ASIAN ARCHITECTURE A: SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIAAvailable in even years only.
12.5
Hugh O'Neill.
First Semester
Two lectures and one tutorial per week.
Any level one fine arts/architectural history subject offered by the Faculty of Arts or the Faculty of Architecture and Planning (or permission of the Head of Department).
Second Year and above
On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate that they:
have developed an appreciation of the origins and currency of traditional architecture and art of societies of South and Southeast Asian countries, by establishing an overall cultural framework within which an individual building or place can be located and assessed;
have developed skills in the understanding and analysis of buildings and places in terms of their context, form, planning, spatial effects, construction, function and social role;
have developed a critical perspective of implications within the recent design and artistic production of these societies;
have developed skills in information gathering and critical synthesis, essay and report writing, and visual and oral presentation techniques required for the independent interpretation of these insights.
A historical study of selected aspects of the architecture and art traditions of societies of South and Southeast Asia with a particular focus on those of India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia. Emphasis is given to the impact of social, political, economic and religious factors in urban, architectural and artistic expression within and between these societies and in the context of their interaction with Australian cultural development between these societies and in the context of their interaction with Australian cultural development.
An essay, major study and class paper to the equivalent of not more than 7,500 words. Details, including the weighting of assessment, will be made available in the first two weeks of semester.
ASIAN ARCHITECTURE A: SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA12.5
Hugh O'Neill.
First Semester, even years only
Two lectures and one tutorial per week.
Any level one fine arts / architectural history subject offered by the Faculty of Arts or the Faculty of Architecture and Planning (or permission of the Head of Department).
Second Year and above
On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate that they:
have developed an appreciation of the origins and currency of traditional architecture and art of societies of South and Southeast Asian countries, by establishing an overall cultural framework within which an individual building or place can be located and assessed;
have developed skills in the understanding and analysis of buildings and places in terms of their context, form, planning, spatial effects, construction, function and social role;
have developed a critical perspective of implications within the recent design and artistic production of these societies;
have developed skills in information gathering and critical synthesis, essay and report writing, and visual and oral presentation techniques required for the independent interpretation of these insights.
A historical study of selected aspects of the architecture and art traditions of societies of South and Southeast Asia with a particular focus on those of India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia. Emphasis is given to the impact of social, political, economic and religious factors in urban, architectural and artistic expression within and between these societies and in the context of their interaction with Australian cultural development between these societies and in the context of their interaction with Australian cultural development.
An essay, major study and class paper to the equivalent of not more than 7,500 words. Details, including the weighting of assessment, will be made available in the first two weeks of semester.