CIVE2860 Design Studio 2 Module Guide
Part 2 Submission requirements: Integrated Design Report. (80% of module)
This must include these elements :
o Visual design presentation boards (30%)
o Illustrated written statement document (40%)
o Physical model & Digital sketchbook (10%)
• 2.1 Visual Design Presentation; (30% of module)
The scheme design will be described and explained on 3 x A1 presentation
sheets. The presentation sheets will use primarily visual means of
communication rather than relying on written text – this should be limited to
captions and notes to explain visual images. Presentation sheets must be in
landscape format.
It is up to you to decide how the scheme is presented on these sheets – this is
a significant graphic design task in itself and should be considered from the
beginning. However, some drawings and views are essential to include as
part of the description. These include:
• Site location plan
• Site plan
• General arrangement plans, sections, elevations, these should include
appropriate detail.
• Elevations and sections to show construction detail and appearance
• You are welcome to collaborate with your group to create site
elevations of the location.
These views should be presented in orthographic projection, to an appropriate
scale, and form the fundamental basis for understanding the proposal. Other
views will support these and you must include some 3-d views including a
ground level perspective.
With all drawings and views, you must ensure you include sufficient
descriptions of surrounding buildings in order to show the impact of your
proposal on the wider setting.
The level of detail required from this project is equivalent to RIBA stage 2/3:
concept/developed design. This means that all key aspects of the design are
determined and shown – all wall thicknesses, door swings, window openings
and glazing patterns, every stair tread. External treatments as well as internal
finishes should be shown. Construction build ups should be shown on the
larger scale drawings. The plant room and service risers should also be
shown. Sample detail investigation drawings should be included; an
exhaustive resolution of every interface is not needed.
The quality of drawings and images submitted to describe the project must be
very high in order to score reasonable marks. You should allow a lot of time to
enable this – it is not possible to ‘draw up’ your proposals the night or even
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the week before. All key design decisions therefore should be fixed before the
Easter break (see suggested work plan, later)
• 2.2 Illustrated written statement document. (40% of module, breakdown
below)
This is a full written description and explanation of the design proposal as an
integrated scheme. The document should include plenty of illustrations as well
as text to help with this. To include the following sections:
The statement should be a detailed description, analysis and explanation of
the proposal and written in third person. All technical reports are generally
written in the 3rd person singular.
It is up to you to decide on the font style, size, margins and line spacing.
Whatever you choose should be used throughout your report (i.e. be
consistent). All pages should be numbered and you should structure your
report into a series of logical sections with appropriate headings and sub-
headings.
2.2.1 Architectural design statement: (10% of module)
• A contents page;
• Site analysis information ( development from the group work)
• Individual project / client brief information
• Precedent analysis used to develop the brief
• Response to the brief, precedents, and site influences
• Concept and response to brief with form and layout,
• a sequence of spaces beginning from outside including
• Spatial design and area information – supported by diagrams and drawings
• Selection of technologies and materials,
• Technical and construction understanding supported by construction details.
• Visual impact and influence including elevation detail design
• Understanding of the relevant building regulations
2.2.2 Environmental services design statement. (10% of module)
• A contents page;
• A statement of the external and internal design conditions you believe are
appropriate to the project.
• A synopsis of the climatic conditions and the solar environment at the site.
• A statement of the energy strategy for heating the building and what
approaches are to be taken to delivering heat in different spaces.
• A description of the ventilation strategies.
• A description of the proposed natural and artificial lighting strategy.
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• A description of the fabric design i.e., choice of materials and thickness of
each layer. For one wall construction you should show a calculation of the U-
value using the methods you have learned in the Building Physics 1 module.
• Supporting diagrams such as plans and sections to explain the strategies.
In order to develop an integrated design solution for your proposals, you will need to
consider a number of environmental design issues, including:
• thermal comfort of different types of occupant;
• local climatic conditions and their impact;
• the most appropriate energy strategy;
• what environmental design criterial are appropriate;
• fabric performance;
• natural and artificial daylight provision;
• provision of ventilation;
• any acoustic and air quality constraints.
Two key tasks earlier in your work are to firstly develop an understanding of climatic
conditions and how these effects the design at the proposed site and secondly, to
define what the appropriate internal environmental design conditions will be. For the
benefit of your client as well as design purposes you should be able to define the
design targets for room temperatures, lighting and ventilation levels and this needs
to be done in the initial phase of the project.
You will need to do your own research (e.g., using the CIBSE design guides) and
seek to apply what you are learning in the Building Physics 1 module to do [Link] is
important that you consider how the environmental needs of different spaces in the
building vary. For example, toilet and living spaces will have different ventilation
requirements to other spaces and you will have to develop proposals that
incorporate different strategies to meet these needs.
When considering the form of your building and what elements will be glazed or
opaque, it is important that the local climate, the orientation of the building and
relation to surrounding buildings are understood. You will need to consider how the
needs for good daylight can be balanced with the need to control overheating and
winter heat losses, for example. You are not expected to construct any building
physics models or carry out detailed calculations of daylight or solar gains in this
project, but you should show how some consideration has been given to these
factors in your final architectural design proposal.
