30083

Aims: To develop an awareness and enthusiasm for the design, construction and assessment of various forms of bridge structures.
Learning Outcomes:
The successful student should be able to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the following subjects, and an ability to apply that knowledge and understanding in engineering design: the history of bridge engineering and lessons learned from intermittent bridge collapses; the choice of bridge types; bridge construction techniques and components; design loading on bridges; elastic and plastic analysis techniques; strength assessment of existing highway bridges.
Skills:
An ability to analyse and design bridge structures, through consideration of aesthetic, structural, construction and sustainability issues.
Content:
The history of bridge engineering, from stone arches and rope-suspension bridges to the wholly plastic Aberfeldy Bridge and the 2km long span Akashi Bridge.
Lessons learned from intermittent bridge collapses.
Bridge components and their nomenclature.
The choice of bridge types and suitability at specific sites for reasons of constructability, aesthetics, economics, function and available materials.
Issues involved in short, medium and long span bridge design.
Bridge construction techniques available for various applications, and design of the bridge to allow for easier construction.
Design loading on bridges, including dead, superimposed dead, traffic, wind, temperature, earthquake, etc.
Elastic and plastic analysis techniques available for the design of various forms of bridge structure.
Realistic strength assessment of existing highway bridges, so that needless demolition of adequate bridges may be prevented.
Bridges of the future, from short-span to the Messina Crossing.

AR30214: Project C3/M3

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment:

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take AR30073 and take AR30083

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To give students experience in developing a complex scheme working in teams with final year BSc architecture students or MArch students. At the end of the unit, the student should have demonstrated an ability to engage in interdisciplinary design of a complex scheme.
Content:
Precedent lectures are used to discuss relevant examples. The building or development project type will have more complex planning problems such as transportation, geotechnical and flood alleviation aspects, and potential for elegance in its structural solution and architectural function. There should be environmental conditions to consider, both external and internal - such as air conditioning/ natural ventilation to compare, and lighting and acoustic problems. Types of building complexes which are suitable include autitoria based (theatre, opera house, concert hall - all have potential for interesting structures, eg cable, domes, frameworks etc), museum (differing types from art galleries to 'Exploratory' type, and libraries, requiring exclusion of noise and good lighting ), industrial (eg brewery, with the process providing a problem), sports complex or transport interchange facilities. All have potential for interest functionally, structurally and visually as well as in services, and heavy foundation loads. The project will be tutored both by academic staff and industrial visiting tutors. The project is also intended to be competitive between groups (with each group consisting ideally of 2 architectural and 2 engineering students), and is the subject of a prize jury and presentation - known as the Basil Spence Prize. The BEng, MEng and Architectural students all participate in this interdisciplinary group project. The main distinction between the BEng (Project C3/1) and MEng (Project M3) is that MEng students are expected to apply their broader knowledge to the design, and to demonstrate leadership in the conceptual design stage.

AR30216: Management 5C

Credits: 3

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment:

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take AR30055

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To develop an increased depth of understanding of construction project management by the examination of case studies. At the end of the unit, the student should be able to demonstrate an awareness of a range of approaches, procedures and techniques, and should have begun to understand how they may be used in managing a construction project.
Content:
Case studies are presented to develop the student's awareness of the influence of the following issues on the management of design and construction. Note that these topics are not expected to be covered in detail, but rather in the context of the case study projects. Project management: Anatomy of a project, project boundaries, multi-project planning. Defining the project, the design brief. Leadership and teams, project organisation. Structure of a design team. Professional responsibilities within different structures. Operations management: Product, plant, processes, programs, people Introduction to operations research techniques: Queuing theory. Simulation. Linear programming. Dynamic programming. Contract procedures: Conditions of contract (ICE 5th and 6th ed., NEC), Parties to the contract, duties and responsibilities; running the contract, programmes, Certificates, durations; paying for work, variations, claims; disputes resolution. Quality Assurance: TQM (principles and practice); Implementing quality management in a construction firm. Risk analysis and management: Forecasting, sensitivity, mean expected values, decision strategies. Managing uncertainty and variation. Organisational change. 'New Thinking' in organisational theory and practice. Implementation in construction. Industrial relations Developments in the use of computers in construction management.

