AD234V Quality Issues in Architecture 7.5 credits

The course will be dealing with the following subjects:

• Practical research methods in the field of architecture
• Theories on architecture quality
• Quality work, examples from practice
• Architecture competitions – how to find a prize winner?
• Architecture awards – how do the jury present and motivate their choices?
• Quality in the national architectural polices in the Nordic countries

This course has three overall objectives. Firstly, the student will learn about quality issues and be able to show how quality as a key-concept is used in architecture. Secondly, the student shall develop her/his capability to describe the use of quality criteria and the professional way of judging quality in architecture projects. Thirdly, the student will through an individual work (paper) get a deeper understanding of quality issues in architecture, that are of great importance for both the profession, client and the end-user.

• 60 credits within a broad field of architecture and the build environment. This includes interior design, building design, construction, urban design, landscape architecture and physical planning

• Documented proficiency in Swedish B and English A or equivalent

Will be announced at course start.

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

• MOM1 - 75% participation on lectures and exercises, 2.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
• MOM2 - Essay and PA, 5.0 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.

• MOM1 - 75% participation on lectures and exercises, 2.5 credits, grade scale: P, F
• MOM2 - Essay and PA, 5.0 credits, grade scale: P, F

To obtain the grade passed on the whole course, both moments have to be passed.

Malin Wennerholm

• 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.