A42G2B Basic Design - Studio 4:2 12.0 credits

The project site is bordered to the north by the Central Train Station and to the east by Vasagatan and Sheraton Hotel. The trains enter the station over a a very tiny bridge from south passing the Old Town.
The cars arrive through a city highway bridge dividing into different street connections. To the south waterfront and to the west the City Hall. The commuter trains are going to be dug down in a new tunnel.
A new entrance for the train station could be arranged towards south. The project will investigate new programmes for the site including a public place and an important public building (for example an office for an international NGO like Amnesty International or Baltic Sea Research Organisation).

Architectural conceptions

Overall goals
1. The course is part of the Basic Design Studio. Through architectural projects, this Studio investigates different experiences of architecture and conceptions of space, in relation to the synthezising design process.

2. The course/project goal is to increase the student's knowledge in this area/field and skills/knowledge in the field of architecture in general. The students will enter the project with varying degrees of knowledge/skills and will subsequently end up at different levels at the end of the course/project.
 3. The individual student must show an increase in the particular skills/knowledge offered in the studio and in the field of architecture in general.

Course goals
By re-defining contemporary interpretations of different architectural conceptions, the students will use
this investigation in the design process of an architectural project in an urban context: Järnvägsparken.

Bachelor’s Degree, or an equivalent level, within the field of Architecture.

Course compendium

• PRO2 - Project part 2, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
• PRO1 - Project part 1, 9.0 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

The course consists of two parts; a fulfilled and delivered project work (9 credits) and a passed final assessment (3 credits). There is at least one intermediate assessment during the course.

a) Presentation requirements
Presentation requirements will be handed out at the start of the course.

b) Examination
80% attendance. Active participation in lectures, tutorials, and seminars etc. Passed intermediate and final assessments. Compulsory attendance during the assessment reviews.
Completion: The project work shall be delivered and, if necessary, reworked within the set time limit.  See general directions.
(Overall principle: Autumn term projects must be approved during the following Spring term: Spring term projects must be approved before the start of the following Autumn term. The reworked projects must be delivered at least one week before the time limit.)
The project work is to be documented in a portfolio, including drawings, analysis and models. The work process shall be legible.

• All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
• In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
• In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Incoming exchange students within an architecture agreement can select this course.

No other exchange students are allowed to select this course.