UWTSD | BSc Architecture

School of Architecture

Swansea

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Welcome to UWTSD Swansea UWTSD was ranked 1st out of 45 institutions for ‘Host Friends’.

Source: (making local friends when arriving on campus). Global International Student Barometer and Student Barometer, Autumn Wave 2016

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Swansea’s a vibrant city offering the opportunities and excitement of urban living with the laidback vibe of seaside life.

You are never far from a beach or the river at our campuses, while there’s shopping, sport, culture and nightlife on your doorstep too.

Wind Street, with its trendy bars and clubs, is known for its nightlife. There are historic pubs and plenty of restaurants too.

The Liberty Stadium, a few miles outside the city centre, is home to top-flight football and rugby, with Swansea City AFC and the Ospreys.

The Uplands, a short stroll from the city centre, has been named one of the hippest places in the UK. It has a popular monthly outdoor market and a variety of trendy, upmarket bars and restaurants.

Follow Swansea promenade toward the lighthouse and you will find yourself in Mumbles. It’s a picturesque seaside village which has developed a reputation for fine food. Opened in 1898 its pier has long been a traditional seaside destination.

Mumbles is the gateway to the spectacular Gower peninsula, the first designated area of outstanding natural beauty in the UK, home to around 50 unspoiled beaches, coves and bays.

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Studying in Swansea The Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Engineering is based in the heart of Swansea and offers you both the vibrancy, opportunities and excitement of city living and the delights of beach life.

University is an exciting time. Choosing where you go and what sort of education you’ll get while your there is one of the most important choices you will make.

UWTSD ranked highly in national survey for students’ ‘academic experience’

Top 20

Best UK Universities for academic experience

13th in the UK

for helpful/interested staff

20th in the UK for

tuition in small groups

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4th in the UK

for good personal relationships with teaching staff

9th in the UK

for high-quality staff/lectures

Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2017

Our Values

Cutting-Edge Research

Collaboration ∙ Inclusivity ∙ Employability ∙ Sustainable Development ∙ Wales and its distinctiveness ∙ The concept of Global Citizenship ∙ Research and its impact on policy.

Much of our research is industrially focused and often ‘near-to-market’. This provides a real-world environment that often requires tight timescales.

Knowledge and Know-how Technical subjects and applied sciences with strong emphasis on links with industry partners and practice-based learning.

Professional Development Important life-skills are developed through our programmes, strengthening confidence, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Excellent Student Support We have a first-class Student Services department providing high-quality information, advice, guidance, practical and emotional support to enable all students to reach their full potential.

Dedicated Academic Staff We are a teaching-led Faculty and our academic staff have many years of industry experience.

We participate in national research collaborations, including the Low Carbon Research Institute(LCRI), High Performance Computing (HPC) and the ASTUTE project in Manufacturing Engineering.

Personal Tutors Our lecturers are visible and contactable and all of our students have personal tutors.

An Entrepreneurial University UWTSD topped the UK Partner’s Leaderboard for the number of entrepreneurship activities during both the 2014, 2015 and 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Small Class Sizes At UWTSD you are able to interact in small class sizes enriching learning and problem solving through relevant debate and discussion.

Move with FACE to SA1 Swansea Waterfront SA1 Swansea Waterfront is the University’s £300m development in the heart of the city.

Our Faculty is moving in 2018 to a new location in the heart of Swansea’s vibrant SA1 waterfront, developed in partnership with Welsh Government, City & County of Swansea, business and industry, to boost graduate employment and transform the learning environment for our students.

This exciting new space will provide purpose-built facilities for learning, teaching and applied research as well as social, leisure and recreation spaces in a prime waterfront location.

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The new development is geared to giving you a superb location in which to study, excellent equipment and facilities and outstanding opportunities for networking, so you will be ready for success when you graduate.

Melin Consultancy are carrying out the BREEAM assessment on the New SA1 Campus for the Faculty from now until completion.

