Dundee School of Architecture

Dundee School of Architecture is the architecture Department Of the University of Dundee, in Dundee, Scotland. It was established in 1928, and now forms part of the College of Art, Science & Engineering within the university.

History

The School of Architecture was established in 1928 as part of the Dundee Technical College and School of Art. The parent institution then became known as The Dundee Institute of Art and Technology with premises in Bell Street. The Art College moved to its present location in approximately 1955 and became formally known as Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in 1975.

In 1994 the College of Art merged with the University of Dundee and the School of Architecture, along with the Schools of Fine Art, Design, and Television and Electronic Imaging formed the Faculty of Duncan of Jordanstone College. The later was one of five faculties which constituted the University of Dundee till late 2006. In September 2006 the School of Architecture was separated from the Faculty of Duncan of Jordanstone College and formed a part of the newly formed College of Art, Science & Engineering (CASE).

Student association

The Association of Dundee Architecture Students (ADAS) is a student society which organises social, charitable and educational activities throughout the school year.

Heard of phrases within the school such as 'creative realism' and 'regionalism' must also now be reconsidered, not just by students, but by educator and tutor alike, with specific regard to our aspirations as scholars and creators within this new landscape of creativity and thought. The school is in the process of transition towards 'creative practice', where exploration and creative endeavour will create energy and inspire ebullient, self-driven students who are ACTIVE in their own education.

The responsibility which befalls ADAS and the student body this year within this revised context is a great one; to represent, to explore and to set a precedent, and it is our profound intention to feed off the 'restructuring' of the school, to develop a methodology that will encourage a more involved student of Architecture, to help develop confidence, to spur critical analysis and debate and to foster ambition among the students, through publication, exhibition and education.

A great corpus of projects are being undertaken by ADAS as vehicles of aspiration and inspiration, the intention; for students to consider how this new identity may affect them, how it may affect their understanding as designers and thinkers and how they, in turn, can affect the identity and the influence of the DSA within Scotland and beyond.