BA (Hons) Architecture

• Architectural design, process and communication
• New construction techniques, structures and material choices
• Architectural and social history, theory and context
• Digital craft, fabrication and design methodologies
• Business, enterprise and regulatory frameworks
• Problem solving and critical thinking through iteration, testing and experimentation
• Climate knowledge and fundamentals for human-centred spaces 

The Integrated Foundation Year is a chance to ask big questions, explore remarkable architectural projects, and develop the skills you need to thrive on one of our spatial design courses. You’ll be part of a dynamic cluster, learning and collaborating with peers across our built environment courses in a creative studio environment. 

Modules include: 

• Design, Media and Representation I
• Introduction to Professional Context: Spatial Practices
• Exploring: Culture and Context
• Design, Media and Representation II
• Introduction to Professional Context: Cross-Disciplinary Practices
• Influencing: Culture and Context 

Your first year introduces the fundamentals of architectural representation through drawing and making. It’s hands-on, studio-centred, and focused on learning to collect, create and collaborate. Design is underpinned by histories, theories, technology and professional skills. 

Modules include: 

• Specialist Study 1: Structure
• Specialist Study 1: Introduction to Construction
• Specialist Study 3: Introduction to Environment and Services
• Architectural Theory and History
• Introduction to Professional and Business Practice

Second year shifts focus to urban contexts and the spaces between buildings. You’ll explore how cities are shaped by history and theory, investigate branded environments and community participation, and integrate sustainable strategies into your design work. 

Modules include: 

• Urbanism: History and Theory of the City
• Urban Intervention
• Branded Environments: the new commercial paradigm
• Sustainable Design: Refurbishment & Re-use 

Your final year is where your personal and professional voice comes into its own. You’ll take on an industry-led brief, run as an architectural competition, and pursue independent research through crafted artefacts and critical studies. Professional and entrepreneurial skills are woven throughout, preparing you to practice with ethical awareness and social purpose. The year culminates in a professional portfolio, ready for your transition into the built environment. 

Modules include: 

• Negotiated Brief
• Major Project
• Preparing for Professional Practice
• Dissertation

At Ravensbourne we accept a wide range of qualifications for entry onto our courses, whilst also considering the context in which they were achieved. For this course, we would usually require a GCSE Grade 4 or above in English in addition to any of the below;

• Three A Levels at grade BBC or above
• BTEC Extended Diploma at grade DMM
• UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma
• T Level (pass or above)
• Access to Higher Education Diploma
• International Baccalaureate at grade 24 or above
• Other/Mixed qualifications equivalent to 112 UCAS Tariff points 

At Ravensbourne we take a flexible approach to admissions, as we want you to know exactly what you need to achieve in your exams to guarantee a place on the course. We still think exams are important and look forward to hearing about your successes, but we place just as much importance on the work you will share with us as part of our portfolio process.

Interview and portfolio requirements

We are looking for creative candidates, interested and wishing to pursue a career in architecture, urban landscape, interior architecture and different interactions around space and the built form. Our set of courses work together and will allow you to discover what pathway suits you best.

This is the beginning of your journey. Our priority is understanding if these are the right courses for you to develop your own professional voice. Show us why you want to join our creative and exciting community.

The portfolio should provide evidence of your creative interests, whether it be in the form of drawings, sketches, graphic design, photography, video, film, animation, fashion, products, paintings, sculpture, models or assemblage, which shows your creative impulses and responses. It is a demonstration of the diversity of the applicant's creative interests.

This page offers great tips for completing your portfolio/showreel.

Please note: direct entry into year three is not available for this course.

At Ravensbourne we accept a wide range of qualifications for entry onto our courses, whilst also considering the context in which they were achieved. For this course, we would usually require a GCSE Grade 4 or above in English in addition to any of the below;

• Two A Levels at grade CC or above
• BTEC Extended Diploma at grade MPP
• UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma
• T Level (pass or above)
• Access to Higher Education Diploma
• International Baccalaureate at grade 24 or above
• Other/Mixed qualifications equivalent to 64 UCAS Tariff points

At Ravensbourne we take a flexible approach to admissions, as we want you to know exactly what you need to achieve in your exams to guarantee a place on the course. 

Interview and portfolio requirements

There are no interview or portfolio requirements for this course.