Students studying construction will get the opportunity to see each stage of the assessment process so that students can ask real questions and deal with real issues.

Jamie Best

Melin Consulants BREEAM Module Assessment

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A new School of Architecture has been established in Wales – The Swansea School of Architecture.

So what will make this school distinctive?:

SUSTAINABILITY

The concept of Sustainability will inform the teaching throughout the school. This concept is to be examined not just as a method of low energy, low carbon building design, but also in it’s broadest sense to include social, economic, cultural, health and resource efficiency.

ACTING LOCALLY, THINKING GLOBALLY

The school will develop projects that actively seek engagement with the people of Swansea and Wales, to develop a responsiveness to the needs of various communities and how these may be realized in in architectural work that could contribute positively to the lives of local people, and develop a ‘people- centred’ design. Architecture is a social art, it has a social purpose it’s a discipline that has a real effect on the lives of people and the built environment around us.

INSIDE OUT AND OUTSIDE IN

There will be a particular emphasis on designing buildings from the inside out as well as from the outside in and on the design of interior space. Much of today’s architecture has an over-riding concern with buildings as objects. This course will seek to reassert the value of architecture as a social art, engaged with both the making of places and spaces.

COLLABORATION

Working with others forms a major part of architectural practice. The school will build cross faculty links so that students can collaborate with The school will build cross faculty links so that students can collaboratewith Glass Artists, Philosophy students and cultural theorists.

ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE

We all know by now that even though form may follow function the equation doesn’t guarantee the quality of the result. Sensibility is a key ingredient to developing visual solutions that are elegant and refined. And part of developing such sensibility is a knowledge and understanding of architectural language. An exploration of the language of design will be a key feature of this course, connecting the lessons of history directly to the work in the studio.

RE-USE OF EXISTING BUILDINGS Much of the architectural profession is engaged with reworking and remodeling existing buildings.

This school will engage with the reuse of existing buildings, on how existing buildings can be transformed to accommodate new functions and how the integrity of existing buildings can be retained while at the same time re-inventing them for future use.

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SKILLS

CONTEXTUAL

We will be teaching you a wide range of skills: free hand drawing, surveying, CAD, model making. The skills will be taught in a structured way alongside the studio work.

We will promote an approach to building design that is responsive to it’s physical and cultural context. Whether in the city, the country or on the coast design should be responsive to both functional requirements and its physical location.

THE STUDIO PRACTICE

The school will form strong links with local practices and leading architects.

Practitioners will be invited into the school to contribute talks, lectures and commentary on student’s work. We will organise placements with local practices so students gain an early experience of what it is like to work in the office of an architect.

The school is focused on developing the full potential of students and preparing them for work in practice.

WALES

We are located within a land that has a distinct culture and identity. The school will endeavour to place itself in a pivotal position in terms of promoting and sustaining architectural quality in Wales.

There are a number of talented architects practising in Wales and the Welsh Assembly has passed important legislation binding us to a responsible attitude towards future generations. Sustainability is at the heart of the political agenda, architecture needs to move to the heart of the cultural agenda. In that way Wales will create the possibility of an architecture that is distinctive, socially responsive and socially responsible.

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Architecture is often described as an activity that draws upon both art and science. There is a side to the discipline that is concerned with space, form and visual appearance and there is a side concerned with environmental performance, structure and materials. While subjects may be taught separately the real magic in architecture is bringing all of this knowledge together in design. That is why working on projects in the studio occupies so much of your time on this course. We want to make a place that is creative and dynamic, a place where everyone can express themselves in their work.

BSc Architecture UCAS Code: K100 Programme

Career

Wages

Programme Structure

The programme of study is centred on a sequence of design studio projects that start in the first weeks with the exploration of space, form, colour and materials. By the end of the first year students are designing small but complex buildings and places in detail.

Second year focusses on ideas of home and community through the design of houses flats and neighbourhoods, and the public buildings that support social life. The final year introduces students to larger scale buildings and the course culminates in a comprehensive design for a substantial cultural building in a real setting.

