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702-331 Australian Architecture A

Credit points: 12.5

Coordinator: George Tibbits.

Prerequisite: 702-231 Modern Architecture A: The 19th Century or 702-232 Modern Architecture B: The 20th Century

Contact: Two lectures and one tutorial a week.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate that they:

• understand the historical development of Australian architecture, construction, landscape design and urban planning;
• have developed an appreciation of the formative traditions in the design of the built environment in Australia, 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 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.

Content:

The development and planning of settlements in Australia; the colonial architecture of New South Wales and Tasmania; land and building regulations, urban conditions, building techniques; the development of architecture in Melbourne from its founding to recent times and the emergence of modern architecture. Special emphasis will be placed on the Melbourne environment.

Assessment:

An essay, class papers, and exercises (drawn and/or written), and a visual test, to the equivalent of not more than 5,000 words, and one 90 minute examination (which may take the form of a class test). Details, including the weighting of assessment, will be made available in the first two weeks of semester.

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Date created:    Oct  9 1995
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