ARC1001 · Architecture foundation studio 1

Overview

This unit introduces architectural design as a process of investigation, critical observation, and experimentation. The unit focuses on design as a process engaged with the three-dimensional and material testing of ideas. Projects will be formulated to introduce issues such as scale in relation to the human body, site and environmental contexts, basic techniques of three-dimensional composition and the appropriate use of architectural drawing conventions.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

100% in-semester assessment

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Demonstrate a progression towards a basic understanding of architectural conventions and design development methodologies, explored in verbal, graphic and three dimensional presentation;
2. Apply strategies for undertaking culturally appropriate preliminary design research, including site analysis, precedent studies, and contextual/historical studies, as an integral part of a response to a design brief;
3. Demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate multiple streams of information (such as user studies, site analysis, client brief, etc) and integrate them into an architectural design response;
4. Develop skills to work collaboratively in the studio environment, fostering a high level of respectful engagement with others;
5. Explore an understanding of design development and architectural practice as having social, political, environmental, and economic implications;
6. Develop strategies and skills to undertake self directed architectural design development.

Workload

24 hours per week including 6.5 contact hours plus 17.5 hours of independent study.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.