Architectural Engineering

Programme Introduction

BSc Architectural Engineering

Our BSc Architectural Engineering programme combines creative design with a strong understanding of engineering principles. This interdisciplinary course gives students the knowledge and skills to design innovative, sustainable and visually engaging buildings that respond to the needs of modern society.

Students explore the close relationship between architectural design and structural engineering, understanding structure not as a separate technical element, but as an integral part of a building’s identity, performance and expression.

Collaboration is central to the programme. Through group projects, design studios and work with students from other construction disciplines, architectural engineering students develop the ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams, communicate ideas clearly and respond creatively to complex design challenges.

Design Studio and Core Modules

Design studio projects encourage students to explore aesthetic, spatial, and compositional principles. This learning is supported by core modules in:

• Design Technology
• Practice
• Architectural Engineering

Together, these modules help students engage critically with cultural, theoretical, ethical, and socio-environmental issues in architecture.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Interdisciplinary collaboration is a key part of the programme. In second year, Level 5 students take part in the Multidisciplinary Project, working alongside students from a range of built environment and construction disciplines at Salford.

This prepares graduates to understand and respond to complex challenges in diverse professional settings.

Industry Links and Professional Practice

The programme maintains strong industry links with regional architecture practices. We are sincerely grateful to the practices that supported our third-year students through practice insight days.

These opportunities give students valuable first-hand experience of professional architectural practice.

Real-World Architecture Projects

Students engage with real-world architecture throughout the course. They contribute design ideas to local agendas, including the adaptive reuse of listed buildings such as the Working Class Movement Library.

Learning is also supported through site visits, guest lectures, and live community projects. Recent examples include the Hemingway Design Streets of Play project for the We Invented the Weekend Festival.

Research-Engaged Teaching

We continue to develop research-engaged teaching and industry-focused learning. The programme supports experimentation, live projects, and collaboration with world-leading research groups.

Our BSc Architecture programme is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. It reflects a cosmopolitan society and embraces flexible, transnational, and multidisciplinary approaches to studio learning.

Our Team

Dr. Maria Yioutani-Iacovides, Programme Leader

Architectural Engineering 3

• Maria Yioutani-Iacovides
• Joao Soliman Junior

Integrated Design Studio

• Kate Stott
• Laura Coucill
• Hannah Thatcher
• Alison Grant
• Andrew Jenkins

Practice 3

• Dr Derek Hales
• Emily Lang-Bell.

Design Technology 3

• Paul Blindell
• Dr Joao Soliman Junior
• Dr Maria Yioutani-Iacovides

Guest Lectures and Visits

• Rob Philip, Cartwright Pichard (Island)
• David Everingthon & Dana Mansour , Cundall ( Island, Eden, Plot 9A)
• Prof Niel Currie & DOMIS (Rylands lecture & visit)
• Atul Bansal, Sheila Bird Studio (Campfield visit)