Architecture and Spatial Planning

The Faculty’s study program aims to prepare competent architects for identification and analysis of architectural problems, drafting and development of architectural projects and service for community in the professional field taking into consideration also general social and environmental issues.

The program encompasses skills on communication and information and ideas exchange. The program also includes interdisciplinary aspects that enable students to transfer and contextualize their competences in different fields and different working environments, including team-working and individual working skills.

On successful completion of this program students should be able to:

Knowledge

• Possess and understand advanced knowledge in the development and critical analysis of architectural designs, urban planning, and the interplay of housing and urban design.
• Demonstrate a coherent understanding of the historical, theoretical, national, regional, and international knowledge of architecture, including architectural heritage.
• Apply integrated knowledge to situate architecture within historical, social, cultural, and ecological contexts, emphasizing landscape architecture and the benefits of urban vegetation and parks.
• Understand and apply techniques, methods, and tools to evaluate social, economic, and spatial aspects through the design and planning process, incorporating elements of mathematics, geodesy, and building physics.

Skills

• Solve complex problems related to construction, building technology, and engineering, integrating knowledge from geomechanics, building physics, and technical mechanics.
• Innovate in the creation of urban spaces, with a focus on energy-efficient designs, and address the role of acoustics in building physics.
• Execute research on practical skills and theory, exploring materials in architecture, utilizing computer applications in architectural designs, and incorporating environmental management techniques.

Competencies

• Analyze data, processes, or structures to gain knowledge of principles, solutions, and building materials, using tools from courses such as construction economics and technical mechanics.
• Exercise autonomy and take primary responsibility for professional communication and interpretation, synthesizing insights from art history, design studios, and regional planning.
• Address ethical and professional issues in architecture, integrating insights from courses on ethics, architectural heritage, and the socio-economic context of urban planning.