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Architecture Design Studio: Water (ABPL20028)
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 2
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Overview
Availability | Semester 2 |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject was formerly called Architecture Design Studio 2.
The core of the undergraduate design sequence is the development of both design thinking and dexterity with tools. As an extension of 702-239 (ABPL20027) Architecture Design Studio 1: Earth, the focus of this second design subject will be the generation and articulation of design possibilities through a series of studio projects. Linking these investigations will be the theme of water, which may be explored conceptually, metaphorically, structurally, or technologically – e.g. waterproofing, rain screens, hygiene, perspiration, sports centres, hydraulics, humidity, marine or riverine environments, pools.
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 skills in choosing and using appropriate representational media;
- Demonstrate an understanding of relationships between architecture and water through the application of the first three points above;
- Develop an ability to present and justify design 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: 11 April 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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ARCH20002 | Design Studio Gamma |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Recommended background knowledge
Students are expected to have skills in basic model making, drafting and drawing. Students requiring extra skills in drafting are strongly encouraged to attend a short intensive optional workshop to be held before the middle of the semester.
The following subject is recommended:
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: 11 April 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 3 | 15% |
Assignment 2. 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 6 | 20% |
Assignment 3: 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 9 | 20% |
Assignment 3: Major Project Final submission. 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
| Week 12 | 30% |
Design Journal, ompleted 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% or more of studio classes. | N/A |
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Amanda Achmadi Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 14 hours of lectures( 7X 2 hour lecturers between week 1- 8) and 36 hours of studios and studio crits Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 Hours
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Subject Reader
Recommended texts and other resources
- Ching, Francis D K. Architecture: Form, Space & Order, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1979 (most recent edition);
- Bielefeld, Burt & Sebastian El Khouli. Basics Design Ideas, Basel: Birkhauser, 2007;
- Jormakka, Kari. Basics Design Methods, Basel: Birkhauser, 2007.
- 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 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: 11 April 2024