702-540 Architectural Design 5B

Formerly available as 702-540 Design 5. Students who have completed 702-540 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. This subject may be substituted by a similar level design subject with the approval of the Faculty.

702-404 Architectural Design 4B plus one of the following: 702-446 Political Economy of Design, 702-574 Representing Place, 702-447 Design Approaches and Methods, 702-402 Digital Speculations, 705-415 Contemp'ry Theory & Australian Landscape, 705-335 Advanced Urban Planning & Design.

Students will undertake a series of studio-based exercises leading to the development of a major design project based on the disciplinary or inter-disciplinary theme of the design studio requiring a detailed knowledge of a specialist aspect of design, or an inter-disciplinary specialist aspect of design and its presentation and demonstration, both graphically and orally.

On completion of the subject students should be able to:

• Integrate the diverse requirements of larger scale architectural projects.

• Communicate at a level expected of a graduate of architecture regarding design decisions and building details.

• Communicate design and building decisions by using correct and appropriate notational representations.

• Assess the efficiency of their design decisions against possible alternatives.

• Incorporate notions of daily, seasonal and life-cycle dynamic behaviour in the environment designed.

• Effect the life-cycle of the artefact envisioned.

• Relate their work to specific intellectual traditions.

• React to external constraints and meet the competency requirements of the ARBV (academic qualification)

• Evaluate the results of their own work.

• Develop performance based design.

• Evaluate the practical implications of theoretical urban frameworks.

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

• Ability to convey design intentions through specific technical descriptions.

• Evaluation of design decisions against industrial environmental conditions, building scale and program requirements.

• Designing within specific timeframes.

• Adaption of individual problems to general strategies.

• Identification of performance differences and mutual impacts within the spatial program developed.

• Testing theoretical propositions at different scales.

Assessment will be based on a major design project and a review as required of a portfolio of all assignments set during the semester. Project, studio test, exercises, reports, and tutorial presentations to the equivalent of 10,000 words.