Architects are experts in the design of buildings and places, creating the setting for human life. Their primary skill is design – the ability to imagine three-dimensional spaces and objects and apply knowledge of materials, structure and energy, turning concept into reality working with engineers, contractors and many other professionals.

Starting salary after Part 1 (first degree qualification) is £15,000 to £20,000.

After Part 2 (second degree or diploma ) salaries range from £20,000 to £26,000.

After Part 3 (final exam leading to registration as an architect) or for those with experience, salaries rise to £26,000 to £35,000.

Senior, associate or partner level salaries are £35,000 to £80,000, or higher for some at senior partner or director level.

Year1

Year 2

Year 3 (BSc)

Design Studio 1A (Structure & Materials)

Design Studio 2

Design Studio 3

History & Theory 2

Profession & Business 2

Environment & Technology 2

Dissertation

Demand for training Employment of architects is projected to grow 17% from 2012 to 2022. http://www.bls.gov/ooh/ architecture-and-engineering/ architects.htm

Design Studio 1B (Space & Form) Design Studio 1C (Skills)

Profession & Business 1

History & Theory 1 Environment & Technology 1 The Modern World

DISCOVER more http://www.prospects.ac.uk/ architect_salary.htm

The course is prescribed by the Architects Registration Board (ARB) and the University is seeking recognition of the course by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

Chris Loyn architect UWTSD Professor of Practice Chris Loyn of award-winning architectural practice Loyn&Co has been awarded the title of Professor of Practice at UWTSD. The title of ‘Professor of Practice’ is bestowed upon an individual to honour and recognise that person for having attained academic and/or professional distinction in those disciplines which are aligned with the strategic intentions of the university.

UWTSD’s Stephen Hole, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Engineering, said: “We are delighted that Chris has accepted the invitation collaborate with the university as a Professor of Practice. His work is of the highest calibre and has been showcased on the Grand Designs television series. Chris’s experience is being used to keep our students informed through specialist lectures, build closer links between academia and the construction industry and to act as a specialist on new programme developments.”

Professor Loyn is a chartered architect with over 30 years’ experience, founder of Loyn & Co Architects, and a regular visiting/external tutor at UWTSD’s School of Architecture. He is also President of the Penarth Civic Society and an enthusiastic artist. Chris established Loyn & Co. Architects in 1992. Based in Penarth, Loyn & Co. Architects has gained a reputation for realising creative, imaginative and Contextual architecture.

Architecture students excel in Dylan Thomas project Students at the new School of Architecture at University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s Mount Pleasant campus have just completed their first studio project – an exhibition space featuring the poems of Dylan Thomas and the Paintings of Ceri Richards.

Students Alysha Martin and Chris Woodley have adopted very different responses to the project brief. Alysha is from Fforestfach and her design involves carefully arranging painted timber panels on which paintings are displayed. The panels are arranged in the centre of the space in a pinwheel formation, with a further panel forming a suspended ceiling. The panels represent a deconstruction of Dylan Thomas’s writing shed. The poems are placed in boxes on the wall – the size of each box corresponding to the size of the painting that depicts the poem. Alysha said: “The Dylan Thomas project has been great. We use computing design and model making, so it’s all useful and it makes you feel more confident, especially with the feedback we get.”

Chris already has a degree in glass design and has exhibited his work in glass extensively. Chris said: “The Architecture course has allowed me to follow a dream, even at 34 years old. It offers great advice and support. Best decision I’ve ever made!”

Danielle, who is also a student on the BSc Architecture course said: “The Dylan Thomas project was great because we had so much support and advice from Ian and Paul.”

Paul Harries, the new Head of the Architecture School and Ian Standen the programme director said they were delighted with the schemes that the first year students had produced. Ian Standen said: “They showed great enthusiasm and came up with some very inventive architectural solutions.”

