Architecture and Environmental Design

University of Westminster, London

Our Architecture and Environmental Design BSc encompasses the ‘artistic’ and the ‘scientific’ to create a new generation of architects who are not only architecturally competent and environmentally aware, but also able to explore the spatial poetics with an evidence-informed approach, selectively evaluate design options, and quantify the building performance and environmental benefits and impact of their designs.
You will develop your creative space- and form-making, environmental design, technical and analytical skills, as well as your critical thinking and awareness of the wider architectural context.
Half of your time on the course will be spent on studio-based design activities and half on bioclimatic, historical, cultural, socio-economic and professional studies. All modules have a strong interdisciplinary approach that highlights the added value that environmental architects bring to the building industry and to society.
This course will give you professional skills that can be used both in architectural practice and environmental design consultancy. Professional architects with a specialisation in environmental design, sustainability and low-carbon design are particularly sought after at the moment, both in the UK and internationally.
Professional accreditation
The course is validated by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), providing exemption from RIBA Part 1. The validation came with a number of commendations. These include: the creativity and resilience of staff; the implementation of cross-disciplinary working and the complementary nature of the course ethos and identity within the school; the attitude and proactive approach of the students evident in their work.
Graduates of this course will no longer be accredited by the Architects Registration Board (ARB) at Part 1 level.
Careers
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Graduate employers
Professional architects with a specialisation in environmental design, sustainability or low-carbon design are highly sought after in the
UK and internationally. There's a particular demand from consulting engineering employers for architects/environmental design consultants who have a good understanding of environmental engineering, passive strategies and systems, and their integration in architectural design.
With the introduction of more stringent building regulations and energy certification, employers in the engineering and architectural professions are on the look-out for candidates with quantification skills and the ability to evaluate energy and environmental performance.
Recent graduates from our architecture courses have gone on to work for prestigious practices, including:
Foster + Partners
Grimshaw Architects
Wilkinson Eyre
Job roles
Graduates have a wide range of career choices, with previous graduates securing positions inside high-profile architectural practices, in design consultancies, or in environmental engineering.
Architecture and Environmental Design BSc graduates can become fully qualified architects after the successful completion of RIBA Part 2 studies and Part 3 training.
The course will prepare you for roles such as:
fully qualified architect with environmental design expertise (RIBA)
environmental design consultant
a combined career as an architect (RIBA) and environmental design consultant