BA (Hons) Architecture
Ravensbourne University London
Key Information
Campus location
Greenwich Peninsula, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
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Introduction
Shape society through your creative vision.
Through this architecture degree course, you will take inspiration from art, philosophy and technology to explore the spaces and places we inhabit. With access to gold-standard facilities and the highest-calibre teaching, you will develop your own creative vision by exploring the role architecture plays in shaping our society.
Why study this architecture degree?
- Develop your own creative vision and refine your design skills
- Outstanding teaching from senior industry experts
- Tap into direct contacts to the architecture industry
- Cutting-edge facilities in an award-winning building
- Build a sophisticated, industry-quality portfolio
- Unparalleled opportunities in a design specialist institution
- The excellent post-graduation employment rate
- Contemporary, challenging and future-facing creative projects
- Develop a broad understanding of practical and theoretical themes
Revolutionise the fabric of our society
From private buildings to public spaces, architecture plays a crucial role in the fabric of society, shaping our towns and cities and influencing how we live, work and play. It’s a field in which your creative visions can make a huge impact on our everyday lives.
In graduating from this esteemed architecture course in London, you will possess multidisciplinary knowledge and vital transferable skills, which will prepare you for a career within the many threads of architecture. These include urban design, housing and office design, planning, building conservation, architectural heritage and community development.
Whether you are an aspiring architect or building conservationist, this architecture degree will escalate your understanding of both the practical and theoretical aspects of architecture, its history and philosophy, as well as its role in contemporary culture, urbanism, construction, structural design and environmental design. You will study the design of buildings and the technical aspects of construction, as well as how architecture relates to all aspects of our lives.
During the three-year degree in architecture, you’ll learn through a mix of problem-based outcomes, design studio tutoring, workshops and traditional lectures. Ultimately, you will discover your architectural vision, refine your design skills and emerge with a sophisticated portfolio of work, so you can stand tall in the global architectural marketplace.
Ideal Students
Aspiring architects and building conservationists inquisitive about how our spaces can both reflect and shape how we live.
Curriculum
Year 1
Students will build skills in architectural computer graphics, basic principles of structure and design and basic research skills.
They will begin to think about professional enterprise and angles on problems of the built environment. We encourage students to start thinking about their contextual studies research.
Year 2
Students will gain a greater understanding of urban design, branded environments, rehabilitation projects, and the history of the city. This will allow them to enhance their practice and develop their approach to design work.
We set briefs that encourage students to collaborate with other students and create work as part of a design team.
Year 3
Students will bring their learning together in a final negotiated major project, where you will investigate and make architectural design decisions. They will carry out a negotiated project which takes the form of a live brief.
We ask students to show their contextual studies research and thinking in a long-form dissertation.
Students will leave with a portfolio that shows their skills in areas of entry-level architecture.
Key study topics
- Experiment and explore architectural form-making.
- Parametric and computer-generated design.
- Techniques for designing structures and rapid prototyping.
- Architectural history, theory and context.
- Business enterprise for design and regulatory frameworks.
- New developments in urban design.
- New developments in architecture/design projects around the world.
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Career Opportunities
The course will provide students with multi-disciplinary knowledge and vital transferable skills across the following strands of architecture:
- Urban design
- Housing and office design
- Planning
- Building conservation
- Achitectural heritage
- Community development