Study Guide

Understanding the architectural design and the theories behind it and how to apply these to the practice. Definition of architecture’s wide ranging affect to the society.
Including e.g.
Architecture as a part of society (multidisciplinary, architecture as art, time/motion/spaces/light/surfaces/humanistic/scale in architecture)
Architectural history, theory of architectural conservation
Architectural theory
Contemporary architecture
Art subjects
Art history
Composition - visualization
Chromatics

Architectural design and management skills are based to these basic studies on the bachelor's level.
Including e.g.
Math / descriptive geometry
Physics
Chemistry
Communication (oral, written, presentation)
Foreign languages (Swedish, English, optional languages)

Guidance and official supervision of the construction activities. Application of the building economy and the building legislation in the project management and architectural design.
Including e.g.
The construction project (construction stages, schedules, construction parties, responsibilities and duties, occupational safety, international projects)
Authority cooperation (planning permission processes, Finnish official supervision and bureaus, permission surveys).
Duties of the head manager.
Building documents (sketches and drawings, specifications, contracts, schedules, service plans).
Building data management.

Ability to manage and apply the material and structural know-how to the architectural design. Ability to guide and develop structural engineering planning as a part of architectural design.
Including e.g.
Building Physics (heat, humidity, sound)
Chemistry of Building Materials
Building materials (wood, concrete, brick, stone, steel, glass, plastics)
Building components
Structure varieties
Load-bearing structures (structural mechanics)
Surface treatments

Professional architectural design and urban planning under the law and guidelines. Renovation design taking architectural history and preservation into account.
Including e.g.
Finnish construction legislation and guidelines, EU directives.
Architectural design ( different building types, space design, functionality, energy efficiency, accessibility, fire regulations, lightning, acoustics, building services (HVAC), infrastructures, landscape design).
Renovation design (traditional building materials and structures and their history, inventories and documentations, measurement drawings, renovation and conservation design).
Housing design (functionality, space sizing, construction systems)
Urban planning (planning principles and processes, planning markings, city planning and its history, landscape design).

Use and application of the building information model in the architectural design and management. Management of the electronic building data and its distribution.
Including e.g.
Office software
The CAD software (2D / 3D)
Data models
Organization and maintenance of database.
Visualization (image processing, presentation drawings, layout)
Digital Photography

Vieraan kielen kirjallinen ja suullinen taito, joka ammatin harjoittamisen ja ammatillisen kehityksen kannalta on tarpeellinen.

Ruotsin kielen taito, joka julkisyhteisöjen henkilöstöltä vaadittavasta kielitaidosta annetun lain (424/2003) mukaan vaaditaan korkeakoulututkintoa edellyttävään virkaan kaksikielisellä virka-alueella ja joka ammatin harjoittamisen ja ammatillisen kehityksen kannalta on tarpeellinen.

The graduating student adheres to the ethical principles and values of their field of profession, taking the principles of equality and non-discrimination into account.
- Is able to take responsibility for their own actions and their consequences and reflects on them in accordance with the ethical principles and values of their field.
- Takes others into account and promotes equality and non-discrimination.
- Take into account the realisation of diversity and accessibility in their actions.
- Understands the principles of responsible conduct of research and adheres to them.
- Is able to influence society based on ethical values.

The graduating student is able to develop solutions that anticipate the future of their own field, applying existing knowledge and research and development methods.
- Solves problem situations creatively and reforms operating methods together with others.
- Is able to work in projects in cooperation with actors of different fields.
- Is able to apply existing knowledge in the field in development and utilises research and development methods.
- Is able to seek customer-oriented, sustainable and economically viable solutions, anticipating the future of their field.

The graduating student is able to operate in multicultural and international operating environments and networks.
- Is familiar with the impacts of their cultural background on their activities and is able to develop operating methods that take multiculturalism into account in their work community.
- Is able to monitor and utilise the international development of their field in their work.
- Is able to communicate internationally in their work tasks.

The graduating student is familiar with the principles of sustainable development, promotes their implementation and acts responsibly as a professional and a member of society.
- Is able to use information related to their field in finding, implementing and establishing sustainable solutions and operating models.
- Understands sustainability challenges, their interdependencies and the various aspects of issues and problem

The graduating student recognises the strengths and development areas of their competence and learning methods, and they utilise the opportunities communities and digitalisation provide in their learning.
- Assesses and develops their competence and learning methods in different learning environments.
- Is able to acquire, critically assess and appropriately apply the national and international knowledge base and practices of their field.
- Also takes responsibility for group learning and sharing what has been learned.

The graduating student has versatile working life skills and is able to operate in work communities of their field.
- Is able to work constructively in a work community and promotes their own and their work community’s well-being.
- Is able to act professionally in communication and interaction situations at a workplace.
- Utilises the opportunities offered by technology and digitalisation in their work.
- Understands the complexity of changing working life and their own resilience in changing working life situations
- Has capabilities for an entrepreneurial approach.