Course syllabus
Course-PM
ACE355 ACE355 Colour and light in spatial contexts lp3 VT25 (5 hp)
Course is offered by the department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Contact details
Examiner: Naima Callenberg, naima@chalmers.se
Faculty: Greta Faxberg, faxberg@chalmers.se
Course purpose
The aim of the course is to develop the students’ knowledge on colour and light phenomena and concepts, thereby giving tools for design strategies in architecture and planning. The course will further train the student’s ability to use academic texts (scientific/scholarly) as a basis for formulating a research question, an individual position, and a line of argument. It will also train the student in analysing arguments laid out in other texts, and appropriately use citation, references and bibliography.
The course is primarily based in architectural colour and light research. However, the colour and light field is multi-disciplinary, and to get a deeper understanding the course will make explorations through different research disciplines.
Schedule
Please follow the canvas calendar function. Any changes to the schedule will be updated there and communicated via announcements.
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Course literature
See course-pm/literature list.
Course design
The course is structured in sessions including lectures, seminars, group meetings, peer-reviews and practical workshops/field studies.
The course includes reference group meetings and individual paper writing time. The aim of the reference group meetings is for the students to support each other’s work and review each other’s texts and collaborate in finding answers to questions defined in the process.
Each student will write and submit a short paper/essay using some of the texts we deal with in the seminar or other texts that will be recommended. It is advised to choose a focus for the paper/essay that is relevant for the current studio, however it is possible to delve deeper into a problem that occurred in an earlier project.
Practical workshops/field studies are primarily carried out in groups, while the paper is written individually. The course also includes tutoring both in person and through written feedback.
The course ends with a final paper seminar followed by a concluding reflective seminar.
Canvas will be used for course information and uploading assignments, and communication within the course. We actively use the canvas calendar-function to update seminar locations etc. Furthermore, we use the function of announcements to communicate while the course is ongoing. Some information will be updated during the course.
Lecturers include Marie-Claude Dubois from White/LTH/SLU, Monica Billger from Chalmers among others.
Learning objectives and syllabus
Learning objectives:
Knowledge and understanding
- Demonstrate an understanding of colour and light theory in the area of architecture and urban planning
- Reflect on how knowledge developed within the broad research field of colour and light may have practical implications on design strategies.
- Demonstrate knowledge on how the use of colour and light in architecture and planning can influence sustainable development of the built environment.
Competence and skills
- Describe and assess the qualities of design and built environment with reference to scientific and experience-based knowledge and value-based arguments.
- Show an ability to understand and analyse arguments laid out in theoretical texts, and can use theoretical texts as basis for formulating a position or query.
- Appropriately use citation, references and bibliography.
Formulation of judgements and attitudes
- Promote the value of research in the field of color and light and its applications in architecture and urban planning.
- Critically relate their own writing and arguments in the course to larger issues or questions in architecture and urban design.
- Identify own needs for further development of skills and knowledge within the area of colour and light in architecture and urban planning.
Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.
Examination form
Students are required to participate actively in a minimum of 80% of the scheduled sessions and submit material according to instructions. Opposition on each other’s papers at the final seminar is compulsory. This is the base for passing the course.
The course examination is based on the learning activities listed in the appendix, including the submission of an academic text of minimum 2000 words and max 3000 words, complete with references and a bibliography.
Each student paper is reviewed and graded after submission. The “HISS criteria” in the appendix of the course-pm are used as basis for the grading of the paper.
The paper will be presented at a final seminar, and the students will oppose on each other’s papers. In case of inability to attend the final seminar, a written opposition needs to be handed in, in the designated folder for the final seminar module at Canvas.
After the final paper seminar, the deadline for handing in the revised papers will be 2 weeks later. Papers that are filed after this headline cannot achieve grade 5, unless the student has acceptable reasons for the delay. In this case, contact the examiner before deadline.
In case of missed deadlines for hand-in of reports or the progressions of the paper, there will be folders to use for completions of assignments in Canvas.
Grading
The grading of the course is based on attendance and the overall achievements within the course, all learning activities (workshop, seminars, presentations) and submissions. 50 % of the grading is based on the final paper submission and final opposition (see opposition guide).
Please see course-pm for further information and the HISS assessment criteria.
Course summary:
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