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Programme Manager
Mr Thomas Kern
Assistant Programme Manager
Mrs Natasha Thewlis
Module Leader(s)
Mr Ray Verrall
Contributor(s)
Mr Daniel Goodricke
Mr Christoph Oschatz
Students
Pak Siu Au
Yi May Emily Chan
Philomena Chen
Tongyu Chen
Pok Ho Cheung
Qian Yi Choi
Huyen Anh Do
Ho Hang Ryan Fung
Ana Paula Godoy
Xin Guo
Tobias Evan Himawan
Yiwen Huang
Zeyu Jiang
Sung Jin Kang
Sofia Kovalenko
Yee Kwan Lam
Ka Ching Leung
Luk Chong Leung
Anqi Li
Michelle Sie Ee Lim
Junwen Luo
Jianing Lyu
Kamila Mammadova
Maharram Mammadzada
Ying Yeung Mo
Nur Salymbekov
Assem Saparbekova
Chi Shen
Elizaveta Streltsova
Vito Benjamin Sugianto
Akihisa Tomita
Anna Volkova
Ho Yin Wong
Edward Benedict Yaoxiang Yan
Zhuoer Yu
Zhong Zheng
Xingyu Zhou
Jingyi Zhou
Erya Zhu
Jianhua Zhu
Module Leader(s)
Ray Verrall
The International Foundation in
Architecture provides a highly
explorative introduction to the
subject, allowing a great degree of
playfulness and individuality. Upon
successful completion, students
may gain direct entry to Newcastle
University to continue the subject
at degree level.
Semester 1 introduces students
to the foundational elements of
architecture through lectures,
seminars, workshops, study trips
and two main design projects.
The conveyed content is designed
to stimulate an active interest in
the subject of architecture and to
strengthen relevant skills such as
sketching, drawing, model-making
and creative thinking. By the end of
the semester, students have begun
to develop a general understanding
of the language of architectural
design.
Semester 2 provides students with
the opportunity to transform and
merge their theoretical knowledge
and creativity through a small-
scale, yet challenging, architectural
International Foundation in Architecture
design project, learning to consider
the environmental, social and
cultural implications of architectural
intervention. The principles of
basic construction methods are
introduced, and students gain
a deeper understanding of how
buildings are physically made.
Workshops and tutorials provide
guidance and support as they
continue to develop their personal
design language and refine their
communication and presentation
skills.
Throughout the course, students
are required to critically analyse,
research, record and reflect upon
their new architectural knowledge
as it develops. The primary means
for documenting this is through
the consistent use of sketchbooks
and accumulation of development
material. At the end of the course,
having worked through a variety
of tasks and projects, students
produce a final portfolio which
demonstrates the general skills
and knowledge required for further
study.