SRD163 - Architecture Design Studio 01: Thoughtscapes

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Waterfront (Geelong)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Akari Nakai Kidd
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: SRD161
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 2 hour lecture per week, 1 x 4 hour practical experience (studio) per week.

Note:

Please note students will be required to pay additional costs (not included in standard student fees) for unit related materials.

Content

Architectural design evolves through the exploration and reappraisal of a range of ideas and propositions that lead progressively to the eventual resolution of a coherent design proposal. SRD163 introduces students to Architectural Design by exploring the complex process of thinking, where experience, meaning and philosophy are positioned as essential to the aesthetic, spatial and physical resolution of design. Students must undertake study in areas of architectural enquiry including the language of Architecture (form and order, hierarchy, scale composition and proportion); the human body and anthropometrics; and drawing upon historical precedents evident in contemporary Architecture.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Visually and orally communicate the basic principles of architectural design.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication

ULO2

Work with a range of media in creating and representing design ideas, and utilise the basics of model making and graphic reproduction techniques.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Explain Architecture as a physical and spatial medium and demonstrate knowledge of critical and aesthetic attitudes to design, and Architecture's place in culture both historically and currently.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1
Drawings
Series of drawing and models 30% Week 5
Assessment 2
Design project
Architectural design, drawings and models 50% Week 12
Assessment 3
Design journal and folio
Electronic design journal and folio incorporating design ideas and reflection 20% End-of-Unit Assessment Period

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SRD163 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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