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A Career In Architecture: a career in Architectural Technology
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A Career In Architecture: a career in Architectural Technology
Architect
In short
A creative and rewarding career in
the design, realisation and construction of buildings
Architectural Technologist
In short
A creative and rewarding career in the design,
realisation and
construction of buildings
A Career In Architecture: a career in Architectural Technology
Most images in this report are examples of student work by Architectural Technology students at SHU
Architect
Key Roles
Conceptual Designer
Building Designer
Environmental Designer
Technical Designer
Digital Designer
Project Manager
Construction Manager
Architectural Technologist
Key Roles
Conceptual Designer
Building Designer
Technical Designer
Environmental Designer
Digital Designer
Project Manager
Construction Manager
In practice the Architect and Technologist will normally be involved in all stages of a building project. They will normally have different levels of expertise. They will typically work together in a large multidisciplinary architectural practice
A Career In Architecture: a career in Architectural Technology
Architect
A Chartered Professional
Title and professional standards controlled at governmental level
Careers in:
National and International profile Architectural Practices
Large Commercial Practices
Medium-size Practices
Sole Practitioner
Architectural Technologist
A Chartered Professional
Title and professional standards controlled at governmental level
Careers in:
Large Commercial Practices
Medium-size Practices
Sole Practitioner
National Construction and Engineering Companies
A Career In Architecture: a career in Architectural Technology
Architect
Qualification
Design-led education
5 years in University
+2 years minimum Professional Experience in a paid job
Final Professional Exams to gain professional status
Average period of 9-10 yrs to qualify
Architectural Technologist
Qualification
Design-led education
3 years in University
+ 1 Sandwich year in a paid job is common and works very well
+2 years minimum Professional Experience in a paid job
Final Professional Exams to gain professional status
Average period of 6-7 yrs to qualify
A Career In Architecture: a career in Architectural Technology
Architect
The Profession
RIBA Royal Institute of British Architects Large membership and well funded Nationally and Regionally active Internationally regarded – global career opportunities Strong attractive profile and promotion of the profession Strong awareness of the profession in society and in schools and colleges A great career opportunity
Architectural Technologist The Profession
CIAT Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists Some national and regional activity Internationally developing – Hong Kong and Canada Limited profile and promotion of the profession Limited awareness of the profession in society and in schools and colleges A great career opportunity
Needs much better promotion!
A Career In Architecture: a career in Architectural Technology
Why Architectural Technology?....according to CIAT If you like architecture, design, drawing, IT, problem solving and you are creative and inquisitive then this could be the career for you.
You could think of an Architectural Technologist as a key member of a precise design team – interested in the best in architecture, technology, materials, innovation, simulation, and high durability and performance: in how the car drives as well as looks
A Career In Architecture: a career in Architectural Technology
The title ‘Architect’ is protected in law in the UK. The practice of Architecture is not protected….anyone can design a building
There are a number of established names for people who offer building design services:
Architect
Architectural Designer
Architectural Consultant
Architectural Technologist
Architectural Technician
An Architectural Technologist is fully educated and qualified building designer….like an Architect
PROPECTS: Architectural Technologist
A Career In Architecture: a career in Architectural Technology
Most of the large Architectural Practices in Sheffield employ Architectural Technologists as key team members, many of them graduates of Sheffield Hallam University
A Career In Architecture: a career in Architectural Technology
CIAT PRACTICE FINDER
OASIS Small practice founded by SHU graduate
PH Architecture Sole practice founded by SHU graduate
TECHNOLOGISTS IN LARGE PRACTICES
A Career In Architecture: a career in Architectural Technology
Scott Kyson MCIAT
A Career In Architecture: a career in Architectural Technology
Scott Kyson is an award winning designer who is a qualified Architectural Technologist. He is an external examiner at SHU
VIDEO: A career in Architectural Technology
CIAT Education Page
CIAT Accredited Courses
The career as defined by CIAT
A Career In Architecture: a career in Architectural Technology
Sheffield Hallam University are the first UK university to hold the status of CIAT Centre of Excellence in Education in Architectural Technology The CIAT criteria for Centre of Excellence demonstrates: 1. Committed teaching staff and resources 2. Innovative learning teaching and assessment strategies 3. Commitment to promoting CIAT 4. Commitment to research and scholarly activity that has a significant impact on the teaching of Architectural Technology 5. Outstanding links with industry
Study at Hallam: CIAT Centre of Excellence#1
Course Aims: Career Focus
The professional body CIAT says: " Technologists provide architectural design services and solutions. They are specialists in the science of architecture, building design and construction and form the link between concept and construction. They negotiate the construction project and manage the process from conception through to completion" At Sheffield Hallam University we continually strive to provide an up to date and design-led preparation for a career as a Chartered Architectural Technologist. Our defining course aims are taught to very high standards and then fully integrated to provide the sophisticated all-round abilities that this exciting and highly regarded profession demands.
An Architectural Technologist is a qualified building designer. Encouraging inventive and skilled architectural design is the defining ambition of our Architectural Technology course. Our course will take you from the very beginning of the design process in Year 1 to the making of a complex and high quality building proposal at the end of the final year. You will learn and lead the design process from start to finish.
