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MArch+Certificate in MArch ConcentrationsMechanismThe Master of Architecture Plus (MArch+) encompasses four core areas that reflect upon interests and expertises at the School ofArchitecture: computational, conservation, sustainable, and urban design.Each area offers required and elective courses, seminars and studios that are both specific to the area and interdisciplinary in nature.28MArch+ aims to offer additional learning experience in one of the four areas to enhance the knowledge and abilities of students within theirprofessional degree. Students would have a full two years to fulfill the necessary requirements without having to declare the concentration29at the outset of entering MArch programme.ConcentrationsIn addition to the requirements of the studio, required and elective courses for the fulfilment of the degree of Master of Architecture, astudent opt to take three electives offered in one concentration and an MArch 1 or MArch 2 concentration studio in order to qualify for theaward of a certificate in that concentration. Of the 9 credits gained from concentration electives, 3 can be counted towards the 52-creditgraduation requirement of the MArch programme, except for Sustainable Design.Computational DesignCoordinator: marc aurel schnabelConservation DesignCoordinator: ho puay-pengSustainable DesignCoordinator: edward ngUrban DesignCoordinator: hendrik tiebenYou explore and deepen your knowledge and exposure in thediscipline of computational architecture and digital manufacturing.The courses are grouped around digital technologies forarchitectural design and the challenges of producing socially andenvironmentally sustainable environments. You are encouraged toreframe challenges of the built environment, to become a centralparticipant in the larger context and to implement architecturalcomputation in your designs.Heritage conservation impacts many aspects of the cultural life ofthe society, including historical continuum, urban landscape, andcultural regenerations. In many urban projects, architects workingare increasingly confronted with heritage building located within oradjacent to the site. This concentration is to provide a framework forunderstanding the theory and practice of heritage conservation, andskill in design with historic buildings. There will also be an opportunityto work with expert and students in Beijing.The sustainable design concentration allows the student a better indepthunderstanding of design issues related to the topical concern ofsustainable and environmental design in archiecture.Students in this concentration area can take advantage of theSchool’s unique location in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Deltafor in-depth studies of contemporary urban issues related torapid urban transformation and high density living. Studios andseminars explore new emerging urban forms and the underlyingprocesses of their creation. The focus in this concentration areashifts from the design of objects to places. Summer Schools giveopportunities to learn in international teams and experience abroader range of urban conditions.Requirementsdesign studiosG1 cross-fabricated scales;G7 glass commmune;Thesiselectives arch 5701c; arch 5901design studiosG6 designing with historic buildings;Thesiselectives arch 5801, arch 6303, arch 6304design studioThesiselectives senv 7005; senv 7200^;senv 7300^;senv 7006; senv 7400^design studiosG9 visions for macau-zhuhai’swater space;G10 1km² mega block;G11 sustainable neighborhoodfor urban china tomorrow;Thesisrequirementselectives: 9 units;studios: 6-unit M1 studio or16-unit thesis withcomputational designas focusrequirementselectives: 9 units;studios: 6-unit M1 studio or16-unit thesis withconservation design asfocusrequirementselectives: 9 units;studios: 16-unit thesis withsustainable design as focusand an independentstudy/technical report^block teaching electives, i.e. 36-hour lecture courses in 9 days with assignment to be submitted 1 month laterelectives arch 5701a; arch 5701b;arch 5701c;arch 6701; arch 6702requirementselectives: 6 units;studios: 6-unit M1 studio or16-unit thesis withurban design as focus