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MARC5410: Ethical Practice in Architecture
2024 unit information
Ethical Practice in Architecture introduces students to some foundational principles of ethics and then turns to the ethical questions and capacities of architectural practice. Students will conceptualize a design approach into an explicit ethical issue and explore the opportunities and limitations of the architect as activist. The student will be exposed to a series of ethical challenges and architectures that relate to ethical positions. Working through a series of case studies that explore social, environmental, political, and Indigenous positions, students will develop a sense of the role of architecture in society and the capacity of the architect to enact change. These case studies prompt critical reflections on architectural conventions, and their intersections with both social conventions and disruptions. On the successful completion of this unit, students will have demonstrated: An ability to recognise the validity of both sides of an ethical dispute; an ability to critique architecture from an ethical standpoint; and a capacity to formulate architectural design approaches that recognise ethical issues.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Architecture
| Code | MARC5410 |
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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 |
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BDES3025 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand foundational principles of ethics and application to architectural practices
- LO2. develop conceptualized design approaches that consider explicit ethical issues during the life of a project
- LO3. explore opportunities and limitations of the architect as activist and advocate
- LO4. research ethical challenges (social, environmental, political, and Indigenous positions) that face architecture relative to their own ethical positions
- LO5. develop a sense of the role of architecture in society and the capacity of the architect to enact change
- LO6. develop capabilities to critically reflect on architectural conventions, and their intersections with both social conventions and positions that counter and enrich standardised norms
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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