Folio checklist
Design & Research FOLIO
Over the course of the project you have been producing a range of work in a variety of media.
The folio brings that body of work together and offers the chance to develop, organise, edit and curate your project to its best advantage. The folio must be laid out in InDesign
(> masterpage/ coherent margins/ (invisible) organisational grid/ coherent fonts & font sizes/ etc.).
All sheets and chapters must be annotated and/or accompanied by text.
Hard copy
• Format: A2
• The cover of the folio must be clearly labelled, featuring your name + UCA student number
Electronic copy
• CD disk clearly labeled with your name and + UCA student number
• File type: 2 x pdf - use 1.) high resolution + 2.) low resolution print preset
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content
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> Title page
• Specific project title + “killer image” + ca. 500 word text (concept)
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> Collection + programme
• Information about the genre, history and/or the institutional context of the collection
• Index of all items included in the collection
• Technical requirements specific to the material nature of the collection
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> Design process + development
• Research and precedents
• Sketches, drawings etc. of initial/ earlier versions
• Photographic documentation of all development models
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> Site relationship + urban context
• (Figure-ground) context map including your proposal to scale 1:2,000
• Site plan including your proposal to scale 1:500
• Photographic documentation of the context model including your proposal to scale 1:500
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> Plans + sections
• All plans to scale 1:500/ selected plans to scale 1:200
• At least two sections to scale 1:200 or 1:100
• Main elevation(s) of your proposal to scale 1:200 or 1:100
