Architecture 4 Transformation

Through systematic field investigation the student will get to know the building´s distinctiveness and characteristics. Project design based on field investigation, lectures, theoretical studies and discussions on the topic.

Knowledge: Basic knowledge in field investigation of existing buildings, and in the assessment of the building's limits and possibilities. A basic understanding of how to arrange content such as descriptions, drawings, photos etc. in practice. The student should also have basic knowledge of project design for improving existing buildings.

Skills: The student should be able to measure a building with analog tools as well as reflect on the accuracy and tolerance of the methods. Basic knowledge of digital methods and the understanding of when they can be useful. The student should also have basic skills in transformative design. A brief course in 3D CAD design will be given.

General Competence: Develop insight and respect as a professional and be able to reflect critically over one's own and other's work. Develop and understanding for the role of an architect with cross-disciplinary interests. Take initiative and resonsponsibility for one's own learning and professional development.

Basic learning activities are problem based. The student are doing excercises and developing projects based on field investigation, source investigation, lectures, guidance, project work, discussions and reflection. Relevant choices of change based on careful attention to resource use in a perspective of sustainability. UN sustainability goals numbers 11, Sustainable cities and communities, and 12, Responsible consumption and production, are especially in focus, together with the distinctiveness of the building.

The course coordinator must inform students at the start of the semester if an excursion will be conducted. Students who take part in the excursion must expect to pay a participation fee. This is not the same as fieldwork, which is mandatory and free of charge. Students who do not participate in the excursion will be offered an alternative teaching arrangement.