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INTO Newcastle University
Full Time
Jan 2027
9 Month
Prepare for entry into the second year of a professionally accredited undergraduate Architecture degree at Newcastle University. Develop your understanding of the functional, aesthetic and technical aspects of architecture and how to apply them to your own architectural designs and concepts. Learn computer-aided and manual drawing and design techniques. Improve your English language study skills within the context of Architecture. Expand your skills and knowledge in various areas through sketching, drawing and model making, alongside learning the history of architecture. Build a comprehensive design project and the development of an architectural portfolio. Learn how to research, analyse and present your work effectively. Upon successful completion of this programme, you will be awarded our Certificate of Higher Education (FHEQ Level 4).
The module introduces students to practical skills such as: measuring, surveying, documenting and analytical sketching orthographic drawing communication and presentation skills computer-aided design (CAD), three-dimensional modelling and other software.
You ll develop a contextual and technological understanding of design process, and practise transferable skills such as sketching, drawing and model making. This will help you build design skills and the understanding to: interpret design briefs develop designs according to user requirements, related building regulations and technological standards understand and interpret the ergonomic, environmental and economic implications of architectural design
You will further develop design skills, and deepen your understanding through a comprehensive design project. This practical project will give you the opportunity to demonstrate imaginative design responses to user needs within a natural and/or built context.
This module provides a general overview of world architecture in its historic context. You will be cover topics such as: architectural comparisons across cultures and periods recognising archetypal forms in architecture how architecture was shaped by technological, social, economic, geographic and cultural forces.
Through this module, you will learn to describe and explain the properties of common building materials, structures and constructions. Covering issues such as: implications of sustainable design economics effects of materials and structural decisions common construction methods, materials and their properties
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