Assessment weighting and criteria

Hi All,

In the spirit of absolute transparency I would like to remind you of the weighting of each component of the first assessment and also share with you the feedback you'll get relative to certain marks ... we hope this will help you focus your efforts.

The brief says your conceptual model needs to be distinctive and significant.

Distinctiveness is weighted 70% while significance is weighted 30%. This means you should concentrate more on distinctiveness than significance.

So, in this context, what does it mean to be distinctive or significant?

Distinctiveness means what you've designed stands out, is imaginative, exciting, unusual, surprising or novel.

Significance means that what you've designed is meaningful, could change the way other designers think about a stair, could be influential, and is generally more pragmatic.

Distinctiveness and Significance can be demonstrated through several aspects of your design: its form, space, materiality, structure, light, shadow, etc.

Now, with those terms defined, what feedback will you get for each grade band:

Distinctiveness (70%)

Fail (0-45): The stairs do not demonstrate a distinctive approach to bringing the clients completed work into the showroom.

Pass (50 - 60): One aspect of the stairs demonstrates a distinctive approach to bringing the clients completed work into the showroom.

Credit (65 - 70): Several aspects of the stairs demonstrate a distinctive approach to bringing the clients completed work into the showroom.

Distinction (75 - 80): Several aspects of the stairs and the way they work together demonstrate a distinctive approach to bringing the clients completed work into the showroom.

High Distinction (85 - 100): Several aspects of the stairs the way they work together and the way the stair engages with the floor above and below demonstrate a distinctive approach to bringing the clients completed work into the showroom.

Significance (30%)

Fail (0-45): The stairs do not demonstrate a significant approach to bringing the clients completed work into the showroom.

Pass (50 - 60): One aspect of the stairs demonstrates a significant approach to bringing the clients completed work into the showroom.

Credit (65 - 70): Several aspects of the stairs demonstrate a significant approach to bringing the clients completed work into the showroom.

Distinction (75 - 80): Several aspects and the way they work together demonstrate a significant approach to bringing the clients completed work into the showroom.

High Distinction (85 - 100): Several components and the way they work together and the way the stair engages with the floor above and below demonstrate a significant approach to bringing the clients completed work into the showroom.

Regards, and best of luck for Sundays submission!

Russell