Conservation of energy and minimisation of carbon emissions is always a goal in
building design. For the purposes of this project, you should consider what types of
energy source are appropriate along with what types of heating technology will meet
the performance requirements efficiently.
You correspondingly need to consider how heat losses can be minimised through
appropriate fabric design and control of ventilation and infiltration. You are expected
to do some research of your own as to suitable fabric designs and use the theoretical
methods you are learning in Building Physics 1 to ensure that the insulation levels
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are appropriate. You should also carry out a heating energy assessment of your final
design.
2.2.3 Structural design statement (10% of module)
The following items of work, listed below, must be provided in the order given, in
the relevant structural design section
• A contents page;
• A list of assumed design data;
• A structural design statement. This should be word-processed and must
include an initial explanation of the structural action of the building, in
particular how the applied loads are transferred to the supporting ground.
• Statements, with supporting fully annotated sketches or diagrams (again
these can be computer-generated or drawn by hand) are required to explain,
firstly in the form of an introduction, how and why you decided on your
chosen structural form then how your proposed structure is:
• Stable under the action of lateral wind loading (including the provision of any
bracing, shear walls or rigid connections);
• Robust (in the event of a failure or collapse of one of the main supporting
members);
• Able to transfer all the applied vertical loads to the supporting ground in a safe
and stable manner;
• Safe under fire conditions (state the required structural fire rating in hours and
explain briefly how you will achieve the fire rating);
• Durable (explain what the main threats are to the durability of the building and
what measures you have taken or provided to avoid any rapid and/or
excessive deterioration of the different elements of construction you have
specified);
• Capable of being constructed without the use of extensive temporary works,
expensive items of plant, etc (i.e. explain how it is “buildable”);
• Sustainable (you should consider designing your building to make it safe and
simple to take apart so that much of it could be re-used elsewhere;
consideration should be given to energy efficiency, low embodied
carbon/energy design and also to the use of locally available materials).
It is anticipated that you will have gained some initial ideas about possible structural
forms from your precedent study work.
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Please note that any sketches or diagrams used in your report should each be given
a figure number and title. Each figure should also be referred to in the text, for
example, “As shown in Figure 3, …..”.
2.2.4 Construction Design risk assessment (5%)
A list of what you consider to be the FIVE main hazards to the health and
safety of the site workers (or members of the public) during the construction of
your building. You are then to carry out a risk assessment to demonstrate how
the risks will be reduced to an acceptable level on site. NOTE: your hazards
and risk assessment MUST be specific to your proposed building and the site.
Generic risk assessments (obtained from the web or similar source) are not
acceptable. Also, marks will be deducted if you submit more than 5
hazards.
2.2.5 Building Regulations Fire strategy statement (5%)
You must provide
• Diagrammatic annotated fire strategy plans and sections showing fire
compartmentation, escape routes, travel distances and assembly areas
outside, site access for fire services.
• a description and analysis of the strategies chosen as illustrated in the
fire strategy drawings outlined above, with some cross reference to
current regulatory frameworks for fire safety. Some information
regarding fire resistant materials will be restated here.
3.0 Digital Sketchbook & Physical Model. (10% of module, breakdown below)
3.1 Physical model (5%)
This can be more than one object: you must submit at least one hand made
model at 1:150 scale to fit on the context model. The proposal should include
the entire plot and associated amenity space. This should be carefully made
using materials of your choice, to show massing and elevational treatments.
Use of colour and texture is for you to choose, marks will be given on the
basis of quality and accuracy in communicating the proposal.
Other models used to develop scheme concepts or construction detail may be
included in presentations; photographs of all models should be included within
the digital sketchbook.
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3.2 Digital sketchbook (5%)
As described in the working method section above, you are expected to
create a record of your own design process. The digital sketchbook shouldn’t
be an unsorted grab bag of every mark you have made, but rather an edited
selection of images and notes which describe and explain the design scheme
as it has developed, including personal site studies, precedent analysis, brief
development as well as design and concept options including discarded ones.
Scanned content should be explained using additional notes where needed.
Notes from tutorials should be included where possible.
4.0 Revit Model
As part of the submission, each student is requested to submit a revit model,
so that it can be incorporated into a group model for the end of year
presentation.
Part 2 submission requirements:.
Each student must submit the all the required elements on Minerva
8th May 2025. 23:59.
3 x A1 presentation boards, combined as a single pdf file.
The file name must be: YOURSURNAME CIVE2860 [Link]
The illustrated written statement as a single combined pdf file.
The file name must be: YOURSURNAME CIVE2860 [Link]
The digital sketchbook combined as a single pdf file.
The file name must be: YOURSURNAME CIVE2860 [Link]
Physical model to be left in the studio in the location identified.
Assessment.
Assessment Criteria for the submitted elements are derived from the School
Assessment Criteria. These use three general components: Coverage & Content;
Presentation, Structure & Style; Referencing. For this design project these elements
have been equated to the following quality attributes:
• Coverage & Content = Conceptual response & insight as an interpretation of
the brief.
• Presentation, Structure & Style = Resolution of the design as an integrated
proposal.
• Referencing = Background information and its influence on the proposal.
These will be applied to each of the submitted elements, within the constraints of
content.
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