**Please note that the information provided relates to the current academic year and is subject to change without notice by Sheffield Hallam University.
Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information.**
**Course summary**
- Study a pioneering course in the field of sustainable architecture and design.
- Realise your creative potential to evolve environmental and sustainable architecture for the 21st Century.
- Explore social and political issues of architecture through design projects set within a broad range of rural and urban contexts.
- Study the culture, history and theory of architecture to inform your design projects.
- Learn digital modelling and CAD to the most up-to-date industry standards.
**How you learn:**
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.
You will learn to conceptualise, analyse and develop your creative imagination, applying this to design problems which increase in complexity throughout the course. Design projects simulate the real-world skills used in architectural practice.
Year 1 has a small-scale and domestic focus with an emphasis on environmental principles and three-dimensional investigation through making and drawing.
Year 2 has a larger urban scale and international focus and is designed to expand knowledge, imagination, confidence and skills. The year is centred on a European field trip.
Year 3 has a strong social and environmental focus with design projects located in the UK.
You learn through:
- weekly studio-based design tutorials
- lectures and seminars
- practical workshops
- field trips within the UK and Europe
- digital classes
- visits to important architecture and places
- visits to current architectural practices
- lectures and talks from practicing architects
- specialist consultants from industry
**Applied learning - Project-based learning**
The course seeks to train architects who care about people and the environment, and who appreciate how architecture can have a positive impact on society. Modules in the history and theory of architecture look deep into social and cultural issues, and help to explain how architecture is connected to them. Design projects then apply this knowledge and understanding.
A range of software is used for Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Building Information Modelling (BIM), which together allow exploration of the design and the creation of a data-rich environment.
**Environmental emphasis**
The curriculum specialises in environmental design and introduces fundamental knowledge of environmental science and low-energy design across all three years.
We use software that allows the environmental quality and energy performance of buildings to be simulated and tested — this is then used to inform studio design projects. Environmental simulation tools are also used to test 3D proposals in a variety of ways.
**Field trips**
Field study trips within the UK and Europe broaden your understanding of architecture within contemporary contexts, and prepare you for a variety of scenarios which you will find in practice.
Extracurricular activities, organised with our active architecture student society (SHarc), include hands-on workshops and a guest lecture series where students invite practitioners to discuss current issues and concerns.
**Networking opportunities**
Employers and practitioners are invited as studio tutors or visiting lecturers to engage with students.
We have strong connections with regional and national practices, which allow for excellent employment opportunities. This is aided by industry employer events, such as our end of year exhibition preview, and is aided further by a dedicated employability team.
Course Details - Modules
Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.
Year 1 - Compulsory modules
Architectural Design Studio 1
Architecture Studio One
Communication
Cultural Context 1
Environment And Technology 1
Year 2 - Compulsory modules
Architecture Studio 2
Construction Technology
Cultural Context 2
Environment And Technology 2
Final year - Compulsory modules
Architecture Studio 3A
Architecture Studio 3B
Cultural Context 3
Environment And Technology 3
Professional Practice
Course Details – Assessment Method
Coursework
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Architects Royal Institute of British
Architects Registration Board
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
K100
Institution code:
S21
Campus Name:
Main Site
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
This must include at least 64 points from 2 A Levels or equivalent BTEC qualifications. We accept General Studies. For example:
ABB at A Level.
DDM in BTEC Extended Diploma.
A combination of qualifications, which may include AS levels, EPQ and General Studies.
We make you a lower offer after reviewing your portfolio at a selection event.
Access - at least 45 credits at level 3 and 15 credits at level 2 from a relevant QAA accredited course
All applicants who are made a conditional or unconditional offer at the application stage will be invited to a course discussion with a member of our architecture staff. This will be an on-line discussion during the current Covid-19 pandemic.
You will be sent a selection of up to date course information with the invite to attend a course discussion. If you received a conditional offer, you should prepare a portfolio of work for the discussion. Your portfolio should demonstrate your creative potential. It should demonstrate your imagination, originality and enthusiasm and show you to be someone with a good range of skills in graphic communication and may contain sketching, drawing, painting, photography, 3d work.
Attendance at the course discussion is fully optional, but it does provide you with the chance to receive a reduced UCAS point offer
The discussion is an opportunity for you to find out more about the course and for us to get to know you as an individual.
Please note the University will only admit students who are aged 18 or over at the point of enrolment.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)
6.0
If English is not your first language, you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills, or equivalent.
If your English language skill is currently below IELTS 6.0 we recommend you consider a Sheffield Hallam University Pre-sessional English course which will enable you to achieve an equivalent English score.
