The Faculty of Architecture / Architecture (English taught)
6th Year, sem 2, 2025-2026

SP6-6E | Diploma Project development

Compulsory Course | Hours/Week: 5P | ECTS Credits: 18

Syllabus

Department:

Synthesis of Architectural Design

Course Leader:

conf.dr.arh. Magdalena Stănculescu

Teaching language:

English

Learning outcomes:

The diploma project - part of the curriculum of the 2nd semester of the final year - pursues the architectural development of the principles of intervention based on the Study of diploma foundation, and the correlated interpretation of different categories of analyzes related to the site, considering the specific architectural program. The objective is to define the architectural proposal, progressively pursuing an increasingly greater degree of detail and thus preparing the diploma project - part of the graduation exam (Diploma Project and Dissertation).

Content:

It is recommended to approach current architectural themes and programs, realistic in type and complexity. The chosen site should allow the elaboration of a complex urbanistic multicriteria analysis and a set of operational conclusions that illustrate the student's ability to analyze and synthesize restrictions and permissiveness, for coherent foundation of the project concept. It is advised to avoid large surface area sites and large-scale themes, which overcome by complexity the attributes of a diploma project thus preventing students from controling and integrating them effectively and deeply. It is forbidden to choose a topic / site that was part of a project / study of the previous curricula completed by the student.

Assessment:

The Diploma project development discipline includes two assessment components:

A) Jury in the committees established at the level of the Architectural Design Synthesis Department of the project in the PRE-DIPLOMA phase - representing 80% of the final mark of the discipline. The jury committees (usually the same as for the Study of diploma foundation) will be formed by 4 teaching staff, with the minimum teaching degree of lecturer, who will analyze and grade the papers submitted by the students. The presentation of the project before the committee is mandatory. The committee grade is the arithmetic average, without rounding, to two decimal places, of the grades awarded by the members of the judging committee, each of them awarding a whole grade or a decimal grade.

B) The grade awarded by the teaching staff during the 14th week of semester 2, which will evaluate the entire project development process throughout the semester - representing 20% ​​of the final grade of the subject.

The condition for passing the subject is obtaining, following the calculation (without rounding) of the average, a minimum grade of 5.00 (five). Each of the A and B components must be at least 5.00 in order to proceed with the calculation of the average.