Paul Harries said: “There are some very talented students on the course and we look forward to seeing their design abilities develop over the next three years.”

UWTSD’s Dr Jane Davidson to address Ecobuild 2017 University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s Pro Vice-Chancellor for External Engagement and Sustainability, Jane Davidson will discuss The Wellbeing of Future Generations Act at Ecobuild 2017, highlighting the University’s SA1 Swansea Waterfront development as a sustainability exemplar project.

Dr Davidson will be accompanied by Paul Harries, Head of School of Architecture at UWTSD; Pierre Wassenaar, Director, Stride Treglown Architects; Chris Lynn, Partner, Troup Bywaters & Anders and Steve Nicholls, Pre-Construction Manager, Kier Group.

Dr Davidson and the panel will discuss The Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act, which came into full force in 2015 and places a duty on public bodies to improve the economic, social, environmental and cultural wellbeing of Wales. Dr Davidson was the Welsh Government Minister for Sustainability who proposed the Act and she and the panel will highlight the work already being carried out at UWTSD in line with the Act, towards a more sustainable and equitable future.

Paul Harries from UWTSD’s new School of Architecture will explain what the Act has meant when it comes to project delivery. He will demonstrate how the university has considered sustainability in its broadest sense to include social, cultural, health and resource efficiency.

This has included the implementation of cross disciplinary activities with Glass Design, Heritage and Conservation, Philosophy, History and Archaeology courses at the university and the re-use of existing buildings to maintain their integrity whilst at the same time reinventing and transforming them for future use.

Dr Davidson said: “The proof of the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act will be in how seriously organisations take their new obligations and whether they use the Act as permission to think differently. Better decisions can then be taken in a collaborative way to deliver for the long term with current and future generations in mind. I’m delighted that we are having the opportunity to showcase Welsh world leading policy into local practice.”

Phase one of SA1 Swansea Waterfront development is taking shape in the heart of the city. New facilities for the Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Engineering, Education and Communities as well as new library facilities are being created at the prime waterfront location. The University’s vision for SA1 Swansea Waterfront is for a neighbourhood with academic activity at its core to attract companies to collocate with the University to exploit knowledge, develop skills, support existing companies and attract new investment into the region. Working closely with employers to tackle future skills needs, it will develop critical thinking, creative problem solving, and environmentally aware, future ready graduates. *Major brands and innovators also taking part in this year’s Ecobuild include Saint-Gobain, Medite SmartPly and A Proctor Group, with a range of keynote speeches from industry thought leaders including Lord Kerslake, chair of the London Housing Commission and Brian Berry, chief executive of Master Builders, amongst others.

Further information on Ecobuild 2017 can be found here http://www.ecobuild.co.uk/

Kier Awarded National Skills Academy for Construction Status for SA1 project The build of the new £300m University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) SA1 Swansea Waterfront development has been granted National Skills Academy for Construction status (NSAfC) The academy set up by construction firm Kier Construction and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) will give young people hands on experience, with training delivered on site. The academy will also provide training opportunities for the existing workforce on site.

The academy will put training and skills needs at the heart of the project, with apprenticeships and work experience taking place on site.

Two local UWTSD students already benefiting from the construction of the development are; Zoe Morgan and Rhys William, both of whom have been employed by Kier to work on the project.

Zoe, from Briton Ferry, who is studying for a BSc (Hons) in quantity surveying, has been offered an assistant quantity surveyor role and Rhys, who is in the final year of a BSc (Hons) in project and construction management, has been employed as a graduate design planner.

The SA1 development will be made up of purpose-build facilities for learning, teaching and applied research as well as social, leisure and recreation spaces. The site also features the new Construction Wales Innovation Centre. The centre is funded by CITB and a consortium led by UWTSD, and will offer specialised training and include a purpose built scaffolding centre. The build of the centre will help support students of UWTSD in their studies. Students will be invited on site during the construction programme, linked directly to their curriculum to support their learning. All students will also have access to work placement opportunities Jason Taylor operations director for Kier Construction commented “I am extremely proud that we have been awarded the CITB skills academy for construction status. This further builds upon the strong relationship of collaborative working that has been created with UWTSD.”