AR30229: Natural building materials & methods

Credits: 3

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take AR20082 and take AR20208

Aims: To develop an awareness of and enthusiasm for building design and construction using natural materials and methods, and develop understanding and ability.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this unit the successful student should be able to demonstrate:
* a broad understanding of the context, characteristics, manufacture and applications of natural building materials;
* sufficient knowledge and insight to design, specify and build with confidence using natural materials and methods.
Skills:
Evident from content and learning outcomes.
Content:
Outline the main issues of sustainability relating to building materials: environmental impact; CO2 emissions; embodied energy; recycling of materials; role of natural materials; vernacular building methods and appropriate technology. Designing to take account of unfamiliar material properties and appropriate construction methods; designing in the absence of prescriptive codes of practice. These issues are then considered in relation to the following material types and construction methods. Depth of coverage may vary between these areas, and additional materials/technologies may be introduced into or removed from the unit with the development of appropriate technologies. Earthen construction: adobe; rammed earth; cob; compressed block; wattle & daub; soil mortars; material suitability; stability; durability; manufacture; characteristics; applications; design; case studies. Timber construction: natural 'green' timber construction; properties & characteristics; production and treatments; building technology; applications; traditional connections; design; case studies. Natural fibre construction: bamboo; straw bale; grasses and leaves; wool; turf roofs; animal skins; properties and characteristics; applications; building technology; design principles; case studies. Natural binders: prozzolans; gypsum; lime; sulphur concrete; production and characteristics; techniques (lime motar; lime-crete); applications; design principles; case studies. Stone: materials (rock types); sources and extraction; environmental impact; properties; durability; applications (foundations, walls, roofs, and floors); design; case studies. Waste materials: waste paper and textiles; sewage sludge; coal wastes; blast furnace slag; bauxite waste; rubble; rice husks; coconut wastes; wood residues; water hyacinth; vegetable wastes; applications; case studies. Caves and underground dwellings; ice (igloos). A number of external expert speakers will be invited to deliver specialist lectures (e.g. timber construction; use of lime). In addition, site visit(s) will be arranged to inspect particular case studies (e.g. CAT, Wales). The coursework will comprise a small project in which students will be encouraged to innovate and explore further by designing a medium size building using entirely natural materials.

AR30231: Advanced composites in construction

Credits: 3

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW20EX80

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take AR30084

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To develop an awareness and enthusiasm for (i) the design and construction of fibre-reinforced polymer structures and (ii) the repair and strengthening of existing structures in order to prolong the life of our infrastructure. At the end of this course, the successful student should be able to decide on the feasibility and appropriateness of the use of fibre-reinforced polymers for specific design applications. In particular, the student will have understanding of the issues involved in the design of polymeric structures, the design of concrete structures with polymeric reinforcement and the design of strengthening schemes for structures and buildings.
Content:
Lecture 1: General introduction to Advanced Composites, their properties, advantages and disadvantages, manufacturing processes, case studies. Lecture 2: Fibre-reinforced plastics (FRPs), wholly polymeric structures, design issues, modular construction. Lecture 3: FRP as internal concrete reinforcement, general design issues, durability, flexural design, ductility. Lecture 4: FRP as internal concrete reinforcement, shear design issues, detailing issues, fire, creep, fatigue. Lecture 5: FRP as internal prestress for concrete, external prestress via polymeric ropes, novel reinforcement layouts. Lecture 6: FRP strengthening of concrete structures for flexure. Lecture 7: FRP strengthening of bridges for shear; use of sheets, bars and plate. Lecture 8: FRP strengthening of columns and piers for earthquake and/or vehicle impact, ductility issues, confinement issues with non-circular sections. Lecture 9: FRP strengthening of timber, steel, iron, masonry and other structures; sustainability, economics of FRPs.

Credits: 6

Level: Masters

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims: To emphasise the role of architectural design and planning in an urban, European context. To encourage an understanding of the historical and cultural evolution of the city being studied and provide an overview - through text and drawings - of its present condition.
Learning Outcomes:
Students who have completed this unit should be able to demonstrate through drawings, models and written reports an understanding of the relationship between individual buildings and the development of a particular city.
Skills:
An ability to work as part of a group; the critical assessment of information, and its clear communication.
Content:
The exploration of architecture within a European urban context explored through Architectural Design. The unit involves a short fieldtrip to study a European town or city. Collection by groups of visual, historical, social and cultural information relating to its urban development. Presentation by groups of drawings photographs and models of the past and present character and future potential of the area. Written documentation as necessary supportive of visual and verbal presentations. Specialist expertise will be provided by visiting Architectural, Landscape, Environmental and Structural Engineering consultants, and visiting design critics will be invited at appropriate times during the project.

