Architectural Design Studio 4 (Construction)
Overview
This unit will establish an individual experimental regime for a research and investigation program that lead to a second semester portfolio thesis. The thesis will explore developed methodologies for project program options leading to design outcomes showing an ability to process information, manage time, and work constraints at a professional level. Practice and management processes will inform a broad understanding of professional operations. Students will develop an understanding of broad issues of the earth’s ecological systems and land management options by expanding knowledge of urban design history and theoretical issues including those of sustainable design and planning.
Requisites
DIA20005 Interior Architecture Studio 3: Design Exploration
Rules
Pre-requisite
ARC20002 Architectural Design Studio 3 (Construction)
OR
DIA20005 Interior Architecture Studio 3: Design Exploration
Assumed Knowledge
An understanding of computer generated (CAD) documentation
01-June-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Apply research techniques and critical thinking applicable to architectural design outcomes (including development of project brief, perform a detailed site analysis, adoption of sustainable issues) as part of the brief
- Demonstrate basic professional practice issues, personal value systems, and ethical positions, applicable to conceptualising and making architecture
- Demonstrate basic knowledge of materials, forms, and construction technology, simple engineering and construction knowledge related to the 3D design
- Communicate the design using a set of graphic and verbal techniques, and the demonstration of independent thinking to evaluate design priorities, problems, strategies, and theories
- Evaluate issues of ecological sustainability, illustrating issues of national and regional planning and their relationship to global and local demography and resources
- Propose action through knowledge of landscape design and management of natural systems of the built environment via the integration of passive systems for thermal comfort, lighting and acoustics and their relationship to active systems
- Research the history and practice of urban design and issues of city planning
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus Class | 6.00 | 12 weeks | 72 |
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 17.00 | 12 weeks | 204 |
| TOTAL | 300 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation | Individual/Group | 15% | 3,4 |
| Presentation | Individual/Group | 15% | 4,6 |
| Project 1 | Individual | 10% | 1,2,3 |
| Project 2 | Individual | 60% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
Content
- Exploration of architectural design, basic theory and philosophy
- Exploring design, structural and services principles
- Examination of sustainable design issues and options
- Workshop experience to develop manual 3D modelling
- Develop techniques for the presentation of form studies and modelling
- Presentation of design concepts by illustration and verbally
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.