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Master of Architecture Studio C (ABPL90142)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Parkville) and Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
Please refer to the return to campus page for more information on these delivery modes and students who can enrol in each mode based on their location in first half year 2021.
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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2021 Timetable
The 2021 timetable will be available on 8 December, and after this date you will be able to view the classes for all 2021 subjects. Timetable preference entry will open for Summer subjects on 8 December. Visit the class timetable page for more information on creating your timetable.
Contact information
Please refer to the specific study period for contact information.
Overview
| Availability(Quotas apply) | Summer Term - Dual-Delivery Semester 1 (Early-Start) - Dual-Delivery 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: 26 November 2020
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into one of the following courses:
MC-ARCH Master of Architecture (200 points)
OR
MC-ARCH Master of Architecture (300 point, entry point)
MC-ARCH3Y Master of Architecture (300 points)
plus all of the following subjects:
| 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 A | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90287 | Architectural Technology | 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: 26 November 2020
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: 26 November 2020
Quotas apply to this subject
Please refer to the Return to Campus page for information on subject delivery modes in First Half Year 2021 (including Summer Term and Semester 1).
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 4 January 2021 to 19 February 2021 Last self-enrol date 13 December 2020 Census date 22 January 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 February 2021 Assessment period ends 19 February 2021 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) - 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 26 February 2021 to 30 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 5 March 2021 Census date 31 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 25 June 2021 Semester 1 (Early-Start) contact information
Subject coordinator: Donald Leslie Bates donald.bates@unimelb.edu.au
Senior tutor: Kristen Wang kristen.wang@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2 (Early-Start) - On Campus
Principal coordinator Donald Bates Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours up to 84 hours including lecture class and Studios Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 23 July 2021 to 24 October 2021 Last self-enrol date 30 July 2021 Census date 31 August 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 September 2021 Assessment period ends 19 November 2021 Semester 2 (Early-Start) contact information
Subject coordinator: Donald Leslie Bates donald.bates@unimelb.edu.au
Senior tutor: Kristen Wang kristen.wang@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
340 hours
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: 26 November 2020
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 Course Master of Architecture - 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: 26 November 2020