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Department of Urban Design (UU)

The aim of the course is to prepare the Bachelor´s project.

• Students will acquire the ability to design architectural and operational proposal for various types of buildings and for a whole range of requirements on operation with an adequate number of functions.
• Students will acquire principles of spatial design with adequate operational, structural and urban design interconnections according to the specific type of the assignment.
• Students will know the basic standards and requirements for building design and will be able to apply them in the design.
• Students will acquire the ability to develop the documentation of architectural or urban concept design.
• Students will be able to adequately select a structural system suitable for the given designed building or complex of buildings.
• Students will be able to understand the context of a place and reflect it in their design.

To complete the course successfully, students must submit the complete project on time and in accordance with the assignment and the internal regulations The Rules of Study at FA.
The particular requirements are specified in the assignment of the Bachelor's thesis which the students receive in written form. The Bachelor's thesis must include:

1. URBAN CONTEXT
   Clearly-arranged location plan documenting the connections of the designed building or area to the urban structure of the locality (scale according to the type of the assignment – 1:5000; 1:2000; 1:1000).
2. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
   Standard set of graphic materials/drawings that correspond with architectural or urban concept design (study): site plan; floor plans of all levels; sections – at least two; elevations of all facades; spatial design (perspectives, visualizations…)  (scale according to the character of the assignment – 1:100; 1:200…).
3. INTERIOR
   Individual design of a selected detail including materials, in case of urban design assignment it is interior of public urban space (scale – 1:50; 1:20; 1:10…).
4. STRUCTURAL-TECHNICAL DESIGN
   • Cross-section through the proposed building in the scale 1:100 (or 1:50). The drawing will represent the foundation of the building, connection to the terrain, protection from the weather and elements, structural arrangement of the building, and roofing. The main structures will have specified the assemblies (namely the assembly of the floor on the terrain, above unheated storey, assembly of roof skin, assembly of external and basement walls…). The cross-section will contain the annotation of volumes, the legend of materials and basic dimensions.
     (As defined by the supervisor – the cross-section of the construction detail in the scale 1:10 (1:5) complemented with technical description.)
   • Schematic axonometric visualisation of the load-bearing structure of the designed building including material solution. In case of urban design, the architectural-structural designis replaced by transportation and/or other technical design for the assigned area.
5. REPORT
   • Introductory information – identification of the building.
   • Technical report (basic information characterising the development and its future operation; overview of the initial data and materials and the compliance with them; justification of the design goals; design conception; architectural concept of the design; comprehensive technical report). In the technical description, students will provide structural design, supply with energies, technical equipment of the building, and will justify the structural and architectural design, will evaluate the building in terms of sustainable development, and will estimate the total building costs of the building.
6. PHYSICAL MODEL

Mandatory participation at one consultation per week as specified by the supervisor, and at the interim critiques. Mandatory submission of the project that complies with the requirements (further specified in the section Assessment Methods and Criteria) and within the submission deadline (specified in the internal regulations The Rules of Study at FA).

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