TCP1018 : Design Awareness and Communication
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Dr Natalia Villamizar Duarte
- Lecturer: Mr Martin Bonner
- Owning School: Architecture, Planning & Landscape
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
Over the module the student will gain a broad understanding of visualisation techniques, how to communicate technical information through drawing and Urban Design analysis. Although it will not be broached in the first year the hope would be the student would begin to appreciate, through their own analysis, why the environment they have chosen is successful.
Outline Of Syllabus
The module explores the ways in which designs can be presented visually in the form of technical drawings and visualisations and gives the student to tools to create their own versions of these. The students will choose an existing building to create an elevational drawing and ‘street scape’ visualisation for. The syllabus will cover;
- The need for visual medium in planning/architecture/design
- The difference between visualisations and technical drawing
- Introduction to the assignment and Sketchup
- How to survey a house for their assignment.
- How to create a street using a map and their house as a component off the street
- Creating Planning Drawings using Sketchup Layout
- Creating a A1 poster using InDesign, creating location diagram, importing images.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structured Guided Learning | Lecture materials | 8 | 1:00 | 8:00 | Weeks 1-8 - PiP |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 9 | 0:20 | 3:00 | Group tutorials week 1-9 - PiP |
| Guided Independent Study | Skills practice | 8 | 4:00 | 32:00 | Week 1-8 |
| Guided Independent Study | Project work | 1 | 55:00 | 55:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Module talk | 1 | 2:00 | 2:00 | N/A |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
A mixture of of small lectures outlining the learning goals for the next stage of the course are backed up by (Guided Learning) material with group tutorials used to cover any issues which may have arisen.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design/Creative proj | 1 | M | 100 | Scale plan and elevation drawing of a specified building |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
This is a design project and is assessed as visual presentation.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- TCP1018's Timetable