Mark Bodger, Strategic Partnerships Director from CITB, Cymru Wales, said: “We are proud to be working with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Kier on both the academy and the development of the new Construction Wales Innovation Centre. It’s fantastic to see the centre being utilised as a training platform in the construction process. The whole ethos of the SA1 development is to provide a state of the art learning environment and I’m delighted this is something reflected in the construction of the project.”

The 2016 National Student Survey results saw UWTSD perform above, or equivalent to, the sector average in many key areas:

Student satisfaction with assessment and feedback is 4% higher than the sector average.

Student satisfaction with academic support is above

the sector average.

Student satisfaction with personal development (confidence, communication skills and tackling unfamiliar problems) is

above the sector average.

95%

of UWTSD students were satisfied with

‘Student Services’.

UWTSD was ranked 1st out of 45 Institutions for ‘Counselling Service’.

UWTSD was ranked 1st out of 45 institutions for ‘Personal Tutors’.

Source: Global International Student Barometer and Student Barometer, Autumn Wave 2016.

I would dedicate my degree to Student Services because without their support I wouldn’t have achieved the grades that I have, and that has come because they have taught me a better way. I am now trying to pass that knowledge on, as a Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) leader, running private study skills sessions for first and second year students within the School of Applied Computing.

Simon Downes

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Study Skills Faculty Study Skills sessions are open to all students. If you are just a bit stuck, or perhaps not sure about referencing, bibliographies or academic writing, for example, then go and speak to one of the study skills supervisors, and he or she will be able to help you. It’s a drop-in service so you don’t need to make an appointment.

Refine your study skills and achieve your best from foundation through to postgraduate level. Study skills supervisors offer support with:

FACE study skills sessions Room MT102 (1st Floor, Cadogan Building) Mount Pleasant Wednesday, 12 noon to 3pm

For more information: Tel: 01792 481206 Email: study.skills.swansea@uwtsd.ac.uk www.uwtsd.ac.uk/study-skills

• Researching • Referencing • Avoiding plagiarism • Academic writing • Critical thinking • Presentation skills • Planning and organisation • Exam revision

Study skills are considered an important component within university and are offered to all students. They are set up to help you develop your own approach to your chosen course.

Student Services The University of Wales Trinity Saint David welcomes applications from students with dyslexia and other Specific Learning Difficulties. We can make arrangements for: • Providing information for potential and present students • Initial screening • Assessment • Access to the DSA • Early and appropriate tutorial support • Advocacy with University staff • Concessions where necessary • Greater accessibility to University facilities eg extended library loans Learning support is done on a oneto-one basis outside of lecture and seminar times, unless it is note-taking support. Specialist learning support may be available to students through the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA).

The DSA Administrator can help you access this.

Each faculty has its own Specialist Academic Coordinator within Student Services. The Faculty Specialist Academic Coordinator, Sheila Rawlings looks after all the students within FACE with any additional needs. Support is very different at UWTSD, it is very discrete, completely confidential and we organise things to suit your timetable.

Check out Sheila’s video here: www.uwtsd.ac.uk/face/about-the-faculty/ student-support

For more information: Faculty of Architecture, Computing & Engineering (FACE) Specialist Academic Coordinator, (SAC) Sheila Rawlings Tel: 01792 481110 Email: sheila.rawlings@uwtsd.ac.uk or student.services@uwtsd.ac.uk

I love this University because it is very easy going, staff at UWTSD are the best thing since sliced bread. In particular the staff employed in Student Services need a special mention, as they have supported me since I started with UWTSD. They arranged for my note-taking, mentoring and specialist subject support.

