Curriculum - Amsterdam Academy of Architecture

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YEAR 1

Expanding spatial thinking, practice desing skills, building a library of references, clearly defined projects, introduction to research & writing methods

YEAR 2

Introducing disciplinary focus, strategic thinking and complex methods, layered multifunctional design and research projects

YEAR 3

Learning to use design & research to relate to large societal themes, connecting across disciplines & fields of knowledge, experiments in design & research, building critical design thinking & speculative skills

YEAR 4

Graduation project; a subject of your own choice, self organised and developed to a complete design & research project

FUNDAMENTALS

Unlearning, Scenography, Open Realm, Justice by Design, Forms of Knowledge, Urban Degrowth, Neighbourhood as A Resource, Natureculture, More Than Human, Ecosystems,

BUILDING ECOLOGIES

Relational Thinking, Material Ecologies, Post-Growth Mapping and Design Tools, Social Ecosystems, City as a Resource, Digital Networks, Nature Inclusive Design, Soil and Water Base Design,

MULTIPLICITY

Research & Design, Collaborations, Narratives (in Design and Writing), Relating to Societal Themes,

POSITIONING

Defined and developed in individual graduation proposals

Urbanism

Architecture and Urbanism Architecture

Architecture and Urbanism and Landscape Architecture

Urbanism and Landscape Architecture

Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Landscape Architecture

P5/o5 Research and Design

P6/ o6 Narrative

P1b Scenography

O2a Forms of Knowledge

O2a Urban Degrowth Research

P2b Neighbourhood As a Resource

O3 Post­ Growth Mapping and Design Tools

P3 City As a Resource O4b Metropolis and Urban Region

EL Elective Programme

GC Graduation Clinic

P2a Typologies of Spatial Justice P1b Open Realm T1, T2 Landscape Analysis And Urban Space

P1a Unlearning

O1 Methods

T1,T2 Constructional Design

P3/O3 On Housing

P4/O4 Building Ecologies

C1 Foundations and Reflection

V1a Material

V1b Form

C2 Book and Debating Club

V2a Time

O2b Ecosystems Thinking V2b Context

R1, R2 Reflective Competence

IC Intercultural Competence

C3 Practices Of Commoning R3, R4, R 5, R6 Reflective Competence

P4 Soil And Water­based Design

P2b NatureCulture

O4a Regional Research P2a Landscape Dynamics

O2a Fieldwork I

P3 The City As A Garden

O3a Nature-inclusive Design

O3b Nature-inclusive Practice

O4b Fieldwork II

C4 Digital Perspectives

C5 Narrative and Research Tools

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