School of Architecture
School of Architecture
Limerick
Ireland
IE
N 52° 39' 49.25'', E 52° 39' 49.25''
http://www.ul.ie/
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Profile of the faculty
The School of Architecture at the University of Limerick offers a 5-year undergraduate degree in architecture.The objective of the School is to educate architects with a strong set of integrated skills, balanced with a clear understanding of the environment - built, existing and imagined - and vital to professional practice.The Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (RIAI) is the professional accreditation body for architecture degree programmes in the Republic of Ireland.
The School of Architecture embraces all parts of an architect’s education; it is a place where the study of architecture is undertaken with passion and inventiveness, an open and transparent society of mobile thinkers. The School of Architecture teaches an architecture that is integrated with Environmental and Structural engineering, as disciplines that set us free from the limitations of our own knowledge and help us to achieve a balance with the environment by focusing human abilities.
The School of Architecture at UL is located in a rural and beautiful landscape along the banks of the Shannon River. As a School of Architecture located in Ireland, PLACE is very important; the place is not in an urban setting; it is part of a landscape. Most architecture schools are located in cities. As the school at UL is not in a city, the environment will play a strong role in the pedagogical approach of the school, and in particular give a holistic understanding of the problems posed by the use of that environment. Fundamentally the school will explore architecture as an element of a broader environment, and the understanding of those disciplines necessary to be able to work within it. The School seeks to become a leader in thought on environmental issues by situating these issues within a strong philosophical, technological, cultural, and historical context.
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Applicants are required to hold at the time of enrolment the established Leaving Certificate (or an approved equivalent) with at least Grade C3 in two Higher Level subjects and Grade D3 in four Ordinary or Higher Level subjects (including Mathematics; Irish or another language; and English).
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April 2nd
5-year course for training as an architect.
The syllabus is organized over a 5-year course. Training as an architect is engaging in a process of learning by doing with the course curriculum structured around the design studio. The design studio is a creative laboratory where learning is developed through experimentation and reflection.Woven into the design studio will be courses of study in structures (structural engineering), environmental science (environmental engineering), history (of architecture, society, technology), and philosophy, sociology, law and management (professional practice).
The course is designed to equip students with a broad range of skills fundamental to becoming an architect. These skills include hand drawing, sketching, modelmaking, photography, computer-aided drawing, audiovisual and verbal presentation, as well as core skills including problem solving and working with other people.
Architecture is a high creative endeavour, and it requires a student to be creative as well as achieving a high academic standing.The study of architecture is rigorous, challenging and requires that students are firmly committed to the discipline.
The syllabus is organized over a 5-year course. Training as an architect is engaging in a process of learning by doing with the course curriculum structured around the design studio. The design studio is a creative laboratory where learning is developed through experimentation and reflection.Woven into the design studio will be courses of study in structures (structural engineering), environmental science (environmental engineering), history (of architecture, society, technology), and philosophy, sociology, law and management (professional practice).
The course is designed to equip students with a broad range of skills fundamental to becoming an architect. These skills include hand drawing, sketching, modelmaking, photography, computer-aided drawing, audiovisual and verbal presentation, as well as core skills including problem solving and working with other people.
Architecture is a high creative endeavour, and it requires a student to be creative as well as achieving a high academic standing.The study of architecture is rigorous, challenging and requires that students are firmly committed to the discipline.
Year 1 Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer
AR4001 Design Studio 1a AR4002 Design Studio 1b
AR4011 Gravity & Reaction 1 AR4012 Gravity & Reaction 2
AR4021 Representation / Drawing 1 AR4022 Representation / Drawing 2
AR4031 History & Theory of Architecture 1 AR4032 History & Theory of Architecture 2
AR4041 Assembly & Techniques 1 AR4042 Assembly & Techniques 2
AR4051 Environmental Systems and Forces 1 AR4052 Environmental Systems and Forces 2
Year 2 Semester 3 Semester 4 Summer
AR4073 Design Studio 2a AR4004 Design Studio 2b
AR4013 Gravity & Reaction 3 AR4014 Gravity & Reaction 4
AR4023 Representation / Drawing 3 AR4024 Representation / Drawing 4
AR4033 History & Theory of Architecture 3 AR4034 History & Theory of Architecture 4
AR4043 Assembly and Techniques 3 AR4044 Materials 1
AR4053 Environmental Systems and Forces 3 AR4054 Environmental Systems and Forces 4
Year 3 Semester 5 Semester 6 Summer
AR4005 Design Studio 3a AR4006 Design Studio 3b
AR4015 Gravity & Reaction 5 AR4016 Gravity & Reaction 6
AR4025 Representation / Drawing 5 AR4026 Representation / Drawing 6
AR4035 History & Theory of Architecture 5 AR4036 History & Theory of Architecture 6
AR4045 Assembly & Techniques 4 AR4046 Assembly & Techniques 5
AR4055 Culture, Place & Environment 1 AR4056 Environmental Systems & Forces 5
Year 4 Semester 7 Semester 8 Summer
AR4007 Design Studio 4a AR4008 Design Studio 4b
AR4017 Representation Theory 1 AR4018 Representation Theory 2
AR4027 Culture, Place & Environment 2 AR4028 Culture, Place & Environment 3
AR4037 Seminar in History & Theory 1 AR4038 Seminar in History & Theory 2
AR4047 Profession & Society 1 AR4048 Profession & Society 2
Year 5 Semester 9 Semester 10 Summer
AR4009 Design Studio 5a AR4010 Design Studio 5b -Thesis
AR4019 Professional Practice: Contracts AR4110 Seminar in History & Theory 3
AR4029 Culture, Place & Environment 4 AR4210 Culture, Place & Environment 5
AR4039 Pre Thesis