Course Aims: Design Emphasis
An Architectural Technologist is an expert in the construction of buildings. Our course will take you from the basics of construction materials through to producing the advanced technical details to make inventive and high-performance buildings. We aim to inspire you to approach technical design as a rewarding and highly skilled process to sustain your future career.
Course Aims: Technical Innovation
Course Aims: Environmental Ethos
We firmly believe that an Architectural Technologist should be an expert in environmental and low-energy design. Our course will take you from the key principles of building science and low-energy design through to the design of complex buildings that are environmentally advanced. The focus is on the best passive design strategies and environmental simulation using specialist software. We aim to educate you to want to create the sustainable future that we at Sheffield Hallam are committed to.
Course Aims: CAD Excellence
A successful Architectural Technologist will be an expert in the use of digital tools Our course will take you from turning the computer on for the first time through to the full three-dimensional modelling of your final design projects. We focus on Building Information Modelling (BIM) taught to current industry standards. We will provide you with state of the art CAD skills that will give you the cutting edge that employers are looking for.
Course Aims: Professional Preparation
An Architectural Technologist has to be an effective and confident professional, able to apply the demanding legislation that buildings must comply with. We make these subjects interesting and relevant by applying them to your final year design project. Teaching is provided by practising experts in fire safety and health and safety and by staff with experience of many types of architectural practice and methods of constructing buildings. Our course will develop this applied knowledge and skill to allow you make an immediate contribution to your work in practice after graduation.
You can study Architectural Technology in a number of ways: The most common route is the sandwich route with year three taken as a placement year in practice. The three-year full time course is for those who decide not to take a placement The part-time route is normally six years, with 60 study credits each year. You can switch between full and part-time study and this creates valuable flexibility and choice as you progress through the course. You can opt to study abroad on an exchange programme in the second semester of year two.
Course Structure: Flexible Routes
DESIGN STUDIO AT1
40 credits
COMMUNICATION
10 credits
TECHNICAL STUDIO 1
20 credits
ENVIRONMENT
& TECHNOLOGY 1
10 credits
CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY 1
10 credits
INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY
20 credits
CAD 1
10 credits
DESIGN PROJECT 2A
20 credits
CAD STUDIO 2A
10 credits
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
10 credits
ENVIRONMENT & TECHNOLOGY 2A
10 credits
ARCHITECTURAL
CONSERVATION A 10 credits
DESIGN PROJECT 2B
20 credits
CAD STUDIO 2B
10 credits
Practice related module (elective)
10 credits
ENVIRONMENT & TECHNOLOGY 2B
10 credits
ARCHITECTURAL
CONSERVATION B 10 credits
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
20 credits
FIRE, HEALTH &
SAFETY
20 credits
ENVIRONMENT & TECHNOLOGY 3
20 credits
TECHNICAL REPORT
20 credits
COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN PROJECT
40 credits
YEAR ONE
YEAR TWO semester two
s
YEAR FOUR
YEAR TWO semester one
s
BSc ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY SYLLABUS DIAGRAM (full time 3 years /sandwich 4 years/ part time 6 years)
YEAR THREE PLACEMENT (SANDWICH ROUTE OPTION)
Part time year one Part time year two
Industry Links: Employer and Practice Networks
Sharrow School by Cath Basilio, final year tutor
The 'Meat Factory' by Professor Julian Marsh
The Architectural Technology course benefits from effective links to the architectural profession. We have an excellent reputation with local and regional employers. High profile companies located in Sheffield such as Building Design Partnership, Bond Bryan Architects, HLM, WCEC, Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson, Race Cottam, WS Atkins and CODA Studios regularly employ our gradauates and offer year-out sandwich placements. Our staff have wide experience of working on high-quality and technically innovative projects, which are often used as examples in our teaching. Some of our permanent staff continue to combine teaching with working in practice and contribute to research in areas of technical design. Visiting staff from practice, including Chartered Architectural Technologists, Architects, Consulting Structural Engineers and Local Authority Surveyors make regular contributions to our studio projects and lecture courses. The UK's leading practitioners speak at our annual evening guest lecture series.
Industry Links: Support for Employability
We use our links with practice and employment services team to help prepare you for finding work in the placement year and after graduation. • We support applications with help on CV-writing, letter
writing and compiling a professional portfolio.
• We provide visits to practice in Year Two and 'mock' interviews in collaboration local practices HLM and CODA Studios
• Our alumni and employers visit to provide regular careers advice in recall events with placement students
• We offer access to short-term internships from practices on the ‘SHU Estates Framework’ consultancy
• Our database of placement and graduate employers is updated annually and shared on the student intranet.
• Above all we focus on maintaining the core skills in our design, technical, environmental, professional and CAD modules that are needed for employment.
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Architectural Technology
Applicant Attributes & Admissions
• Creative, Curious and Analytical
• Must love buildings and making things
• Balance of A-levels – design or applied subject beneficial but not essential
• BTEC also very effective preparation and qualification
• Portfolio Interview - practical focus
• 220-260 UCAS points from 2016/17
• 30 students typical intake - no limits
• Regional catchment
• 40% of the course is shared with Architecture students
A Career In Architecture: a career in Architectural Technology
A career in Architectural Technology is a Career In Architecture
This SHU student was placed first in the annual national award for architectural technology students in the UK
For further information or to organise further outreach activity please do not hesitate to contact:
Andrew Wilson
Head of Architecture
Prospectus Link
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