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BDES2028: Intensive Studio 2
2026 unit information
Intensive Studio 2 is a travelling architectural design studio. As part of a cohort, students produce an architectural design project in response to a brief that requires them to consider particular cultural, environmental, architectural and urban conditions and possibilities of the chosen city. The specific architectural brief and its theoretical underpinnings vary from year to year. Students immerse themselves in the life of the city and conduct a range of analytical and interpretive mapping exercises and site studies, supported by building visits and collaborations with local architects, in order to establish terms of reference for their own architectural project. They present schematic work for critical feedback at various stages of the week away from Sydney, and upon return they communicate their final architectural project to a design jury via a set of drawings and models supported by a verbal presentation. The work conducted during the studio is finally assembled in a portfolio, which is due at a later date. The portfolio documents the various studies made in the host city in addition to interim stages of design and the final architectural proposition.
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 | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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BDES1028 |
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None |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrate an increased familiarity with the conventions of architectural drawing and model making, and an ability to employ these for the purposes of both critical analysis and creative expression
- LO2. Critically interpret an architectural brief for a small-scale building, and devise an imaginative and plausible response
- LO3. Evaluate multiple written and graphic sources in order filter and synthesise information
- LO4. Work productively and collaboratively in an architectural studio setting
- LO5. Convincingly convey architectural propositions using oral, graphic 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 illustrate and compose these into formal documents.
- LO8. Demonstrate ethical and cultural competence in design by recognising the intended and unintended consequences of design decisions, as well as by considering diverse and underrepresented stakeholders.
Unit availability
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Intensive July - August 2025
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive July - August 2026
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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