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BUILDING ECOLOGIES Relational Thinking, Material Ecologies, Post-Growth Mapping and Design Tools, Social Ecosystems, City as a Resource, Digital Networks, Nature Inclusive Design, Soil and Water Base Design,
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YEAR 3 Learning to use design & research to relate to large societal themes, connecting across disciplines & fields of knowledge, experiments in design & research, building critical design thinking & speculative skills
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FUNDAMENTALS Unlearning, Scenography, Open Realm, Justice by Design, Forms of Knowledge, Urban Degrowth, Neighbourhood as A Resource, Natureculture, More Than Human, Ecosystems,
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YEAR 2 Introducing disciplinary focus, strategic thinking and complex methods, layered multifunctional design and research projects
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POSITIONING Defined and developed in individual graduation proposals
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YEAR 4 Graduation project; a subject of your own choice, self organised and developed to a complete design & research project
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