Unit ethos

Unit 0’s underlying aim is for students to learn how to carry out intensive research -- into architectural ideas, urban conditions, cultural relations, practices of everyday life, etc. -- and then use their findings to devise innovative and challenging proposals for the contemporary city. A clear understanding of the technological, environmental and developmental issues involved in architecture is also vital. In order to develop their designs, students are expected to capitalise on the full range of methods of investigation and representation (sketches, models, digital fabrication, photography, drawings, computer renders, animations, etc.).