AR40100: Natural building materials & methods

Credits: 6

Level: Masters

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims: To develop an awareness and enthusiasm for building design and construction using natural materials and methods. To develop and understanding and design ability using natural building techniques.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this Unit the successful students should be able to demonstrate: a broad understanding of the context, characteristics, manufacture and applications of natural building materials; sufficient knowledge and insight to design, specify and build with confidence using natural materials and methods.
Skills:
Research, construction of models.
Content:
Precedent lectures, including invited guest speakers covering: climate change, sustainable development, environmental impact of building materials; natural alternatives; Stone; Earth; Pozzolans; Natural binders; Underground dwellings; Ice; Lime construction; Natural fibres (including straw, grass, hemp, reeds); Green oak and round pole construction; Bamboo; Recycled natural products; Natural building materials and building regulation requirements. Design exercise joint with MEng structural engineering students.

AR40101: Management 5

Credits: 3

Level: Masters

Semester: 2

Assessment: ES100

Requisites:

Aims: This unit aims to:
* provide an advanced study of the practice of architecture, and the professional role of the Architect. demonstrate the need for advance planning in the cost of construction works, and for the combined control of expenditure.
* develop an understanding of estimating procedures, cost analyses and the impact of design changes upon costs.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit students should be able to:
* develop and apply appropriate contracts of appointment.
* explain and relate to the nature of cost planning and the use of viability studies.
* outline the principles of cost control, cost benefit analysis, cost-in-use and life cycle costing.
Skills:
Intellectual skills
To problem solve through role playing - facilitated and assessed
To understand and analysis taught material - taught
Professional/Practical skills
To develop an ability to address $ùlive&© design management issues - taught and assessed
Transferable/key skills
To synthesis and critically review taught and read material - facilitated and assessed
To communicate ideas and analyses in writing - facilitated and assessed
Content:
This unit is designed to provide the students with a detailed understanding of how architects carry out their professional responsibilities according to the demands of current legislation and RIBA practice guidelines. The unit contains the following content:
1. Look at sources of work, types of clients, the appointment process, management and design process, role playing the client/architect relationship.
2. Contracts of appointment, codes of conduct, fees, consultants, collateral warranties, registration acts.
3. The RIBA Job Book, Planning ahead, pricing the job, tendering procedures for the architect, communication in the office, feedback and development.
4. The nature of cost planning and the preparation and use of viability studies.
5. Estimates of capital construction cost and cost analyses.
6. Impact of design on cost and principles of cost control.
7. Cost reporting procedures and preparation of final accounts.
8. Cost benefit analysis, cost-in-use and life cycle costing.

AR40103: Landscape & ecology

Credits: 3

Level: Masters

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims: To create an awareness of the physical environment around buildings, and to demonstrate a range of appropriate measures for modifying this environment, through passive and active, visual and technical means.
Learning Outcomes:
Students who have completed this unit will be able to demonstrate in an essay, and in relation to a specific building type in the design project being explored in Design Studio 5.2, the impact of Landscape & Ecology on architectural design. An acquaintance with general concepts in ecology and facts related to a specific case study should also be achieved by the students.
Skills:
Independent research; communication of information.
Content:
The unit will comprise of introductory lectures relating prevalent landscape and ecological attitudes to the context of the urban situation being studied in Design Studio 5.2. Tutorials will develop individual and group responses to such issues by students in the context of design problems that are part of the studio work.

