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BDES1027: Architecture Studio 1B
2024 unit information
This studio capitalises on the skills and processes gained in the first semester studio to engage with increasingly complex programmatic and contextual issues within the built environment.Fundamental modes of representation in a variety of media will be deployed as a means to comprehend and articulate architecture from multiple integrated perspectives.Designing a small building will be the final project yet based on a series of introductory exercises that will engage with concepts of iteration in a range of scales and media.Students will continue to learn new software and other related techniques while also developing their familiarity with the technical skills necessary to realise a final design presentation including various media.The design projects will explore the necessity of experimentation as a means to communicate fundamental ideas about space, structure and form.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Architecture
| Code | BDES1027 |
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| Academic unit | Architecture |
| Credit points | 12 |
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Prerequisites:
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BDES1026 or BDES1010 or DESA1001 |
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Corequisites:
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BDES1023 |
| Prohibitions:
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BDES1020 or DESA1002 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrate an increased understanding with the conventions of architectural model making and drawing, and an ability to employ these for the purposes of both critical analysis and creative expression.
- LO2. Critically research and interpret an architectural brief for a small-scale dwelling and devise an imaginative and credible response.
- LO3. Evaluate multiple graphic and written sources in order to filter and synthesise information.
- LO4. Work productively in an architectural studio setting.
- LO5. Convincingly convey architectural propositions using modelled, graphic, oral and written modes of communication.
- LO6. Evaluate feedback from others in a manner that is both reflective and proactive.
- LO7. Write coherent and convincing accounts of the process of architectural design in sound academic prose, and to illustrate and compose these into formal documents.
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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