SRD753 - Architecture Design: Graduate Studio
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
|---|---|
| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Waterfront (Geelong) Trimester 2: Waterfront (Geelong) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Yolanda Esteban Trimester 2: Yolanda Esteban |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 1 hour class per week, 1 x 4 hour studio per week |
Content
This unit introduces you to advanced design studio practices through responding to contemporary design theory and global issues. The design project will address regenerative approaches to architecture through an intervention in an urban context with programmatic complexity focusing on social and residential challenges.
The studio will explore site reading and analysis, design iterations, and design translation and resolution as key methods of the design process. You will examine the application of design theories and processes of contemporary architecture and apply them to your project. The unit incorporates and reinforces analytical and communication skills that will be explored and tested in the studio, documenting the process through drawing and modelling.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Investigate and analyse real urban environmental, cultural, physical and social architectural issues in complex and contradictory situations. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Create a valid and well-rounded architectural response to an urban conflictive environment achieving a fertile balance between conventional and professional practice and innovative and speculative exploration of design alternatives. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Critically reflect on the design process, understanding and exploring multiple methods and approaches in order to generate valid and complex design alternatives. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | 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. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year.
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Task 1: Design Project: Iterations / Design Process | Drawings, images, and diagrams and written critical analysis 1,000 words maximum and a verbal presentation. | 30% | Week 4 |
| Assessment Task 2: Site Analysis | Drawings, diagrams and written analysis 1000 words and verbal presentation. | 30% | Week 8 |
| Assessment Task 3: Design Project: Translation and Resolution | Drawings, images, and diagrams and a written critical analysis 1,000 words maximum. | 40% | Week 12 |
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
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
Unit Fee Information
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