Architecture and Environmental Design (7 yr)

Course overview

The MEng provides an education in architecture with an engineering specialisation in the design of environmental systems for buildings. The course is recognised by ARB and RIBA for exemption from the Part One professional examination, and by CIBSE as a route to Chartered Engineer status. For those wishing to become professional architects, the MEng course is followed by one year’s supervised professional experience before embarking on the two year DipArch (see DipArch for further details) and one further year’s professional experience culminating in a Part Three exam.

Year one

This year is structured around a core studio module that develops key design skills and techniques. Supporting modules cover fundamental ideas and concepts relating to environmental design, construction, structural design, and architectural theory. The year also introduces mathematical tools that support the design of environmentally responsible building systems.

Year two

You study modules that explore the concepts behind the active and passive systems used to provide healthy, comfortable conditions for building occupants. The design studio serves as a forum to explore the application of these ideas and material covered in structures, construction and architectural history.

Year three

Studio projects offered in the third year seek to extend your ability to tackle briefs for more complex building types. These are linked to environmental systems modules that provide material to inform this work. Independent research skills are nurtured through completion of a dissertation that allows you to develop a specialism in a relevant area of your own choice.

Year four

The final year introduces advanced environmental design techniques, that facilitate a holistic approach to design. The year culminates in the completion of a major studio project where you are expected to bring all of your skills to bear in response to a brief for the design of a complex building.

Year five

For graduates wishing to pursue a career in architecture, year five involves supervised professional experience.

Years six and seven

For years six and seven, please refer to years one and two of the DipArch (Diploma in Architecture) in the next column.

By the end of the course

You will have developed the full set of architectural design skills offered by our BArch course but with a specialism in environmental design. Graduates may gain experience with consulting engineers and gain Chartered Engineer status or follow the same part as our BArch students towards gaining professional architect status.

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