BA (Hons) Architecture [ARB/RIBA Part I]
3 years full-time (UCAS Code K100)
BA Units 2022-23
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The BA (Hons) Architecture course is a first step in a professional career in architecture. The course offers students a range of approaches to architectural design through studio-based tutorial groups, or ‘Units’. Each Unit explores a different aspect of architectural design, ranging from new technologies, emerging social conditions and contemporary cultural contexts, to more abstract aesthetic and theoretical concerns.
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Within each year of the course, design accounts for 50% of the marks with a central emphasis on developing high level design skills and the ability to create and communicate complex architectural ideas. Students explore the visual and tactile world, learning visual and drawing skills and the use of computer software. Design projects are supported by studies in the history of architecture, sustainability, architectural practice, contemporary theory and technology.
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Themes for design work are set at the start of each academic year; critiques of student work are made at the middle and end of each semester. Visits to art galleries, museums and important buildings and lectures by eminent speakers are vital to the course. Students are encouraged to attend field courses abroad, usually during the second and final years.
For undergraduate application deadlines please refer to dates outlined on www.UCAS.com. However, late applications will also be considered.
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Archived Unit Briefs
BA Units 2021-22
- BA Unit 1: Vestige. Pascal Bronner & Thomas Hillier
- BA Unit 2: Overwrote: Architecture and the Palimpsest. Sean McAlister & Ian Pollard
- BA Unit 3: Out of Office. Alex Bilton & George King
- BA Unit 4: F.E.N.S. II. Andrew Lavelle & Jonathan Walker
- BA Unit 5: Architectures of Deception. Mark Davies & Mark Hatter
- BA Unit 6: The Great Outdoors. Matt Chan & Emily Yeung
- BA Unit 7: Making/Unmaking/Remaking. Yorgos Loizos & Ned Scott
- BA Unit 8: La Citta Invisibili. Jen Wan & Eric Wong
BA Units 2020-21
- BA Unit 1: Translations: A Public Life. Benni Allan & Kieran Hawkins
- BA Unit 2: Global Localisation – The New World Dis-Order. Anja Kempa & Louis Sullivan
- BA Unit 3: The Geography of Thought. Alex Bilton & George King
- BA Unit 4: Atlas. Susanne Isa & Nick Elias
- BA Unit 5: Domesti(city). Mark Davies & Chris Roberts
- BA Unit 7: Future-Proof. Yorgos Loizos & Ned Scott
- BA Unit 8: Recreation. Mark Hatter & Jen Wan
BA Units 2019-20
- BA Unit 1: Plus Minus: Living in Crisis. Benni Allan & Kieran Hawkins
- BA Unit 2: Shop Shop: Value, Exchange: What is architecture worth? Sean McAlister & Pravin Ghosh
- BA Unit 3: Alchemy. George King, Irene Astrain & Yeena Yoon
- BA Unit 4: Species & Being. Susanne Isa & Nick Elias
- BA Unit 7: Inside Out. Yorgos Loizos & Ned Scott
- BA Unit 8: Home Truths. Mark Hatter & Jen Wan
BA Units 2018-19
- BA Unit 1 :: Reduce Reuse :: Benni Allan / Kieran Hawkins
- BA Unit 3 :: Designing Fast and Slow :: George King / Yeena Yoon
- BA Unit 4 :: Ark Albion Revisited :: isa/elias
- BA Unit 6 :: Somers Town Stories :: Tom Noonan and Yianni Kattirtzis
- BA Unit 7 :: Curtain Twitching :: Yorgos Loizos / Ned Scott
- BA Unit 8 :: Seeing as Believing – The Constructed View :: Mark Hatter / Jen Wan
BA Units 2017-18
- BA Unit 1 :: IN-BETWEEN :: BENNI ALLAN / KIERAN HAWKINS
- BA Unit 2 + 5 :: The Rogue Film School :: Jonathan Walker + Pedro Gil + Stephanie Reid
- BA Unit 3 :: Artificial Future :: George King+ Yeena Yoon
- BA Unit 4 :: Weight + Measure :: Susanne Isa + Mark Hatter
- BA Unit 6 :: DELIRIOUS LONDON. A celebration of London :: Rahesh Ram + Tom Noonan
- BA Unit 7 :: Palimpsest :: Yorgos Loizos and Ned Scott
BA Units 2016-17
- BA Unit 1 :: Charged Edges / Charged Spaces :: Kieran Hawkins / Tim Norman
- BA Unit 2 :: The People’s Republic of Elephant & Castle :: Pedro Gil / Christo Meyer
- BA Unit 3 :: Monumentum :: David Shanks / Yeena Yoon
- BA Unit 4 :: Plan B for the Common[s] :: Hatter / Isa
- BA Unit 5 :: Soho Entertainment Palace Entertainment Palace :: SZCZEPANIAK / WALKER
- BA Unit 6 :: Imaginary Explorations: Experiment No. 2 :: Rahesh Ram / Tom Noonan
- BA Unit 7 :: Time Crimes in the Garden of Pleasure :: Dr Shaun Murray / Simon Withers / Yorgos Loizos