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Design Studio Epsilon (ARCH30002)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 25Not available in 2018
Overview
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Underlying the undergraduate design course is the development of both design thinking and dexterity with tools and techniques. The focus of this design subject will be on generating design ideas, translating them into architectural forms, spaces, materials and programs. Students will learn how to refine architecture through consideration of spatial organisation, environmental context and structural necessity. Students will also learn how to communicate comprehensive architectural propositions through 2D- and 3D-modelling (physical and digital), visual and written media and oral presentations.
This is the capstone subject for the Architecture major in the Bachelor of Design, integrating previous coursework in the major.
The focus of this subject is architecture that deals with design issues at the urban scale. The site and accompanying projects deal with a development of up to 100,000m2, or a combination of sites at this scale. The project will see the design within the context of an urban morphology and will examine and explore the consequences of individual projects to their surrounding context. The project will engage with historical, theoretical, structural, and environmental ideas relevant to the specific project through the lectures and various design exercises.
In this capstone subject a high degree of design resolution and comprehensive presentation of the project is expected. The completed project and design journal forms the centrepiece of an undergraduate portfolio.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who have successfully completed this subject should be able to:
- Demonstrate comprehensive digital and analogue modelling, and model-making skills at various scales
- Apply design methodologies and problem solving to a large-scale building project or ensemble, with a focus on urban scale
- Understand the context and impact of location and site on design, and incorporate social, cultural, historical and environmental context into design projects
- Understand the functional and pragmatic aspects of architecture, including building functionality, site and landscape interface, basic environmental concerns (orientation, ventilation, light, and materials), and apply this knowledge into a comprehensive capstone design project
- Demonstrate high-level understanding of structural concepts, construction technologies and the performance of diverse materials and their integration within design projects
- Understand the role of design in addressing issues of environmental sustainability
- Apply critical thinking to the assessment of design proposals, and to make changes and improvements based on that assessment through iterative design processes
- Present, substantiate and advocate for design proposals in a public setting, and accept critique in a constructive manner.
Generic skills
Students completing this subject will have developed the following generic skills:
- Ability to generate and iteratively test design ideas
- Ability to work with design precedents
- Ability to work with different design methodologies
- Physical and digital model-making and its translation process
- Ability to integrate digital tools into the design generation and design development processes
- Graphic communication (including orthographic projections: plans, sections, elevations, axonometric and other projections)
- Verbal presentation and appropriate use of design terminology
- Time management and project management
- Constructive acceptance of feedback and criticism.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ABPL20036 | Environmental Building Systems |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
ARCH20003 | Modern Architecture: MoMo to PoMo | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ARCH20004 | Digital Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ARCH30001 | Design Studio Delta | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
ABPL30041 | Construction Design | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ABPL30037 | Architecture Design Studio: Fire |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
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25 |
ABPL30048 | Architecture Design Studio: Air |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
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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: 11 April 2024
Assessment
Additional details
- Assignment 1 (equivalent to 36 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 48 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-Interim : Major Project Interim Submission (equivalent to 48 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-Final : Major Project Final submission (equivalent to 72 hours of work) due week 12, (30%). An individual oral presentation of final designs (10 minutes), 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 36 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: 11 April 2024
Dates & times
Not available in 2018
Time commitment details
340 hours
Last updated: 11 April 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 Major Architecture Informal specialisation Bachelor of Design Elective Subjects - 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: 11 April 2024