入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：
Applicants should have an Upper First Class (2.1) Honours Degree, or equivalent, from an ARB Prescribed course in architecture (or equivalent),and normally at least one year of relevant professional experience.
When making an application, you are asked to submit an accompanying portfolio. We welcome applications in digital format or online.
英语要求：Applicants whose first language is not English must demonstrate their competence in English to IELTS Level 6.5 by the production of an IELTS Certificate or evidence of an equivalent level of achievement.
学费 Tuition Fee： 2012/13: £9900 per year
课程特征 Course Features：
MA Architecture: Cities and Innovation is uniquely positioned at Central Saint Martins to draw on dynamic design thinking from a range of practices from fashion through performance design to product design. Research, analysis, proposition and intervention will enable you to develop new insights, solutions and methodologies for exploring the challenges of new forms of architecture within a rapidly changing environment.
The course capitalises on London's central position within both local and global networks. We see London as a ‘world laboratory’ - an ideal test bed for urban innovation in response to social, cultural and political change, where you can develop strategies and methodologies to expand and enable localised change and drive effective and sustainable development strategies.
课程内容 Course Content ：
Unit 1 – Methodologies for Architectural Engagement
Throughout this unit, there is an emphasis on the use of innovative approaches to design problem solving and architectural practice. You will therefore explore the subject of innovation as a means of developing your methodologies through workshops, seminars, readings and lectures.
Using London as a ‘laboratory’ you will engage in a series of projects intended to help you to identify and respond to opportunities for engagement and intervention. Each project will require you to work collaboratively with fellow students and external groups and the outcomes will be critically analysed to develop clear methodologies for future engagements.
You will explore existing practice in order to propose new ways in which architecture can engage with stakeholders. Key questions in the process will be:
•What are the key issues for the development of communities?
•How can the public be a part of the design process?
•What is the ‘outcome’ of an architect’s engagement?
As a part of your investigation into existing practice, you will research and plan your Industry Placement (part of Unit 2). Working with staff and mentors in seminars and workshops, you will develop a clear programme of what you wish to achieve during your placement and prepare the necessary material to secure it.
Unit 2 – Innovating in Architectural Practice
Unit 2 begins with an industry placement which you will spend working within the industry to familiarise yourself with the issues and challenges associated with the profession today. You are responsible for identifying and arranging this placement. We encourage you to consider a broad range of different forms of practice when considering where to undertake your placement. Working with a Mentor, drawn from among leading practitioners and members of the Course Team, you will seek to use your placement to develop further your understanding of the ways in which architects engage with the users and clients. By the end of your placement, you will have prepared a review report, reflecting on your experiences and relating them to contemporary theories of architecture and design.
Following your placement, you will begin your Major Project, which lasts throughout your final year of study.
You will begin by identifying a research question and site which enable you to explore issues relevant to the contemporary urban environment and social conditions.
Utilising the methodologies developed and explored in Unit 1 and in your placement experience, you will propose an urban architectural intervention intended to create positive, long-term, large-scale impact. You should seek to engage the community and stakeholders in both the process and the outcome so that it has a sustainable future.