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BDES1026: Architecture Studio 1A
2026 unit information
This course aims to provide students with conceptual and technical skills required to creatively explore dynamic transactions between place and architecture. Students will develop an understanding of fundamental design methods and architectural communications techniques, alongside the ability to critically engage with complex ideas in the built environment and beyond. From generative and iterative form finding to space and place making, this course emphasizes material exploration and architectural craft. Essential design sensitivities and skills will be developed through different modes of education and practice including lectures, studio tutorials and demonstrations, and presentations as well as through physical engagement with materials and modelling processes.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Architecture |
| Credit points | 12 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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BDES1011 |
| Prohibitions:
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DESA1001 or BDES1010 or BDES1024 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. experiment and identify with techniques and materials in order to formulate ideas within selected mediums, emphasising interdisciplinary process, sensory interactions, and critical contextualisation
- LO2. learn the fundamental elements of architectural design; learn how to combine these elements to make space and form; begin to learn design processes; develop an understanding or required processes, techniques and materials; theoretical, social and/or historic engagement
- LO3. use a range of secondary and primary research sources in order to enrich and articulate ideas in both written and verbal presentations
- LO4. exercise critical judgment and realistic self-evaluation through class discussions, presentations and the use of process journals
- LO5. demonstrate awareness of broader ideas in diverse field of contemporary art/design practices informing students own creative works.
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 1 2026
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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