Introduction
Studios in the major of the Bachelor of Architecture & Built Environments focus on the development and refinement of conceptual, analytical and technical skills through applied-problem-based learning in a diverse range of real-world contexts. In third year, studios are double weighted capstone units emphasising the creative synthesis and critical application of knowledge and skills encompassing technologies, theories and spatial design principles.
Urban Design Studio focuses on the design of complex public buildings framed by critical interrogation of key debates and practices in urban design and social inclusion. Through expert lectures, self-directed research and engagement in debate with diverse audiences you will explore understanding of ‘publics’ in their broadest sense and articulate the implications for urban projects and public spaces. In response to a given project brief for a mixed-use project in an urban setting, you will develop a critical return brief, reconceptualising and expanding understanding of program and site and justifying design priorities. Combining speculative and strategic approaches to design thinking and emphasising design across scales from the urban to the detail, you will develop schematic design propositions that align and synthesise conceptual frameworks and design priorities with functional, environmental, technical and regulatory requirements. Employing your toolkit of techniques, you will identify and develop a targeted communication approach encompassing choices of narrative, graphics, drawing types and scales, media and models that clearly communicate your rationale, process and design outcomes to expert and non-expert audiences.
Summary 2020
| Unit name | Architecture Technology-Studio: City |
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| Unit code | KDA339 |
| Credit points | 25 |
| Faculty/School | College of Sciences and Engineering School of Architecture and Design |
| Discipline | Architecture & Design |
| Coordinator | TBA |
| Level | Advanced |
| Available as student elective? | No |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
ILO 1: Critically evaluate theories, practices and precedents for social inclusion to frame design approaches for public urban projects.
ILO 2: Justify design priorities through critical interrogation and interpretation of a given project brief.
ILO 3: Develop schematic design solutions for public buildings at macro and micro scales aligning conceptual frameworks with functional, environmental, technical and regulatory requirements.
ILO 4: Communicate rationale, process and design outcomes to expert and non-expert audiences through targeted narrative, graphics, drawing types and scales, media and models.
Contribution to Graduate Outcomes (Degree major)
Ethics: Students consider dimensions of social inclusion in the context of public, participatory projects and adopt strategies for mediating diverse needs conflicting interests; assessed via maquette (preliminary model) and essay (AT2)
E&C: Students emulate professional creative practice in which design briefs are dynamic. They respond to real project clients by revising and re-presenting a critical return brief; brief assessed for creative response and professional standard (AT2)
Sustainability: Students are guided to mediate, align and integrate multiple design priorities and requirements, including social-ecological imperatives and environmental performance standards; assessed via large-scale schematic design (AT3)
Well-being: Students identify strategies for fostering well-being in public use contexts integral to designing for social inclusion, social cohesion and community well-being; assessed via revised critical return brief (AT2)
Experiential learning: Students engage with clients and practitioners to receive feedback on design brief preparation and presentation; assessed via critical return brief (AT2)
Fees
Requisites
Prerequisites
KDA235 and KDA241 and KDA243 and KDA245
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | Workshop - 6-hr x weekly |
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| Assessment | AT1 – Primer: Abstract Speculation (25%) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | None |
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