The MArch Architecture programme expands the ‘hands-on’ ethos of our highly esteemed BArch Architecture course to integrate industry and research further. Students engage with the very latest thinking and technologies in architecture and urban design to foster innovative applications for our global future.The programme is structured around a student-centred learning approach and ‘research by design’ pedagogy that provides a flexible framework from which you can deliver design experimentation and entrepreneurial thinking by taking advantage of the broad ecosystem of actors and resources that our integrated design lab approach affords.The first year offers a blended learning approach through a mixture of block week teaching and practice visits based at our London Campus, supported by more traditional lecture and studio delivery based at the Universities main campus in Loughborough. The second year will be delivered at Loughborough, allowing you to construct and test designs of full-scale prototypes using our studio space, our newly refurbished, dedicated studio space environment, VR and digital fabrication labs, and over 3,000m2 of workshops. The focus will be on a research-led design module that will integrate the dissertation and global future(s) modules as part of a holistic, studio-based approach to architectural design and entrepreneurship. Design labs focus on specialised areas of design research to establish a unique identity for each lab, allowing you to test speculative lines of enquiry as part of an iterative and reflective design process, providing the opportunity to develop visionary and robust design propositions. Each student has an allocated workspace, which allows cross-fertilisation of ideas for the formation of a lively, tight-knit creative culture.