Furniture project (5 cr)
Code: PM00AD86-3001
General information
Enrollment
15.08.2020 - 04.09.2020
Timing
01.08.2020 - 31.12.2020
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
3 op
RDI portion
5 op
Mode of delivery
40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning
Campus
Kouvola Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 25
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Wood Design
Teachers
- Leena Muotio
- Ari Hynynen
- Ari Haapanen
Teacher in charge
Ari Haapanen
Groups
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PMKV18KM
Objective
- are familiar with the principals of sustainable furniture design
- master the methods, tools, and presentations used in furniture design
- know modern and durable furniture types and the basic structures used in them
- can make drawings for assembly and components of a piece of furniture
Content
- How to make furniture design in line with the principles of sustainability?
- What are the most common tools, methods and representations of furniture design?
- What are the features of contemporary furniture and what are the typical structures and materials
- How to create feasible production drawings
Location and time
Contact the teacher
Materials
Available in Learn platform.
Teaching methods
Xamk offers its students an opportunity to pursue studies flexibly to suit their various life situations. Students can choose between three learning routes: a learning route based on a working week, a learning route that accelerates the studies, and a work-based learning route.
A learning route based on a working week:
The contact teaching will be arranged on Fridays and on Saturdays approximately every second week.
Completion alternatives
The learning process that has been integrated into the work will be possible if in your assignments you can develop the know-how that has been mentioned in the objectives and contents of the study module. Contact the teacher of the study module before the beginning of the study module in good time to determine it
• is the learning process that has been integrated into the work possible in your own assignment
• what kind evidence you are able to give from your know-how
• witch parts of the study module you have to participate in teaching
Student workload
5cr is 135h where contact teaching is 70h and independence working is 65h
Further information
The planning project will be carried out with a customer in the study module.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment methods and criteria
Student's self-reflection and peer evaluation
Evaluation of learning exercise
Active participation