702-302 Architectural Design 3A

Formerly available as 702-303 Architectural Design and Practice 3. Students who have completed 702-303 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Two of 702-206 Architectural Design 2B, 702-204 Architectural Design 2A or 702-205 Architectural Design 2C

Students will undertake a series of studio-based exercises in design demanding greater synthesis of diverse requirements and leading to increasingly resolved designs. Emphases include: three-dimensional spatial ordering, the development of an architectural language that can be responsive to different conditions, representation and composition and an examination of interior architectural form and landscape.

On completion of the subject students should be able to:

• Demonstrate an ability to work within statutory and programmatic requirements and to incorporate environmental principles.

• Understand the techniques for analysing built context and use this analysis to inform the design process.

• Utilize analytical and synthesizing skills (including appropriate documentation, graphic and model-making skills).

• Demonstrate skills commensurate with the skills required by the architectural profession of an architectural technical assistant.

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

• Ability to conceptualise in three dimensions.

• Application of design skills to complex programs.

Assessment will be based on two major projects and a review of a portfolio of all assignments set during the semester. Projects, class tests, studio tests, exercises, and tutorial presentations to the equivalent of 10 000 words.