| The Department of Architectural
design was founded in 1991 by Professor A.V.Merenkov. The 10-strong staff
of the Department consists of 5 associate professors, 3 senior lecturers,
and two instructors. The job of the department is to provide basic
professional training for undergraduates within the two-stage
architectural training system. The staff of the Department supervise
architectural design training in 3rd and 4th years. Specialists, leading
practising architects and teaching staff of other specialised departments
of the Academy are regularly invited to supervise course and graduate
projects.
The Department has a programme of activities aimed to: Develop and
improve the methodological architectural training principles in 3rd and
4th years leading to Bachelor of Architecture degree; Train 3rd and 4th
year students in methods of architectural design focusing on urban
environment, residential, public and industrial architecture.
The staff of the Department have designed and implemented a conceptual
framework for training Bachelors of Architecture as architects capable of
completing projects with blueprints.
Within this framework the curriculum of the Department includes such a
discipline as Blueprint Design, and all graduate projects provide for a
set of blueprints to be completed based on an earlier completed sketch
project within one of the following specialties:
Town planning 290101
Architecture of public and residential buildings 290102
Architecture of industrial buildings and structures 290103
The staff of the Department have designed and implemented the method of
functional composition modelling. One of the leading design training
methods used by the staff is competition design. A number of competition
projects submitted by students of the Department have been awarded prizes
at international, republican and city competitions (see illustrations).
The staff and postgraduate students of the Department conducts research
in the following areas: Improvement of planning and engineering services
for school buildings allowing for sanitary and climatic requirements;
Architecture and composition of living environment; Small businesses in
the context of urban development; Improvement of the typological structure
of modern resorts and tourist sights in the Urals; Urban planning of
regional transport network (with reference to the Urals); Industrial
architecture for urban places; Development of a methodological basis of
architectural design practice.
Min subjects of the Department:
Architectural design
Blueprint design (a lecture and practice course)
Computer simulation of architectural objects (optional)
Introduction to town planning (optional)
Graduate design project
The staff of the Department are engaged in experimental and competition
design in the following areas: Reconstruction of housing estates;
Residential architecture; School buildings; Large public buildings;
Interior design for residential and public buildings; Lighting design for
residential and public buildings.A high level of professional training for
bachelors of architecture provided by the Department is confirmed by
prizes and awards won by its graduates at international competitions of
course and graduate diploma projects. |
