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Design Studio E (ABPL90439)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Parkville)
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Semester 2 (Early-Start)
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| Availability(Quotas apply) | Summer Term Semester 1 (Early-Start) Semester 2 (Early-Start) |
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This cluster/subject challenges students to design small scale architecture to a high degree of material resolution. This includes consideration of the tectonics – poetics of construction – and the whole of life environmental implications of material choices.
A variety of independent studios will be offered for preferencing by ballot prior to the start of semester (O-week). Programmes will vary and may include civic, urban, housing, institutional, community or commercial typologies. Common to all studios will be small scale architecture resolved to a high degree of detail. A Seminar series and/or workshops and/or online modules will introduce students to design theories, design techniques and digital tools related to the design challenge(s).
Through a process of careful investigation of materials, study of precedents, and application of contemporary design theories and techniques, students will be expected to develop architectural designs that use materials both poetically and resourcefully. Students will be expected to demonstrate the environmental and material competencies set out in the National Standards of Competency for Architects. Students will also be expected to communicate their design vision in a clear, detailed and professional manner, incorporating models and/or prototypes and/or material investigations as appropriate to their design.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Apply design research techniques to iteratively explore structure, construction, and material design options to a high level of detail using drawings, models, 3D prints, and/or prototypes.
- Demonstrate knowledge of relevant and contemporary design precedents and theories.
- Successfully and imaginatively invent, refine and resolve the design of a of a small-medium scale building to a high level of detail .
- Critically evaluate results in relation to the environmental imperatives for sustainable material approaches, the sophistication of the design tectonics, and relevant design practices and theories .
- Communicate the design vision in a clear and professional manner .
- Demonstrate professional competencies set out in the National Standards of Competency for Architects related to materials and environmental sustainability (PC10, PC28, PC31, PC33, PC35, PC39, PC45) .
Generic skills
- Identification of emergent trends in practice
- Understanding of relevant policies and practices
- Use of sketches and diagrams to analyse, design and communicate
- Appropriate use of technical terminology
- Analysis and synthesis of data in order to prepare proposals
- Evaluation of existing knowledge
- The ability to efficiently locate available information and to make effective use of it.
Last updated: 18 April 2024