This module is offered as an Elective in the graduate programmes in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design and climate resilience. The purpose of this module is to respond to the expectation to develop an understanding of the structural design, constructional and engineering problems associated with building design, urban design construction, infrastructure or landscape construction. For students of architecture, this elective module responds to the expectation to develop "an adequate knowledge of physical problems and technologies and of the function of buildings so as to provide them with internal conditions of comfort and protection against the climate" (RIAI Standard of Skills and Competencies). For students of landscape architecture, this elective module contributes to addressing the following required 'areas of knowledge and skill' as set out in Appendix 1 of the Addenda to the International Federation of Landscape Architects IFLA/UNESCO Charter for Landscape Architectural Education when implemented in the European Region: -"Landscape Construction and Engineering: Knowledge of the materials and the techniques employed in the implementation of plans: the grading and modelling of ground form, the drainage and catchment of water, the construction of roads, pavements, walls, bridges, ponds and water courses etc.... Further the knowledge of the rules of alignment and construction of highways, (rail)roads and other infrastructure."

In this elective students develop the technological know-how, tool expertise and practical skill required to understand, conceptualise and implement emerging and experimental technologies in manufacturing and building construction. This module is designed to teach students about new technological advances of details in architecture, landscape architecture or urban design and climate resilience.

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to: Discern different technological approaches; Understand the design implications of building processes and materials; Identify the key concepts of a construction system.

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to: Collaborate in proposing and implementing a productive approach to a fabrication problem; Explain and justify technology-driven design decisions in a case study presentation;

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Focusing on case studies, the elective module will be delivered through a programme of lectures, seminar discussions and case study presentations with an emphasis on collaborative work. Smaller classes allow for in-depth interrogation of the subject at an advanced level, and ensure the learning is active. Graduate elective modules may have a common brief and may share lecture/tutorial time with undergraduate electives. Compared to undergraduate electives, electives in the graduate programme pursue advanced research-learning, require additional module work, carry higher expectations and are assessed accordingly. Graduate student work requires independent study in addition to extra contact time. Higher-level expectations for graduate work include more in-depth pursuit of advanced technical, theoretical or practice-based concepts. Module work in graduate electives must establish a critical position that advances or challenges current practice. This module encourages students to be CURIOUS, by engaging their inquisitive capacity to interrogate, through a cultural and place-focused lens, a given urban or landscape context through a range of media. It encourages their AGILITY in responding independently to a specific context, through the emphasis on aesthetics and construction of the environment in the module's syllabus. Through the group-work and participative nature of the module, it encourages the student to become ARTICULATE and develop their collaborative and inter-personal skills.