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ARCH9004: Practice Methods
2026 unit information
This intensive elective focusses on contemporary issues in the practice of architecture and manners through which the profession confronts these issues. Architecture as a discipline responds to current technological advancements, ecological stresses, social pressures, mass migration, political, legal, and regulatory changes. Participants will critically evaluate and document design strategies at a range of scales, from environmental responses to architectural details within selected works to develop an appreciation of factors that have formed and can transform architectural practice. Time will be divided between field studies and architecture workshops.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Architecture |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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Bachelor of Design in Architecture |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Independently research issues relating to the project; critically analyse and evaluate the information gathered.
- LO2. Document the application of technical skills and specialist knowledge in architectural practice through a review of current knowledge, its critical evaluation and your own findings and conclusions.
- LO3. Use a variety of media to document and precisely represent your work so that it clearly communicates central ideas to academic, professional, and general audiences; this is to include your methodology and investigative processes
- LO4. Critically draw upon relevant historical, contemporary, theoretical, social, and political knowledge when thinking through ideas and issues to cultivate a critical and independent approach.
- LO5. Understand aspects of the planning, development and construction process, and your roles as members of the architectural profession.
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Intensive June - July 2026
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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