Mark Stanley

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architecture@uwtsd.ac.uk environment@uwtsd.ac.uk built@uwtsd.ac.uk Lindsay Richards Senior Lecturer lindsay.richards@uwtsd.ac.uk

Built Environment Jeff Roberts Senior Lecturer/ Programme Director

Who to speak to?

jeff.roberts@uwtsd.ac.uk

Rhian Jenkins Head of School

Civil Engineering

Rhian.jenkins@uwtsd.ac.uk Natural Environment Paul Harries Head of Architecture

Sergio Garate Technician and Part-Time Lecturer sergio.garate@uwtsd.ac.uk

paul.harries@uwtsd.ac.uk

Natural Environment

Architecture

Juan Ferriz-Papi Lecturer juan.ferriz-papi@uwtsd.ac.uk

Ian Standen Senior Lecturer

Chris House Senior Lecturer Programme Director chris.house@uwtsd.ac.uk Trevor Francis Senior Lecturer

Postgraduate

lara.hopkinson@uwtsd.ac.uk

Built Environment

Built Environment

FIND OUT MORE uwtsd.ac.uk/ face/contact-us

Alan Nantel Lecturer

ian.standen@uwtsd.ac.uk

allan.nantell@uwtsd.ac.uk

Architecture

Built Environment

Lara Hopkinson Senior Lecturer

trevor.francis@uwtsd.ac.uk

Built Environment

Linda Rudd Senior Lecturer Programme Director linda.rudd@uwtsd.ac.uk Natural Environment

Beach Guide From classic leisure beaches to secluded coves full of rock pools, Swansea and Gower have you covered for just about every type of beach imaginable.

best beach 9th in the world!

Rhossili

Sandcastles, surfing, watersports.

There are facilities there too.

TripAdvisor 2014

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Swansea Bay

Port Eynon has a

It’s also literally next to town.

year-old petrified forest, which is pretty cool.

Sand castles, sunbathing, paddling.

Oxwich has dunes.

Also good for watersports, and surfing.

10,000 Pobbles Bay Adventuring along the cliffs is fun.

Pwll Du Stone skipping. It’s secluded and only accessible via three long footpaths into the valley.

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Admissions Each year we welcome new students to the Swansea campus. We share the University’s commitment to equal opportunities for all, and we welcome applications from all educational backgrounds, from those following traditional routes into Higher Education and those who are not.

We particularly welcome applications from mature students, overseas students, students with disabilities and care-leavers. We can also consider deferred entry.

Open Days and Taster Days

The School has a dedicated Admissions and Recruitment officer who deals with all UCAS applications, liaises

with the various Programme Directors and arranges visits, and Open Days. Applications are considered based on merit and each candidate is assessed individually. Anyone considering applying is welcome to visit UWTSD at a formal Open Day, a Taster Day or, in consultation with the Admissions Officer, on another day which is mutually convenient. In visiting, you will learn more about the University, the School and the Programme. You will meet members of staff and current students, and you will get a feel of what it is like to study at UWTSD.

How to Apply Studying in Swansea is not just about academic excellence although this is extremely important. It’s about the whole experience of living as a student in the area — the excellent nightlife, great shopping, friendly locals, low crime levels, stunning scenery, amazing beaches and excellent road and rail links. Come to an open day or book yourself onto one of our Taster Days and see for yourself.

All applications to study a full-time undergraduate degree at UWTSD are made through UCAS using Apply – an online application system available at: www.ucas.com/apply For more information please refer to our website: www.uwtsd.ac.uk/apply/how-to-applyundergraduate

Open Day Booking Form: www.uwtsd.ac.uk/swansea-open-daybooking-form Taster Day Booking Form: www.uwtsd.ac.uk/face-visit-days

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Further information For further information, please contact School of Architecture 01792 481000 architecture@uwtsd.ac.uk UWTSD SWANSEA UWTSD STUDY UWTSD

The information contained in this booklet is correct at the time of publication, but is subject to change as part of the University’s policy of continuous improvement and development.