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Master of Architecture Studio C (ABPL90142)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Parkville) and Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
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Overview
| Availability(Quotas apply) | Summer Term - Dual-Delivery Semester 1 (Early-Start) - On Campus Semester 2 (Early-Start) - On Campus |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This studio emphasises how successful architectural designs express ideas based in well-grounded, critical thinking, and on values manifest in visions of desired futures. Through design projects and analysis of seminal works, students will develop both design ideas for projects and architectural expressions of those ideas. Autonomous studio options will cover a range of project types including housing, public institutions and urban design, taught with an emphasis on architecture as idea, materiality or program.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Successfully create and resolve the design of a building of medium complexity
- Evaluate results of their work in relation to the environmental and social context and their chosen intellectual traditions
- Communicate a complex design vision in a clear and professional manner.
Generic skills
- An understanding of ethical responses to issues.
- Identification of emerging trends in practice.
- Visual and oral presentation techniques.
- Three-dimensional representation.
- Critical thinking and analysis.
- Capacity for independent thought and reflection.
- Creative response to complex problems.
Last updated: 11 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Students must meet one of the following prerequisite options:
Option 1
Admission into the 200pt Program course entry point in the MC-ARCH Master of Architecture
Option 2
Admission into one of the following:
- 300pt Program course entry point in the MC-ARCH Master of Architecture
- MC-ARCH3Y Master of Architecture
AND
All of
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90284 | Master of Architecture Studio A | Semester 1 |
25 |
| ABPL90285 | Master of Architecture Studio B | Semester 2 |
25 |
| ABPL90286 | Construction Methods | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90287 | Design and Construction | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90288 | Architectural Cultures 1: Modernism | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90289 | Architectural Cultures 2:After Modernism | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
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 November 2022
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
A mid-semester jury review (critique) oral presentation equivalent to 100 hours of work demonstrating design output that may include physical models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses, journals and sketches.
| Mid semester | 30% |
An end of semester jury review (critique) oral presentation equivalent to 240 hours of work building on work developed throughout the semester demonstrating design output that may include physical models, drawings, written assignments, site analyses and sketches.
| End of semester | 70% |
| Hurdle requirement: Students must attend 75% of studios and pass the end of semester final oral presentation. | N/A |
Last updated: 11 November 2022
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- Summer Term - Dual-Delivery
Principal coordinator Donald Bates Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours up to 84 hours including lecture class and Studios Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 3 January 2023 to 18 February 2023 Last self-enrol date 11 December 2022 Census date 13 January 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 February 2023 Assessment period ends 20 February 2023 Summer Term contact information
Subject coordinator: Donald Leslie Bates donald.bates@unimelb.edu.au
Senior Tutor: Kristen Wang kristen.wang@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 1 (Early-Start) - On Campus
Principal coordinator Djordje Stojanovic Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours up to 84 hours including lecture class and Studios Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 24 February 2023 to 28 May 2023 Last self-enrol date 3 March 2023 Census date 31 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2023 Assessment period ends 23 June 2023 Semester 1 (Early-Start) contact information
- Semester 2 (Early-Start) - On Campus
Principal coordinator Djordje Stojanovic Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours up to 84 hours including lecture class and Studios Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 21 July 2023 to 22 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 28 July 2023 Census date 31 August 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2023 Assessment period ends 17 November 2023 Semester 2 (Early-Start) contact information
Time commitment details
340 hours
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
- Completion rate. Students who started their course from 2022 and are in a CSP or receiving a HELP Loan (eg FEE-HELP) must meet the completion rate to continue to receive Commonwealth Support for that course.
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement, and as a fail toward the completion rate, unless there are approved ‘special circumstances’.
Additional delivery details
An enrolment quota of 96 applies to the Summer Term intensive. This quota applies to the combined enrolments in ABPL90142, ABPL90143 and ABPL90115.
Students will be selected into the subject as they self-enrol during the timely re-enrolment period. If the enrolment quota is exceeded, availability of additional places will be up to the Subject Coordinator’s discretion.
Any students enrolling after the quota has been reached will be withdrawn from the subject and advised of the alternative subjects available.
For detailed information on the quota subject application process and due dates, refer to the EDSC Quota Subjects webpage.
Studio class allocation process is done via a ballot, for further information please refer to the MSD Studios webpage
Last updated: 11 November 2022
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 Course Master of Architecture Course Master of Architectural Engineering - 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 November 2022