AR40105: History & theory of architecture 5

Credits: 6

Level: Masters

Semester: 2

Assessment: ES100

Requisites:

While taking this unit you must take AR40099

Aims: To provide an investigation of Architectural Theory and History in the post-war period in three parts. The course will begin with an historical survey of a selection of debates from the last forty years. It will examine four themes within contemporary theory and identify proponents. The final third is to encourage individual interests and group work in history and theory.
Learning Outcomes:
Students who have completed this unit should be able to demonstrate the utilization of a major theme in architectural theory and history in the critical appraisal of practice; demonstrate an understanding of the contemporary built environment as filtered through assigned texts, and to set out a critical appraisal of the arguments presented; research an architectural topic of theoretical/speculative interest.
Skills:
Research, part guided, part independent; presenting arguments coherently in written English.
Content:
A written seminar paper of not more than 3,000 words will be presented by the student with a structured argument based on material of the course. It will be complete with bibliographic references at an appropriate academic standard.

AR40106: Dissertation (MArch)

Credits: 15

Level: Masters

Semester: 1

Assessment: DS100

Requisites:

Aims: To provide an opportunity for students to study an aspect of the history, theory or practice of architecture in depth, and to present this material primarily in written form. The dissertation is to take the form of an academic piece of writing structured with a clear argument that reaches a balanced conclusion. The dissertation should be written as a balanced review of archive material, or as a survey of a building and/or associated products.
Learning Outcomes:
Students who have completed this unit should be able to demonstrate their use of written English and communication skills to present their powers of reasoning and expression in relation to the findings of their research into the agreed topic.
Skills:
Independent research; considered response to tutorials; exposition of argumentation in clear, written English.
Content:
Emphasis is to be placed on the cultural context of architecture, with particular respect to the history, theory and urban design of architecture; this might include, within 'cultural context', a critical appraisal and history of communication techniques ranging from traditional projections (perspective, model, 2D) to CAD. The dissertation is to be on a theme selected by the candidate and agreed to by the dissertation co-ordinators. It is to be written in English, have a maximum length of 10,000 words, and be illustrated as necessary. It is to be properly referenced, provided with a full bibliography and bound.

Level: Masters

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Credits: 6

Level: Masters

Modular: no specific semester

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

In taking this unit you cannot take AR50132

Aims: To seek to:
* Review the design and construction process, the management of the process and the information needed to carry it out;
* Examine the past and present roles of those involved in building design;
* Explore opportunities for the future;
* Understand the management of information and knowledge data in projects and the technologies which assist with such management.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Understand the process of designing and the particular characteristics of building design;
* Discuss the influences on design decisions and the effects of planning and legislation;
* Reconcile design with necessary construction processes;
* Understand the need for systematic analysis and control of information;
* Understand the different flow pattern of information during the construction period;
* Appreciate some of the effects of IT on information flow throughout the processes of design and construction;
* Prepare for the wider usage of e-business in the construction sector.
Skills:
Intellectual skills
* To problem solve through an evolving case study - facilitated and assessed.
* To understand and analysis taught material - taught.
Professional/Practical skills
* Ability to create a design and information plan for a defined construction project - taught and assessed.
Transferable/Key skills
* To synthesis and critically review taught material - facilitated and assessed.
* To communicate ideas, analyses in writing - facilitated and assessed.
Content:
Design practice management, theory of design, activity of deisgn, design stages, process change, flow of design information, CAD and its implications, IT and its implications, integration of IT systems, managing IT systems.

AR50296: Environmental management in construction

Credits: 6

Level: Masters

Modular: no specific semester

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims: To seek to show:
* The challenge that the environmental agenda presents to the construction industry.
* The nature of the political and legal responses to the challenge.
* The nature of the construction industry response to the challenge.
* The match between the challenge and the political, legal and construction responses.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Appreciate the challenge that the environmental agenda presents to the construction industry and the response to that challenge.
* Understand the principles of 'best practice' environmental management.
* Carry out an environmental impact assessment [EIA] of a chosen site.
* Create an environmental mangement system [EMS] for a medium size construction project.
Skills:
Intellectual skills
* To problem solve through an evolving case study - facilitated and assessed.
* To understand and analysis taught material - taught.
Professional/Practical skills
* Ability to apply environmental management concepts relevant to construction - taught and assessed.
* Ability to write an EIA - taught and assessed.
* Ability to create an EMS - taught and assessed.
Transferable/Key skills
* To synthesis and critically review taught material - facilitated and assessed.
* To communicate ideas, analyses in writing - facilitated and assessed.
Content:
Sustainable development, the environmental challenge, environmental impact of development, legislation principles, methods of response, environmental supply chain management, scenarios and opportunities for recycling during inception, design and construction.

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