SRD766 - Architecture Masterclass Design Research Studio

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Waterfront (Geelong)
Trimester 2: Waterfront (Geelong)
Credit point(s):2
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Chin Koi Khoo
Trimester 2: Chin Koi Khoo
Prerequisite:

Students enrolled in S700, D306, D764: 8 credit points of level 7 SR* coded units including SRD753, SRD754, SRD755, SRD765, SRT751.

Students enrolled in S701: 3 credit points of level 7 SR* coded units including SRD763.

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
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.

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

1 x 1 hour lecture per week, 1 x 5 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

This unit stands as the critical summation of the knowledge and capabilities developed in design for the Master of Architecture. Students are required to produce an individual architectural design project using an advanced design methodology underpinned by an essential theoretical intention. Each student shall formulate a project brief, and move to a position where a substantial body of work can be developed using a range of complex architectural factors and sophisticated principles of design. This will require students to integrate their body of knowledge and methods, and demonstrate the use of contextual, functional, technical and theoretical factors to explore, test and clarify their architectural design project.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1 Manage and take responsibility for an individual design project, including its definition and progress. GLO6: Self-management
ULO2 Identify and demonstrate the use of contextual functional, technical, and theoretical factors towards the formulation of an architectural design. GLO4: Critical thinking
ULO3

Generate an advanced design outcome using a range of complex architectural factors and sophisticated principles of design.

GLO5: Problem solving
ULO4

Integrate a body of knowledge and methods in architectural design to create an architectural project that demonstrates professional capacity.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
ULO5 Synthesise and present sophisticated ideas of architectural intention through a range of visual and verbal communication. GLO2: Communication
ULO6 Evidence critical and aesthetic value of architecture toward professional practice, culture and society. GLO8: Global citizenship

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1
Progress Evaluation
Drawings, models, and digital record 20% Week 4
Assessment 2
Final project submission
Presentation panels (8 x A1 sheets), model, portfolio 60% Week 12
Assessment 3
Presentation
10-minute oral presentation 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: SRD766 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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