The development of imagination, individuality, and inspiration are key. It needs to be said that underlying this is a preference for complexity, asymmetry, and incompleteness. These are qualities that have a positive correlation with independence, originality, verbal fluency, breadth of interest, impulsiveness, and expansiveness, which stimulate the search for, and production of, new approaches, and reject facile solutions. This essentially experimental process is based on the development of an experiential understanding of the world. At the heart of this approach to teaching is a whole set of values which redefine the function of architecture in terms of the human relationships that underlie society, how people really live, relate to each other and use the physical context of their environment.

The course is intended for students who have completed their professional role-orientated education and wish to undertake speculative design-based research. Thus it is expected that applicants from the field of architecture will already possess an accredited graduate diploma or postgraduate degree in architecture (UK), a professional master's in architecture (US), or the international equivalent. Admission to the course will normally be open to applicants who fulfil one of the following: Hold a good undergraduate honours degree, min 2.2 (or international equivalent), in Architecture or a discipline relevant to Architecture Have an appropriate professional background and experience of designing architecture, or an alternative design discipline with strong similarities The course also welcomes applicants from other design fields: e.g Product Design, Fine Art, Graphic Design and Interior Design. Such applicants should possess strong undergraduate degree achievement. For international students the university offers a range of courses to help you to meet the entry requirements for this course and also familiarise you with university life. You may also be able to apply for one student visa to cover both courses. Take our Pre-Master's course to help you to meet both the English language and academic entry requirements for your master's course.