MA Architecture Advanced Architectural Design at University College For The Creative Arts
This course will equip those with a first degree in architecture or cognate disciplines with key contemporary skills, both in theories of design and in material production. Methodologies, theories and practices of design research are central to the Masters agenda. This MA course is project based, supplemented by workshops, lectures and independent study and is taught through the School of Architecture at UCA Canterbury; a modern, progressive design environment established more than fifty years ago.
New materials, techniques and construction methods are of increasing importance for architects and designers: during your course you will gain specialised knowledge of your chosen area of study: we support research in a wide range of areas including:
interdisciplinary perspectives on the built environment
digital fabrication technologies
architectural graphic design
physical computing
3D parametric modelling
design visualisation
high-end rendering
animation
texturing and lighting.
Methods of output and production include:
haptic techniques
laser cutting
3D printing
large format photo printing
web publishing
video and film.
*This course is subject to validation.