FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ARTS

DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE


Course Title Architectural Design 7-
Community Architecture and
Urban Design
Course code Design 741
Credit Units 5 Units Course Co/Prerequisites Architectural Design 6
Course Description:

Design exercises giving emphasis on the socio-cultural activities of man, architectural conservation, proxemics and \
materials for architecture and designing with nature.

Course Intended
Learning Outcomes

This course prepares the student to apply the architectural design process with the integration of
community architecture in an urban setting. Development of large-scale projects on the basis of
sustainable architecture and designing for energy efficient structures. This will include overview of
the importance of historical preservation/restoration of structures.

After completing this course, STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:

1. learn more complex architectural forms emphasizing design
applications of basic urban design principles
2. further understand architectural relationships with the environment
3. design for communities with an understanding of site development
and planning













Course Title: Architectural Design 7 Community Architecture and Urban Design Course Code: DESIGN 741

Essential learning
Week Content Standards Functional
Knowledge
Intended Learning
Outcomes (ILO)
Suggested Teaching/
Learning
Activities (TLAS)
Assessment Tasks
(ATs)
1

Introduction to the
course; Class
requirements, decorum
and rules and first
assessment. Class
Diagnostic assessment



Introduce the
general overview of
community
architecture and
urban design in
relation to
architecture, the
idea of using these
different elements
to form design
ideas.
Knowledge and
understanding of the
meaning of
community
architecture and
urban design in
relation to
architecture.
Ability to determine
different elements
involved in design.
Powerpoint
presentation
Discussions
Q & A



Assignment
2-7

The importance of
Community in Public
Design, The social
Construction of
Communities

Familiarize with the
elements of urban
design and
community
architecture with
emphasis on the
Knowledge and
understanding of
community in public
design how they are
formulated through
social construction
Powerpoint
presentation
Report
Discussions
Q & A
Field trip
Quiz
Reaction Paper
Report
Research
Assignment
Esquisses
origins of
sustainable
architecture and the
concept of social
construction of
communities.
Immersion and
continuous
exposure to this
concept including
its application to
the design process.

of communities.
Ability to draw
graphic ideas from
these design
knowledge
Ability to identify
and discern between
different approaches
in construction of
community.

Plates
Specific Projccts
Periodic exam
8-13

Creating & identifying
Senses of Place,
Physical/Urban Design
and communities

Discuss the
methods and
approaches in
creating and
identifying senses
of place,
physical/urban
design and
communities
focusing on
designs for energy
efficient structures
as directed by the
tropical setting.

Knowledge and
understanding in
creating and
identifying senses of
place, physical and
urban design and
communities.
Ability to apply the
concepts in
architectural
translation.
Ability to provide
different
architectural
solutions using the
concept of place.


Powerpoint
presentation
Report
Discussions
Q & A
Field trip
Quiz
Reaction Paper
Report
Research
Assignment
Esquisses
Plates
Specific Projects
Periodic exam
14-18

Co-Design Process and
its application to Urban
Discuss the
elements of design
Knowledge and
understanding of
Powerpoint
presentation
Quiz
Reaction Paper
Design

process and its
application to
Urban Design.
Apply the process
in the designs of
three Major Plates
which are required
for submission in
one semester

design process and
their influences in
urban design.
Ability to apply the
design process in
given projects.
Ability to identify
and discern different
application of the
design process in
design.


Film/av
presentation
Report
Discussions
Q & A
Field trip
Report
Research
Assignment
Esquisses
Plates
Specific Projects
Periodic exam



Evaluation and Grading System:

Methods
1. Traditional Assessment (e.g. Knowledge test, Written report, Oral presentation, etc)
Recitations
Quizzes
Group/oral presentation
Periodic examinations
Reflection Papers
2. Performance Assessment (e.g. teaching performance, Case Study, Portfolio, etc.)

Grading Scale
1. Actual Score *Then convert from decimal to percentage
Total no. of Items
2. Apply basic formula for computing grades
3. Compute for the Final Grade to be transmuted based on FEU Grading System on Quantitative Subjects

A. New Grading System for new enrollees/students (Started SY 2012-2013)

75% Passing base zero 60% Passing base zero
From To From To Quality Point Letter Grade
Below 75 Below 60 0.0 F
75 77.4 60 64.4 1.0 D
77.5 81.4 64.5 70.4 1.5 D+
81.5 84.4 70.5 76.4 2.0 C
84.5 88.4 76.5 82.4 2.5 C+
88.5 91.4 82.5 88.4 3.0 B
91.5 95.4 88.5 94.4 3.5 B+
95.5 100 94.5 100 4.0 A

B. Old Grading System for old students

75% Passing base zero 60% Passing base zero
From To From To Decimal Equivalence
Below 75 Below 60 5.0
75 77.4 60 63.4 3.0
77.5 79.4 63.5 67.4 2.75
79.5 81.4 67.5 71.4 2.5
81.5 84.4 71.5 75.4 2.25
84.5 87.4 75.5 79.4 2.00
87.5 89.4 79.5 84.4 1.75
89.5 91.4 84.5 89.4 1.50
91.5 94.4 89.5 94.4 1.25
94.5 100 94.5 100 1.00

Suggested References

Recommended but not required supplementary textbook(s) is/are:
Book
Architectural Graphic Standards: McGraw Hill. Latest Edition
Building Types: Time Savers: McGraw Hill. Latest Edition

Recommended but not required supplementary textbook(s) is/are:
Architecture and Identity: Responses To Cultural And Technological Change. Abel, Chris. 2000.
Architecture and Landscape: Barragn, Luis. 2003.
Architecture And Urban Development: A Vision For The New Age. Thomas, Derek. 2002.
Architecture As Response : Preserving The Past, Designing For The Future : Greer, Nora Richer.
Architecture For The Future. De Valle, Shiela.



Prepared by: Archt. Alfredo N. Lapuebla

Reviewed by: Archt. Alfredo N. Lapuebla

Noted by: Dr. Lorelei D.C. de Viana, IARFA Dean

Date: April 2014