Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After the completion of the course, the student is able to understand the realities of life and the conditions of professional work in various cultural contexts.

During the course, the students will:

-Get acquainted with new contexts and cultures.

-Develop skills in adapting to a new professional situation.

-Develop the understanding of causes that have led to a specific context.

-Develop their value system and sense of responsibility in terms of cultural and environmental sustainability.

Credits: 12

Schedule: 13.01.2022 - 19.05.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Saija Hollmen, Taru Niskanen

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  The course deals about the realities of planning and architectural design in the context of indigenous and/or other varied cultural contexts, with cultural understanding as the point of departure. The course highlights the environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainable development, using participatory and interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving.

  The studio includes a two/three-week obligatory field trip, during which the projects are outlined and material for the projects is gathered.

  The field trip is organized in collaboration with local actors such as city and city planning officials, staff and students of local universities and schools of architecture, different NGOs. The course has guest critics from different disciplines enlightening the problem solving from different points of view.

  The course is intended for students from Aalto Arts.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  1. preparatory tasks; 2. field work; 3. analysis task; 4. design task

  Course assessment criteria will vary according to the design theme and case study. In general course work will be assessed according to the following, by no means exhaustive, list:

  -Understanding the project goals and local circumstances
  -Ability to define the scope of the project
  -Schedule management
  -Quality of produced material
  -Ability to work as a team/ independently
  -Creativeness
  -Attitude towards new challenges and different approaches
  -Sense of responsibility with the work
  -Writing and presentation skills
  -Activeness (during field work and at home)

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  12 ECTS (About 27 working hours = 1 ECTS)

  - Lectures and theory 12h
  - Tutoring 40h
  - Workshop, seminars and reviews 12h
  - Field trip (on site work) 80h  (when applicable)
  - Independent work 180h

  Total workload 324h

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  List of relevant links will be collected on the course site in MyCourses.

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

1 No Poverty

4 Quality Education

5 Gender Equality

6 Clean Water and Sanitation

11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

13 Climate Action

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  The course is open to CS-students as well as students from Aalto Arts departments providing that they have successfully completed the pre-requisites for the course. The course is for Master's students. A letter of motivation and portfolio are required. The application process for the course starts in the beginning of the second period.

  The course is part of WiT Minor program. Minimum amount of students is 6, maximun 20.

  Teaching Period:

  2020-2021

  (2021, 2022) - No teaching

  Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=ARK-E201101

  Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts

  WebOodi

   

  The order of priority for admitting students to courses at Aalto ARTS 1.1.2018 onwards (approved by The Committee of Arts, Design and Architecture on 10.10.2017)

  The order of priority is as follows:

  1. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have scheduled it for the current academic year in their personal study plan (HOPS);
  2. exchange students for whom the course is a part of his/her officially approved learning agreement and scheduled to be taken during the current semester;
  3. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have not completed it yet;
  4. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and has been scheduled in the student's PSP (HOPS) for the current academic year
  5. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
  6. students for whom the course is compulsory for their minor;
  7. students, for whom the course is part of his/her minor subject s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
  8. students who have applied for the course through a student mobility scheme (internal mobility within Aalto University, flexible study right (JOO) studies etc.);
  9. other students.

   

  Courses that are intended to be multidisciplinary (e.g. UWAS courses) may apply an order of priority based on the learning outcomes of the course, while bearing in mind the university obligation of enabling students to complete their degrees within the normative duration of study set for the degree. The order of priority does not apply to courses organised by the Centre for General Studies or doctoral courses.

  This decision on the order of priority does not influence the right of the teacher to define prerequisites for the course.

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