Overview

Whether you want to expand your field of expertise, or deepen it, this unique one-year course will enrich your knowledge and enhance your career in the fields of Advanced Architectural, Urban Design and Digital Fabrication. The Architecture and Urbanism programme, offered by University of East London, is aimed at architecture graduates wishing to specialize in advanced digital design processes, and at those within the ‘built environment’ – such as planners, psychologists, quantity surveyors or designers

Along the course Advanced Architectural Design, Parametric Urban Design, Digital Manufacturing will be developed across the year following a common digital platform which simulates the state of the art of design processes in  contemporary architectural practices. The goal is experimenting new possibilities for architectural spaces and cities connecting the design to advanced fabrication techniques and sustainable strategies in order to generate a research leading to a secure impact in the industry. 

Your future career

• This course is ideal if you are a practitioner or recent graduate wishing to diversify your knowledge of built environment disciplines.
• The course will help you shift your architectural practice into a new field or direction.
• The course will give you a better understanding of contemporary practice within European and global contexts and help you develop your critical design or writing and thinking skills.
• The course will offer you a specialized expertise that could help to take your career in an upward, and perhaps different, direction.
• The will give you the opportunity to expand your network of contacts, getting in touch with globally renowned practitioners, manufacturers and researchers. 
• And if you are considering further study, the course will provide an ideal route towards PhD-level work.