SRD364 - Architecture Design Studio 06: Superstudio
Unit details
Year | 2025 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Waterfront (Geelong) |
Credit point(s): | 2 |
EFTSL value: | 0.250 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Angela Kreutz |
Prerequisite: | SRD263 and SRD264 |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | SRD361 |
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2 hour lecture per week, 1 x 5 hour practical experience (studio) per week. |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 300 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. |
Note:Equipment Requirements: Please note students will be required to pay additional costs (not included in standard student fees) for unit related materials. |
Content
This is the capstone design unit of the Architecture undergraduate courses. Students will select from a range of projects offered by specific staff members. All proposed projects will have similar scale, ambition and design complexity. Students will be required to demonstrate, through their design production, the integration and application of all the skills, capacities and knowledge learnt in previous design units, as well as the integration of knowledge gained in all other units of the course. Projects will emphasise the integration of the five major topics that have characterised the design studios in the Architecture courses: Architecture as a meaningful and relevant discipline strongly linked to the overall cultural and philosophical panorama; architectural compromise with materiality; environmental responsibility of the work of the architect in the built environment; the fundamental public role of Architecture; and physical and conceptual hybrid condition of the current urban environment.
Students will have the opportunity to select their main field of interest in architectural design (Thought, Matter, Earth, Public, Hybrid). Students will also integrate components from the remaining design inputs in their proposal, demonstrating the application of their individual approach to Architecture.
Learning Outcomes
ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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ULO1 | Identify and recognize the diverse range of contemporary drivers of architectural design in order to construct a personal, rigorous and responsible position as an architect, grounded on individual ethic and aesthetic convictions as well as professional expertise. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO2 | Investigate and analyse ill-defined real world environmental, cultural, physical and social architectural problems, frequently in complex and contradictory situations, explain their significance causes and consequences, in order to build a solid and rigorous base for the formulation of alternative solutions. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO3 | Create an authentic and well-rounded architectural response to problems, through conceptually and physically sustainable, achieving a fertile balance between conventional and professional practice and innovative and speculative exploration of design alternatives. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO4 | Apply and integrate knowledge of architecture theory and technology to develop and manage architecture projects, demonstrating initiative and judgement for professional practice. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO5 | Communicate clearly, professionally and responsibly using oral, visual, digital, graphic and interpersonal communication modes to inform, motivate and persuade specialist and non-specialist audiences about architectural ideas and designs. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO6 | Reflect on the meaning, capacity and implications of architectural design decisions, demonstrating ability and responsibility in the professional practice that will shape and define the human landscape of the future. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1 Design: project analysis and concept development (includes oral presentation) | Project analysis: drawings, models and oral presentation | 20% | Week 4 |
Assessment 2 Design: project final presentation | Final design: drawings, models and oral presentation | 50% | Week 12 |
Assessment 3 Reflective portfolio | Drawings, models, written report/s | 30% | 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 SRD364 can be found via the University Library.
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.
Unit Fee Information
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