About the Courses
Top reasons to study with us
Solve today’s biggest challenges – Our environmental impact will have repercussions for the future of the planet and the built environment. This pioneering course prepares you to tackle those challenges head on, with solid architectural and environmental design skills.
Enjoy outstanding facilities – Our facilities are world class and include a fabrication laboratory, open-plan studios and an extensive library.
Taught by an experienced team – You'll be taught by a dedicated group of experienced architectural practitioners, world-renowned scholars, and engineers.
Stimulating learning environment You'll benefit from a rich, varied culture that broadens architectural horizons, develops professional creativity and fosters entrepreneurial spirit .
Access wider career paths – Graduates of this
Top reasons to study with us
Solve today’s biggest challenges – Our environmental impact will have repercussions for the future of the planet and the built environment. This pioneering course prepares you to tackle those challenges head on, with solid architectural and environmental design skills.
Enjoy outstanding facilities – Our facilities are world class and include a fabrication laboratory, open-plan studios and an extensive library.
Taught by an experienced team – You'll be taught by a dedicated group of experienced architectural practitioners, world-renowned scholars, and engineers.
Stimulating learning environment You'll benefit from a rich, varied culture that broadens architectural horizons, develops professional creativity and fosters entrepreneurial spirit .
Access wider career paths – Graduates of this course can practise as architectural and environmental designers after gaining the RIBA Part 1 qualification.
Satisfied students – 100% of students thought the course was “intellectually stimulating". (Source: Discover Uni, accessed in November 2020)
Central London location – London and all its architectural riches will be your extended classroom, right on your doorstep.
Modules
The Foundation year offers four studio-based modules which include Recording Place, Making Practices, Reading Spaces and the Major Project. The latter is a design challenge that asks students to draw on skills and interests ignited by their earlier studio-based work and topics explored in the Foundation Pathway Modules. The work from this project will form the centrepiece of the final exhibition showcasing the students' skills and creative visions.
Subjects of study include:
Critical Thinking for Academic and Professional Development
Introduction to Academic Practice
Major Project
Making Practices
Reading Spaces
Recording Place
Sensing the Environment
In your first year, you will learn about architectural design and environmental principles, and learn the evidence-informed approach and the quantification skills which will enable you to evaluate design proposals. You will acquire fundamental skills (technical, design and representation skills) through your personal experience of architectural space.
Typical subject areas covered will include:
Introduction to Design Skills
Introduction to Design Practice
Design Project
A History of Architecture
Environmental Design and Principles of Building Physics
Transformation and Application
In your second year, you will consolidate and apply the architectural and environmental principles and skills acquired in Year 1 to a wider context, moving from the personal space to the remit of the building and its surroundings.
Typical subject areas covered will include:
Design in Cities
Material Studies and Environmental Design
Designing in Extreme Climatic Conditions
Zero-Plus Energy Buildings
Architectural History & Urbanism
Climate, Energy and Architecture
This course gives you the opportunity to take a year in industry (work placement) after completing the second year of your study. This will help you gain work experience and increase your chances of employability after you graduate.
Students who complete their placement year successfully will have the additional wording appended to their degree title, for example, "BSc (Hons) Architecture and Environmental Design with Professional Experience".
Stepping out and Making
In your year-long thesis project, you will focus on the design of an architectural proposition and the making and testing of prototype/component. This will prepare you to step out into practice with confidence in architectural and environmental design and the use of various advanced building performance prediction and testing tools.
Typical subject areas will include:
Architecture, Climate Change and the Planetary Emergency
Final Thesis Project
Prototype Fabrication and Testing
Professional Practice
Environmental and Energy Performance