This masters-level programme of supervised academic research sought to prepare students for work in the world's most innovative architectural and engineering offices, or to lead them directly into PhD level research in the construction industry Computer-Aided Design field.

The uniquely joint nature of the Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering made this course the ideal environment in which to investigate the role of the computer in modern practice. The course encouraged an approach which spans the disciplines of computational geometry, parametric modelling, computer graphics, architecture, structural engineering and environmental design.