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Syllabus Summary

BAGS6101 ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN I

7 credits Students will design a cultural building and apply relevant passive design strategies; and design
a complex building within an urban context. This course entails possible collaboration with
students from other institution.

At the end of the course, students are able to:
1. Summarize precedent studies on climactically responsive buildings.
2. Apply passive design strategies on the architectural solutions of a small cultural building
typology.
3. Integrate green building approach into a project related to a complex building typology.
4. Design appropriate architectural solutions comprising drawings and models incorporating the
architectural project issues that comprise sustainable design strategies.

BAGS6102 ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN II

7 credits Students will design and affordable high-density housing project; focus on the psychological and
physiological aspects of a human being, communal living and socio-cultural issues and; apply
theories and principles of housing design such as defensible spaces, security by design, crime
prevention through environmental design (CPTED) and clustering or block grouping to
accelerate social interaction

At the end of the course, students are able to:
1. Summarize lessons learned from research on precedent studies into a project brief of
complex buildings or high density housing in an urban context.
2. Apply building statutory and other development requirements, taking into consideration the
feasibility study to inform and justify the viability of the project.
3. Share views and opinions academically through discussions with people from different
cultural backgrounds or related disciplines.
4. Design appropriate architectural solutions comprising drawings and models incorporating
the architectural project issues which comprises of site planning, contextual studies, social-
cultural issues and universal design.

BAGS6203 PRE THESIS RESEARCH

3 credits Students will conduct an in depth study to form a viable and suitable architectural design thesis
project with adequate complexity; involve identification, analysis and development of the
proposal for the design thesis project and; verbally present their proposals with appropriate
visuals accompanied with a written document. This written document will be the foundation for
the design thesis project in the following semesters.

At the end of the course, students are able to:
1. Determine the conceptual framework based on research topic to assist the formulation of a
design brief.
2. Prepare a comprehensive report for proposed topic.
3. Justify selection of design topic / project.