Intermediate Programme

The Intermediate Programme leads to a BA(Hons) in Architecture and corresponds to RIBA Part 1, forming the first three years of the school's five-year course. The opening year is built around a common open studio, where individual work and group work sit side by side across a series of projects. Learning happens through making, which gives students the tools to develop an exploratory interest in buildings and space. In the later years students move into a unit system, joining small design studios in which older and younger students work side by side. Projects examine architectural form and typology, programme and site, as well as materials, craft and making. Critical theory, environmental considerations and speculative studies run alongside the design work. Core Studies cover history and theory, environmental and technical topics, media and professional practice, letting students follow their own interests while meeting peers from other units. Taken together, the three years move from shared making toward independent design, with critical and technical knowledge developing in parallel.