Architecture

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Course summary

- Participate in an innovative learning experience focussing on critical design, ecological attitudes and the role of architecture in society.

- Explore diverse, cutting-edge forms of architectural practice.

- Develop a local and global understanding of the subject.

- Engage in exciting projects alongside diverse communities, organisations and architects.

On this three-year course you will develop a sophisticated and progressive approach to architectural design. Teaching and design projects are centred on a set of priorities that include social and ethical architectural practice, user and community participation, environmental sustainability, ecological forms of construction, and innovative and alternative models of architectural practice. The course promotes and delivers excellence in building and urban design, and explores architecture as a complex, interdisciplinary and dynamic ecology. You’ll graduate not only with a Part 2 architecture qualification, but with a rigorously developed and creatively explored position within the discipline.

The course shares common modules with the 2-year full-time MArch course and the Degree Apprenticeship MArch course and is designed for students who want to work alongside their study.

How you learn

At Sheffield Hallam, all our courses are designed to engage you with the world and challenge you to think in new ways. You’ll get to collaborate with others, and you’ll be taught in a supportive environment where you can thrive.

You'll experience creative studio teaching culture, and develop critical skills for a future career in architecture.

We use our extensive local, national and international networks of architects to inspire and inform your work — allowing you to explore the subject in all its diversity.

The course provides a friendly, supportive and yet challenging experience, to which your own input and expertise is essential. Based around principles of collaboration, the course has three main agendas: The Praxis of Architecture, Social and Political Design, and Ecological Architecture.

You learn through

- design portfolio

- lectures

- workshop sessions

- coursework

- exhibitions

- essays and reports

- field trips and practice visits

Applied learning

Live projects

All of the design modules are embedded in existing communities, in the UK or abroad, and your design project will engage directly with these conditions before exploring creative future scenarios and architectural strategies and interventions. You will work with a range of actors including local community members, architects and other design professionals, artists and local authorities.

Field trips

Throughout the course, you’ll undertake field trips to witness a diverse range of architectural projects and organisations who work at the cutting edge of architectural practice and debate.

Networking opportunities

The school's national and international network allows you many opportunities to network with students, academics and practicing architects. The Praxis trip to London provides the opportunity to visit a range of leading, innovative, architectural practices.