| source University of Western Australia (X) |
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department Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts (X) |
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This unit is an introduction to the history of architecture. It provides students of architecture and landscape architecture with a solid basis of ideas and information for their respective individual development. It is ambitious in scope in order to develop a general competence in the subject and an ability to write convincingly with insight. The series of lectures is thematic in nature and, while presented in an approximate chronological order, avoids a linear conception of history. Architecture is a medium of expression whose layers of possible meaning and their interpretation can only be explored and revealed when investigated beyond the realm of factual information and the immediately observable. The history of architecture is a cosmology of ideas which, together with personal experience, constitutes the richest source of inspiration for our own creative efforts in the field of architectural design. Of particular significance is the way the role and status of the architect in the history of human culture lead towards an understanding of the evolution of the contemporary profession.
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Digital media have substantially superseded traditional media in the production of technical, design and publication documents. This unit introduces students to a wide range of skills which allows and encourages multimedia experimentation in, as well as an understanding of, architectural drawing conventions. Many of these same skills form the basis necessary for competent technical drawing and visualisation, though the focus of this unit is on familiarity with a range of digital tools rather than precision in the use of any particular tool. The techniques introduced include two-dimensional vector drafting, raster image manipulation, graphic layout management, file management, and paper printing.
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This unit examines twentieth-century Western architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and art from the reformist movements of the late nineteenth century to the contemporary period. The theories and work of designers are discussed in relation to the major themes of modernism: industrial revolution, abstract formalism, expressionism, utopianism, the relation of architecture and ideology, functionalism, regionalism, environmental science and regional landscape planning, and recent reactions to modernist orthodoxy.
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This unit focuses on major thematic areas pertinent to the study of Australian architecture. These areas may include the historiography, publicising and framing of Australian architecture; the development and appropriation of building types and their relationship to urban form; displacement and transference of architectural forms, methods and technologies from abroad to an Australian context; canonical modern architecture in the post–World War II period; 'honest' and 'dishonest' details: moralism in Australian architecture; transience and contingency as a theme in recent Australian architecture, and questions of national identity, from Hardy Wilson to ARM. Significant contemporary architectural practitioners and works are discussed and researched in detail.
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Computer-aided design (CAD) is implicit in the profession of architecture. This unit firmly establishes the knowledge necessary for comprehension and control of the design process through computer use. Students receive an overview of architects who use the computer in various ways to procure buildings, as well as understand some ethical issues associated with these technologies. These two themes are explored through the use of the computer in a series of experiments. These investigations encourage students to develop their own methodologies which take design thinking into the act of making or crafting.
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This Level 3 design unit is distinguished from Level 2 units by more demanding programs of greater technical complexity. In addition, a higher level of design resolution is required for the final folio submitted in the degree of Bachelor of Environmental Design. Students are expected to demonstrate a capacity to synthesise their various fields of study towards the creation of a place with qualities. In practice this involves design at developed sketch plan level in projects of intermediate complexity (a school, museum or library, for example). Emphasis is placed on the integration of theoretical concepts and building construction, both of which are introduced elsewhere in the unit. Furthermore, students develop their own thinking about architecture towards the establishment of an architectural vocabulary which enables participation in the architectural debate at a more profound level. What people build, why they build and for what purpose are questions of fundamental importance and the Faculty encourages the continuation of the architectural experiment through the medium of individual creative work. Level 3 design units represent the culmination of the first phase in the education of an architect. They provide an opportunity to demonstrate that the appropriate skills have been acquired in order to progress to the second professional degree. However, of equal importance is the development of the intellect and a capacity to communicate one's ideas in a clear and lucid manner. Above all, Level 3 design units imbue the individual with a degree of confidence and a sense that one can make a real contribution to the discipline of architecture.
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This unit enriches previous history units, provides a theoretical basis for further historical research and offers a means of forming ideas for design. It focuses in detail on issues central to the study of architecture and the built environment and encourages the development of individual views and theoretical positions and a regard for the ethical concerns, codes and values attending design practice. Unlike some intellectual projects which promote an interdisciplinary study of architecture and related design disciplines in relation to social or political circumstance, this unit takes as its object of study the historical and theoretical formation of the built environment and its implication in relations of power and social organisation. A particular perspective is formed by the study of historical developments as these helped form contemporary concerns. Lectures often present case studies to illustrate both historical developments and contemporary concerns. Topics vary from term to term but have recently included themes such as the Enlightenment and relativism; sources of environmentalism; typology and material culture; architecture, literature and film studies; Australian studies; and character, identity and integrity.
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This unit offers specialised studies in architecture and the built environment, varied from year to year, and is taught by lecturers in the nominated areas of study. Information on the topics available, and the semester in which they are available, are posted on the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts noticeboards. Students must contact the School prior to enrolling in the unit.
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This unit explores the integration of structures and services in large-scale buildings. The vehicles for this are design projects where students design a part of a large building, undertake an analysis of its primary structure using computer modelling software and, with the assistance of structural consultants, prepare a set of working details, and produce a model of their design revealing both its spatial qualities and the interaction of the structure, cladding and service networks. The lecture series runs twice a week for the first six weeks and weekly tutorials run for the full twelve weeks of the semester. The lecture series incrementally provides students with the components for their design; however, students are expected to expand on this through their own research. Students work in groups of three with each group completing all parts of the project.
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This unit discusses architectural design in relation to environmental performances of buildings in urban and landscape environments, the environmental crisis and sustainable designs. It introduces the student to efficient and effective thermal, lighting and acoustic design concepts and specific analytical techniques and design methods used in the design of buildings and urban environments. It also discusses material and resource optimisation and alternative energy and material resources, and impact of environment and social quality of life.
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This unit explores the various project design relationships and processes that architects, landscape architects, visual artists, historians, archaeologists, anthropologists and land managers can find themselves in while working in different Aboriginal localities. Environmental design and visual art practices from across Indigenous Australia are shared by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous presenters, highlighting the importance of practice procedures and protocols appropriate for working within the 'Shared Space' in Australia. Students gain an understanding of the different cultural constructions and representations of landscape as well as finding shared spaces through dialogue with Indigenous people. The key to the delivery of this unit is the collaborative and team-based teaching methods of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous presenters and mentors.
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This unit looks at the issues involved in architectural design development and is taught in two concurrent streams. The major stream involves each student taking a selected sketch design from a previous design studio folio, and consistently, over the course of the semester, developing specific aspects and spaces within the scheme to a much greater resolution of detail and architectural meaning. The selected spaces are developed through numerous studies at a minimum scale of 1:20, looking at architectural intent, materials, structure, building sequence, integration of structure and services, expression of program, fenestration and weathering. The second stream is a series of lectures which looks at the embodiment and expression of architectural theory and intent in a number of significant buildings from the twentieth century. In a similar vein, students then rework their own work in the manner of two selected architects by employing the architects' theories and methods in their own previous design work. Again, this is done through numerous studies at a scale of 1:20. Both streams are then submitted as a compiled folio for assessment.
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