بسم الله الرحمن
الرحيم
United Arab Emirates
University
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Architecture
The Architectural Graduation Project
September 1997
Dr. Yasser Osman Moharam
Mahgoub
Introduction
The
Graduation Project is considered the vehicle of demonstrating the students
accumulation of knowledge and experiences throughout his/her undergraduate
education in the department of architecture. All the students education
including lectures, studio work, practical training, field trips, seminars,
etc. are reflected in his/her graduation project. It is the last step in
preparing the student for professional practice after graduation. It also
requires continuos work and commitment to achieve the required goals.
It
is recommended that the selected project be an actual project needed by the
country and listed in its future plans. This reflects the obligation of the
university to service the community. It is also important that students do not
select graduation projects that were designed by other students during the last
year or projects designed during their design studios. Students should be
encouraged to select new topics and involve other departments and disciplines
in the development of design problems and solutions.
Description
The
graduation project is a comprehensive project that reflects the student’s
accumulated knowledge and skills in architectural design, planning, building
construction, landscape architecture, and other subjects related to his/her
architectural education. The project should confront a real problem in the
United Arab Emirates in the area of architectural design, urban design and
urban planning. The end product is composed of architectural drawings, oral
presentations to a jury committee and a written report. The project is composed
of two parts:
Graduation Project 1
Graduation
Project 1 is a one semester course of 3 Credit Hours. During Graduation Project
1, the student collects information, statistics, selects site, and develops the
architectural program. At The end of this stage the student is required to
present to a jury committee a preliminary project that illustrates the process
of his/her site selection, program development, and design ideas.
Graduation Project 2
Graduation
Project 2 is a one semester course of 5 Credit Hours. During Graduation Project
2, students develop their preliminary design ideas into a full architectural
project including architectural drawings, models, and final report.
The
goal of Graduation Project is to train students to deal with architectural
design problems from a practical and comprehensive point of view starting from
problem definition, context analysis, function and utility requirements study,
and structural and aesthetic considerations. The student should progress
through different design phases and suggest solutions and implementation
strategies. The Graduation project is a comprehensive experience similar to
professional practice after graduation.
Phases and Activities of Graduation Project
Under
the supervision of course instructor, the student is required to undertake the
following activities according to a specific time schedule:
1. Selection of an Appropriate Architectural Design Problem
The
student should work on selecting an appropriate architectural or planning
problem from his/her community or city during the vacation proceeding the
semester of his/her Graduation Project 1. The problems should be appropriate
for his graduation project in order to achieve a high level of reality and
direct benefit to his/her community. The student should collect all relevant
data and statistics from municipalities and city planning departments. Whenever
possible, the student should also visit projects similar to his/her project in
size and function in order to estimate the amount of effort and work required
to design the project. The student should submit suggestions and discuss them
with his/her instructor in the beginning of the semester.
2. Selection of Appropriate Site
Students
are required to select several sites for the project and conduct comprehensive
evaluation to select the most appropriate site. The student should collect
maps, information and pictures from sites visits and any other information
useful for comparing between available sites. The student should select with
his/her advisor the appropriate site according evaluation, comparison, and site
visits.
3. Literature Review
The
student should undertake a comprehensive literature review of the topic of his
project in reference books, text books, periodicals, magazines, and newspapers.
This literature survey forms the academic base upon which the student depends
for calculating and developing his program requirements. The student should
collect and study most recent examples similar to his project. The study should
include detailed analysis of all aspects of design in order to prepare the
student for his/her project development from an architectural program to design
alternatives suitable for the site and context.
4. Preparation of the Architectural Program
The
student should prepare a comprehensive architectural program that includes
definition of functions, activities, utilities, areas, volumes. The suitable
size of Graduation Project is around 10,000 m² of usable area. The program
should be relevant to the needs of the owner and expected users, and consistent
with architectural theories and design data. The program should respect local
and international standards. The student should work with his/her advisor to
calculate the required areas in relation to the physical, environmental, and
social context. The program is presented in the form of functions, areas, and
relationships.
5. Development of Architectural Design Alternatives
The
student is expected to work on transforming his/her project program into design
alternatives and ideas relevant to the selected site. This phase ends with
selection of appropriate design ideas according to a reasonable evaluation
process. The student should follow a clear design process such as BASED design
process. Design should be seen as an organized process of transforming architectural
program of needs into a three dimensional configuration of space suitable for
execution through several linear and non-linear design decision stages.
6. Preparation of Preliminary Project
At
the end of Graduation Project 1, students are required to present a preliminary
report of their activities and achievements throughout the semester to a jury
committee including the following items:
One- Program
development and analysis
Two- Site
selection and analysis
Three- Examples
presentation and analysis
Four- Alternatives
development, evaluation and selection
Five- Preliminary
project development and a study model
7. Development of Final project, report and model
At
the end of Graduation 2, students are required to present to a jury committee a
final architectural project that reflects his/her skills and expertise
throughout undergraduate education. The final project should include the
following items:
One- Complete
architectural drawings (studies, layout, plans, elevations, sections,
perspectives, etc.)
Two- Model of
the final project
Three- Final
report describing all the above design process.
(See
appendices for details.)
Evaluation of the Graduation Project
The
Graduation Project is evaluated by an jury committee twice per semester during
each phase. The first jury is held after selection of project title, contents
and site. It includes presentation of similar examples. This jury is to insure
the student of his/her proper selection of the project size, contents, and
site. The second jury is held at the end of Graduation Project 1 to evaluate
the student’s development of program and design ideas. The third jury is held
after completion of final drawings of the project during Graduation Project 2.
The final jury is held at the end of Graduation 2 after completion of drawings,
model and final report.
The
evaluation is based on the following items:
1. Design General Aspects: Program analysis and Site
fitting
2. Design Functionality: Space utilization and
Circulation
3. Design Form and Expression: Compositional and
spatial aspects
4. Technical Considerations: Environmental
respectability and Structural stability
5. Presentation: Graphical and oral presentations of
the project, models and written report
Grading
Grading
is based on the following:
First
Jury 15 %
Second
Jury 35%
Class
work 50%
Appendix 1: The Final Drawings
The
final drawings should be presented on A0 sheets including (at least) the
following items:
One- Studies
and analysis of site and program with an appropriate scale
Two- The
layout scale 1:400
Three- Plans
scale 1:200
Four- Sections
and Elevations 1:200
Five- Interior
and Exterior perspectives with an appropriate scale
Six- The
final model should be made by the student using simple material and
techniques scale.1:400
The
project should be presented and arranged in a professional form. All the
accumulated skills in drafting, shade and shadow, perspective, and computer
presentation should be demonstrated in the final project. The student should
put effort in arranging and presenting their project imitating professional
architectural offices.
Appendix 2: The Final report
The
report should include the following:
1. Introduction
2. Description of the project and its goals
3. Analysis of similar local and
international examples
4. The Final Project
4.1. Need
Project program and definition of the
design problem
Functions, relationships, areas, and
volumes.
4.2.
Context
Site
selection and analysis.
Environmental
analysis
4.3.
Form
Design
alternatives and design decisions
The
proposed design idea
Structural and specialized studies
5. Drawings and pictures of the final model
Appendix 3: The
Project File
The
project file is an important tool to document the development and progress of
design ideas. It also facilitates the preparation of the final report. The
project file is a large folder that is divided into the following sections:
1. Program
2. Site
3. Examples
4. Design Data
5. Design ideas
United Arab Emirates
University
Faculty of
Engineering - Department of Architecture
The Graduation
Project - September 1997
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