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ARC5001 · Advanced architecture project 3
2026 Handbook12 credit pointsLevel 5Department of Architecture
Last checked: 23 Aug 2026 UTCOverview
This unit expands and consolidates advanced concepts and skills relevant to architectural design of a medium scale, complex project. The unit elaborates on architectural design as a process of investigation, critical observation, and experiment. Studies in the unit will focus on the iterative development of design as a visual language and process of cultural production with an emphasis on social and environmental sustainability.
Offerings
| Campus | Teaching period | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Caulfield | Summer semester B | Some activities have a choice of on-campus or online teaching activities in a block period (FLX-BLK) |
| Caulfield | First semester | Teaching activities are on-campus (ON-CAMPUS) |
| Caulfield | Second semester | Teaching activities are on-campus (ON-CAMPUS) |
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 | Folio | Portfolio | 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
corequisite
- OHS1000 — Introduction to art and design health and safety
Learning outcomes
- Identify relevant site, cultural and contextual parameters as part of design research;
- Apply knowledge from environmental science and building technology in the material, structural and constructional sophisticated resolution of a medium scale, complex design project;
- Synthesize and visually communicate design research in the exploration and detailed articulation of a medium scale, complex project design options and outcomes;
- Recognise and integrate diverse forms of community consultation and collaboration during the design process;
- Promote health and wellbeing outcomes for Country through a deep understanding of Indigenous Peoples aspirations of care through appropriate siting, spatial configuration and material;
- Critically evaluate and communicate design options in response to the project objectives and brief and justify the preferred options.
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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