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Architecture Design Studio: Earth (ABPL20027)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Leire Asensio-Villoria (Subject Coordinator)
David Mah (Subject Coordinator)
Overview
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This subject was formerly called Architecture Design Studio 1.
The core of the undergraduate design sequence is the development of both design thinking and dexterity with tools. The focus of this design subject will be generating design ideas, translating them into architectural form/space/materials/programme, refining the architecture through consideration of arrival, circulation, light, views etc and communicating the architectural proposition through 2D and 3D visual media and oral presentations. Linking these investigations will be the theme of earth, which will be explored conceptually, metaphorically, structurally and technologically – e.g. a grounding in considerations of site, topography, context, material investigations, compositional methods, foundational ideas.
Intended learning outcomes
Having completed this subject it is expected that the student be able to:
- Demonstrate an ability to interrogate a brief;
- Demonstrate an ability to generate a variety of design possibilities for a given situation;
- Develop drawing, drafting and modelmaking skills;
- Demonstrate an understanding of relationships between architecture and earth through the application of the first three points above;
- Develop the ability to make a case for proposals.
Generic skills
- Graphic communication skills (including orthographic – plans, sections, elevations, axonometric and other like projections);
- Generation of design ideas;
- Appropriate use of design terminology;
- Time management and meeting deadlines;
- Both verbal and two-dimensional graphic presentation skills;
- Relation of representations to designs.
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ENVS10004 | Designing Environments |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
One of the following subjects:
ENVS10008
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ENVS20001 | Digital Design and Fabrication | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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: 27 April 2024
Assessment
Additional details
- Assignment 1 (equivalent to 18 hours of work) due week 3, (15%). Individual review (critique) and oral presentation, demonstrating design output that may include physical or digital models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses, journals and sketches
- Assignment 2 (equivalent to 24 hours of work) due week 6, (20%). Individual review (critique) and oral presentation, demonstrating design output that may include physical or digital models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses, journals and sketches
- Assignment 3: Major Project Interim Submission (equivalent to 24 hours of work) due week 9, (20%). Individual review (critique) and oral presentation, demonstrating design output that may include physical or digital models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses, journals and sketches;
- Assignment 3: Major Project Final submission (equivalent to 36 hours of work) due week 12, (30%). An individual oral presentation of final designs, which will be reviewed by a jury of academic staff/industry practitioners, building on skills and themes developed throughout the semester, demonstrating design output that may include physical or digital models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses, journals and sketches
- Design Journal. (equivalent to 18 hours of work per student) due week 12, (15%) completed throughout semester, based on themes developed through the lectures, including esquisses and quizzes completed in studios and lectures..
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinators David Mah and Leire Asensio Villoria Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1 x 1 hour lecture per week; 1 x 3 hour studio per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2018 to 27 May 2018 Last self-enrol date 9 March 2018 Census date 31 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 May 2018 Assessment period ends 22 June 2018 Semester 1 contact information
Leire Asensio-Villoria (Subject Coordinator)
David Mah (Subject Coordinator)
Time commitment details
170 Hours
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Recommended texts and other resources
- Anthony Radford, Selen Morkoc and Armit Srivestava. 2014. The Elements of Modern Architecture: understanding contemporary buildings. London: Thames & Hudson.
- Simon Unwin. 2010. Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understand. New York: Routledge.
- Mark Garcia, ed. 2010. The Diagrams of Architecture. Chichester, UK: Wiley.
- Andrea Simitch and Val Warke. 2014. The Language of Architecture: 26 principles every architect should know. Beverly, Massachusetts: Rockport.
- Gaston Bachelard. 1958, 1964 trans. The Poetics of Space. New York: The Orion Press.
- Bruce Chatwin. 1987. The Songlines. London: Jonathon Cape.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation Environments Discipline subjects Informal specialisation Non- allowed Breadth Subjects within the Bachelor of Design - relating to specific majors Major Architecture Major Urban Design and Planning Major Landscape Architecture Breadth Track Architecture - 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: 27 April 2024