Course syllabus

Architecture, Basic Course A1
Arkitektur, baskurs A (åk 1)

AAHA01, 9.0 credits, G1 (First Cycle)

Valid for: 2024/25
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering LTH
Decided by: PLED A
Date of Decision: 2024-04-16
Effective: 2024-05-08

General Information

Main field: Architecture Depth of study relative to the degree requirements: First cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Mandatory for: A1
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish

Aim

One of four basic courses during the student’s first two years, this course aims to give him or her step-by-step a basic knowledge and ability to use an architect’s equipment and understand the arts of giving architectural form and perceiving spatial conditions, and how individual buildings and towns are technically built and used.

The student learns how with these means to give form to buildings or built environments in a spatial context by working and investigating creatively, to take account of various factors in expressing architectural ideas; and to use drawings, sketches, models, written texts and images to communicate with others.

This course (Course A) emphasizes the architecture of residential apartments and how it relates to those who live in them.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

Contents

Teaching proceeds in lectures, projects, exercises, seminars, study trips, workshops and written work. The main emphasis is on teaching students to consider and present what they have learned in the form of drawings, models, sketches, images, texts and other relevant media. At the end of each term each student’s work is assembled in a portfolio that is used in a pedagogic discussion with him or her.

The project work and exercises of this course include theory, analysis and applied gestalt of a dwelling in a known context, in which its spatial qualities—movement within it, the proportions of its rooms, its light, functions, dimensions and social aspects—are investigated. In addition, students are taught how to use computers and other technical means, including artistic techniques

Examination details

Grading scale: UG - (U, G) - (Fail, Pass)
Assessment:

To obtain a passing mark, all submission requirements must be met, all projects and exercises must be submitted, approved and compiled in a portfolio. In addition, the student must have at least 80% attendance at workshops, lectures and scheduled practice time and supervision. The examination will take place both individually and based on group work. Project tasks must be submitted in advance before the examination and will be examined at a critique where the student first presents their project orally to the student group and then the project is discussed by an assessment group.


The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.

Modules
Code: 0108. Name: Architecture, Basic Course A1.
Credits: 9.0. Grading scale: UG - (U, G).

Admission

The number of participants is limited to: No
Kursen överlappar följande kurser: AAH131 AAHA05

Reading list

Contact

Course coordinator: Jesus Mateo, jesus.mateo@arkitektur.lth.se
Teacher: René Andersson , rene.andersson@arkitektur.lth.se
Course coordinator: Erik Tonning Jensen, erik_tonning.jensen@abm.lth.se
Teacher: Jenny Fröslee Jonsson, jenny.froslee_jonsson@abm.lth.se