702-103 Architectural Design 1B

Formerly available as 702-103 Architectural Design and Practice 1. Students who have completed 702-103 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Students will undertake a series of readings, studio-based exercises and assignments introducing them to methods of analysis, abstraction, and synthesis in design thinking that are common to the fields of building and architecture; basic composition and applied organisational techniques widely used by designers; the effects that planning and program, spatial order (and its conceptualisation), materials, technology and the environment have on design. Assignments require a synthesis with the student's concurrent studies in other subjects (particularly construction technology and communications), culminating in the architectural design of small-scaled, energy-efficient buildings with simple programs.

On completion of the subject students should be able to:

• Generate design proposals for indoor and outdoor lived environments.

• Generate design proposals that respond to contemporary social and cultural requirements.

On completion of the subject students should have developed the following skills and capabilities:

• Basic skill in architectural composition.

• Synthesis of knowledge of concurrent subjects.

• Communication of design ideas verbally and graphically.

• Analysis of precedent, social issues and other relevant material.

Assessment will be based on two major projects, weekly assignments, a design diary and portfolio to the equivalent of 5,000 words.