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Construction Design (ABPL30041)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Email: b.gardiner@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject articulates and tests the idea of construction as a process requiring cultural and technical choices. While Construction Analysis focuses on the internal mechanics of building systems, Construction Design moves from the analysis of specific architectural ideas to arrive at the evaluation and selection of implementation alternatives. Mixing built examples and project proposals, students will be shown how to identify, evaluate and engage with the technological underpinnings of architecture.
Intended learning outcomes
Having completed this subject it is expected that the student be able to:
- Connect building conception and building implementation;
- Relate construction solutions to design intent and industrial context;
- Develop a problem-based appreciation of systems’ integration;
- Understand ad-hoc requirements of technical representations.
Generic skills
- Ability to identify and intervene on the logics of construction.
- Ability to communicate with peers and the community at large concerning construction strategies.
- Ability to select materials and systems coherently to achieve explicit objectives.
- Ability to select and work with technological types suitable to building scale and function.
- Ability to identify the need for specific knowledge and to obtain that knowledge.
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ABPL20033 | Construction Analysis | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
OR
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ABPL20042 | Construction of Residential Buildings | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Please note ABPL20033 (702-245) was formerly named Construction Methods.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Assessment
Additional details
- Participation and quizzes (eg. quizzes held during contact times, tutorial exercises, class presentations, participation and contribution to class discussion) 400 words 10% throughout the semester.
- Assignments - written and/or graphic submissions (eg. class presentations, materials, construction or site reports, construction drawings and models) 2000 words, comprising : Assignment 1: due Week 4, 15%; Assignment 2 - Preliminary: due Week 7, 15% ; Assignment 2 - Final: due Week 11, 20%.
- One 2 hour examination, at the end of semester 40%.
Hurdle requirement: Regardless of assignment results, a minimum of 40% must be achieved in the examination in order to pass the subject.
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Blair Gardiner Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 2x1 hour lectures per week, 1x2 hour tutorial per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Email: b.gardiner@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation Non- allowed Breadth Subjects within the Bachelor of Design - relating to specific majors Major Architecture Informal specialisation Environments Discipline subjects Major Architecture Informal specialisation Bachelor of Design Elective Subjects Major Construction Major Engineering Systems - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 22 March 2024