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Architecture Design Studio: Earth (ABPL20027)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Subject Coordinators
David Mah
Leire Asensio-Villoria
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
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: 22 March 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ENVS10004 | Designing Environments |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ARCH20001 | Design Studio Beta |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Recommended background knowledge
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ENVS20001 | Digital Design and Fabrication | No longer available |
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
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Assignment 1: Individual review (critique) and oral presentation, demonstrating design output that may include physical or digital models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses, journals and sketches
| Week 4 | 25% |
Assignment 2: Major Project Interim Submission. Individual review (critique) and oral presentation, demonstrating design output that may include physical or digital models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses, journals and sketches.
| Week 8 | 30% |
Assignment 3: Major Project Interim. Individual review (critique) and oral presentation, demonstrating design output that may include physical or digital models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses, journals and sketches;
| Week 12 | 30% |
Design Journal. (Equivalent to15- 18 hours of work per student). Completed throughout semester, based on themes developed through the lectures, including esquisses and quizzes completed in studios and lectures
| Week 12 | 15% |
Hurdle requirement: Attendance of 75% of studio classes. | N/A |
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinators Leire Asensio Villoria and David Mah 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 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
Subject Coordinators
David Mah
Leire Asensio-Villoria
Time commitment details
170 Hours
Last updated: 22 March 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 Non-allowed Breadth Subjects within the Bachelor of Design - relating to specific majors Major Architecture Informal specialisation Environments Discipline subjects Major Landscape Architecture Major Urban Design and Planning Breadth Track Architecture - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- 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.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 22 March 2024