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ARC2002 · Architecture design studio 4
2027 Handbook12 credit pointsLevel 2Department of Architecture
Overview
This unit provides opportunities for you to explore emerging design challenges and contexts in a vertically integrated, semester-long studio project. The unit continues the emphasis on design processes encompassing a range of complex issues inherent in the production of architecture - material, structure, program, site, history and representation will be investigated in relation to the production of architectural form. This unit continues to enhance the development of architectural designs through the three-dimensional and material testing of ideas. Studies in the unit will maintain their focus on developing a broader understanding of design as a visual language and process of cultural production. This will involve developing an approach that responds to a detailed understanding of occupant, site, and context, and addresses connections to broader social, political, and environmental challenges.
Offerings
| Campus | Teaching period | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Caulfield | First semester | Some activities have a choice of on-campus or online teaching activities (FLEXIBLE) |
| Caulfield | Second semester | Some activities have a choice of on-campus or online teaching activities (FLEXIBLE) |
Assessment
The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.
| # | Assessment | Type | Weight | Hurdle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peer to Peer | Exercise | 20% | — |
| 2 | Early Ideas Folio | Project | 20% | — |
| 3 | Final Folio | Project | 60% | — |
| 4 | Single project / folio | Project | 100% | — |
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
prerequisite
Learning outcomes
- Explore capacities of architectural tools, methods, and ways of working in design contexts;
- Demonstrate application of architectural tools and communicate design decisions through 2D and 3D documentation and physical and digital model making;
- Employ a design approach and outcomes using nominated tools and methods;
- Reflect on architecture's connection to related social, political, environmental, and economic issues;
- Evaluate design decisions with respect to occupants and site context;
- Reflect on design context and independently formulate key questions to support design development.
Workload
24 hours per week including 6 contact hours plus 18 hours of independent study, or equivalent.
| Activity | Duration |
|---|---|
| Studio activities | 72 hours |
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