Architecture & Design
16-18 Syllabus | London
About Immerse
Immerse Education is an award-winning academic summer school provider offering programmes for 13-18 year olds in London,
Cambridge, Oxford and Sydney.
These introductory programmes aim to provide participants with academically challenging content in a classroom environment based
on the university style of learning. With Career Insights, participants gain the advantage that comes with learning from industry
professionals as well as university tutors, through an educational model founded on project-based learning. Through 40 hours of
interactive academic sessions combined with practical workshops and industry visits, the Career Insights programme offers students
unique and valuable insight into what it would be like to study their chosen subject at an advanced level and apply their knowledge and
skills in the real world.
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Explore Future
Careers
Do you have your sights set on a particular career
path? The Career Insights summer programme will
introduce you to a world of opportunities in the field,
using project-based learning and practical study to
enhance your skills and knowledge.
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On this unique programme, you will explore realworld issues relating to the context of your chosen
subject, working alongside other academically
talented participants to innovate and pitch
groundbreaking ideas. Interactive workshops and
networking events offer you the opportunity to learn
from professionals in the business.
The Career Insights educational model is designed
to support you in finding the career path best suited
to your long-term goals and ambitions. Immerse
Education has worked with expert guidance
counsellors, seasoned educators and experienced
career advisors to design the ultimate career
preparation course.
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Career Insights lessons are built on the foundation of
hands-on learning. We don’t just want you to retain
knowledge but to be able to apply your newfound
understanding developed throughout the programme to
real-world, practical examples. Our Project Based sessions
are designed for you to have ample opportunity to apply
what you are learning to practical tasks, allowing you to
further identify gaps in your knowledge and skillset while
solidifying your growth and understanding.
Project-based learning involves bring real-world
insight to your own projects, taking the approaches
learned from professionals working in the field and
applying them to solve a problem:
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Building a portfolio of creative ideas
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Creating a 3D model
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Examples of Project
Based Learning
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Project Based Sessions
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Industry Visits
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One of the most exciting parts of the Career
Insights programme is the unique opportunity
for participants to attend inspiring industry visits
whereby you can interact and learn from industry
professionals in your field of study. Industry visits
take learning out of the classroom and into the
real world, where you can observe and explore
how the skills and knowledge built throughout
the programme apply to a career in your subject.
This unique aspect of our programme ensures
students also gain the chance to network directly
with industry professionals who may share
with you opportunities you hadn’t otherwise
envisioned.
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Devoted to design in every form, participants will have the opportunity to discover London’s hub of contemporary design at The
Design Museum, London. Explore exhibits, industrial, graphic, fashion, and architectural designs and learn about their creators and
influences. This visit will allow Architecture & Design participants to explore the world of design in architecture and other modes,
building on their own creative ideas and forming a deeper understanding about the opportunities available to them in this industry.
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Design Museum
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Metropolitan
The Metropolitan Workshop is a creative award
winning multidisciplinary space for architects
and urban designers with studios in London and
Dublin. During this visit, students will have the
opportunity to network with architects and learn
about the past architectural projects birthed at
the Metropolitan Workshop. Participants will gain
the unique opportunity to learn from industry
professionals, ask questions and explore their
own creativity building and application of skills
taught in sessions.
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Why Get Career Ready?
Every young person needs high-quality career guidance to make informed decisions about their future. Relevant and
informative career guidance is necessary for social mobility. Despite the need for quality careers guidance for young people,
it is one of the most lacking areas in schools around the world. In 2013, Gatsby introduced the Gatsby Benchmarks which
offer useful insight into effective academic models that prepare students for future careers. Immerse Education’s Career
Insights programme is dedicated to delivering programmes that meet the eight important pillars that make up the Gatsby
Benchmarks as outlined below.
A stable careers
programme
Encounters with
employers and
employees
Learning from career and
labour market information
Experiences of
workplaces
Addressing the
needs of each student
Linking curriculum
learning to careers
Encounters with
further and higher
education
Personal guidance
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The Career Insights
programme has been
really (for lack of a better
word) immersive. I think
Immerse has given me a
lot of clarity in terms of
having a better understanding of what a career,
or even university
education, in medicine
looks like.
- Mia, Career Insights
Participant
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Architecture is ever evolving, from the Shard to the Shanghai
tower, Amager Hill to the Bahrain World Trade Centre, and
as such comes an ever-increasing need for new talent with
the right blend of technical skills and architectural vision. On
this programme, you will learn the basics of architecture and
design principles, and be inspired by the architectural vision of
peers and professionals while cultivating your own creativity.
This module will introduce you to the key principles of
architectural design, from balance to rhythm, emphasis to
contrast, to visual, proportion and scale. You will establish
an understanding of the fundamental link between creative
design, technological, environmental considerations, and
social and historical context, and how these factors may
influence an architectural design project.
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Architectural Design
Development
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Aim of the Architecture &
Design Programme
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Architectural Design Realisation
Your creative design skills will be pushed into the next stage of the design process in this module - the realisation of design concepts
into technical details and visualizations. You will be tasked with bringing an idea to life, using architectural design software and design
principles taught in the previous unit. This module is designed to challenge and advance your technical skills in the field.
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In this module, you will be exposed to the scientific
principles of materials used in architecture, engineering
and construction. The goal of this unit is to build a firm
understanding of the tools used in the field and the
questions an architect may need to consider when
pursuing a design concept.
This unit will equip you with the skills and knowledge
needed to identify refurbishment solutions that can
improve a building’s performance, align it with future
needs, and produce reports and record drawings of
buildings. You will have the chance to examine current
issues in relation to global warming and explore
how modern architects are finding solutions to these
complex problems in their designs. You will apply the
knowledge and skills taught by producing your own
sustainable refurbishment plan for a building of your
choice.
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Sustainable
Refurbishment
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The Science of
Materials
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Free-Hand Architectural
Designs
Introduction to Interior
Design
Drawings are a means of communication that can solve many
problems when it comes to representing an architectural space
and its elements. Learn how to draw, by hand, an entire architectural design with basic graphical representations as well as
different observational techniques and custom atmospheres.
Floor plans, sections, facades, and different perspectives, are
some of the elements you will be able to draw by the end of
this module.
Learn to develop an interior design project from a client’s vision
to the detailed preparation of the final project. In this module,
you will explore the world of interior design, form an understanding of how measurements and proportions work, as well
as establishing the right criteria when selecting materials,
lighting, colours, and textures for the best result.
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Ideas are brought to life in this module where you’ll
learn how to portray spaces in a semi-realistic way,
creating a bridge between the technical and the
artistic.
You will learn how to generate an illustrated presentation of an architectural project, focusing on two
aspects, axonometric and pedestrian, to enable you
to effectively communicate the idea behind an architectural project, with artistic flair.
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This part of the unit will inform your personal project
as you build digital designs that will be a part of a
design portfolio.
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Digital Illustrations
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Collaging
Collaging is one of the many ways you can express an architectural design project, involving the use of evocative images to
effectively share an idea with a client. In this module, you will learn the foundations of the digital collage technique to represent your
own architectural project, using different programs and plug-ins for modelling and image editing. By the end of this module, you will
have the tools to create collages to share your vision effectively with others.
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Our tutor, Fortina, was amazing.
He knew the answer to every
question you could think of
about engineering. My favourite
part of the course was going on
industry visits and seeing how
things operate. We got to visit
the underground and explore
how engineering plays a vital
role in how it works. The course
gave me great insight into the
world of work within the field of
engineering.
- Ferris, Career Insights
Participant
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