University launches offsite construction course for architects

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Oxford Brookes’ director of the Architectural Engineering Research Group says course is a response to the ‘inevitable’

The UK’s first dedicated post-graduate architecture course covering modern methods of construction is being developed by Oxford Brookes.

The university is working with Hawkins Brown and other architects to create a syllabus that will equip students with what they say are the modular and offsite skills that practices will want in a changing market.

Shahab Resalati, director of the Architectural Engineering Research Group at Oxford Brookes, said they were responding to “the inevitable” in a bid to “future-proof” their students.

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