Introduction
This Bachelor of Architecture and Built Environments Representing Architecture unit focuses on establishing key ideas and capacities related to the analysis, processing and communication of aspects of design. Only existing at Introductory level, the unit provide the foundation for practice in Architecture and Design fields. Representing Architecture introduces representative works from the history of architecture and, through formal and spatial analysis, develops understanding of key architectural ideas and core skills for their visual representation. Ideas include scale, abstraction, figure, ground, solid and void. Skills include observational and analytical sketching; drawing conventions for plan, section, and elevation; orthographic and parallel projection; perspectives. Skills extend to expressive techniques such as collage and photomontage. Assessment tasks will involve the use of both manual techniques and mixed media, as well as digital tools and software. Particular attention is paid the relationship between architectural ideas and representational method. Basic principles of typography, graphic design, and visual literacy will also be introduced to enable the effective use of techniques in combination to convey meaning and affect.
Summary
| Unit name | Representing Architecture |
| Unit code | KDA151 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| College/School | Sciences and Engineering School of Architecture and Design |
| Discipline | Architecture & Design |
| Coordinator | Associate Professor David Beynon |
| Available as an elective? | Yes |
| Delivered By | University of Tasmania |
| Level | Introductory |
Availability
Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August
Learning Outcomes
- Visually represent design ideas and buildings by using appropriate architectural methods and conventions.
- Analyse and interpret a building architecturally by employing graphic techniques to capture and communicate this reading.
- Identify selected precedents from architectural history and be able to explain the architectural ideas underpinning their significance.
- Select, combine, and deploy appropriate two-dimensional and three-dimensional methods to convey architectural ideas in conceptually legible and visually literate ways.
Fee Information
2027 fee information will be available in August.
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | 12 x weekly 60-minute lectorials, 12 x weekly 120-minute workshops |
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| Assessment | Documentation (20%)|Expression (40%)|Folio (40%) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required |
Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes. |
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