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department Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (1524) Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (697) Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (547) Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences (507) UWA Business School (499) Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (279) Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts (273) Faculty of Law (249) Faculty of Education (214) |
A series of lectures introduces key issues pertinent to contemporary architectural practice and scholarship, and relevant to architectural research in its broad definition, especially with regard to issues of methodology and research practice. Lectures are accompanied by seminars devoted to current architectural theories and themes. Seminars in the final weeks of term are designed to develop the student's own area of interest and research essay which may be used in subsequent research-based units to assist in the formulation of an architectural design project or dissertation.
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Level 5 design units are taken sequentially and are available in either semester. These units represent the culmination of a university education in the discipline of architecture. Studio projects may vary in scale and complexity, from domestic to urban; however, they are all capable of incorporating the full range of knowledge and skill required for the conceptualisation and realisation of a fully resolved architectural proposition. Level 5 studios demand complete schemes, taken to a developed design stage incorporating program formulation, site planning and spatial organisation. In addition, it is expected that students demonstrate a thorough grasp of the various technical aspects of building design including construction, services and detailing. The making of things, and specifically the making of architecture, carries with it the burden of cultural responsibility. Level 5 studios are intended to promote and encourage individual architectural identity on the basis of technical competence rather than as a consequence of it. For many students Level 5 offers the greatest opportunity for the architectural experiment to take place—to propose what might be rather than what is, without the inevitable degree of compromise which professional practice entails.
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Level 5 design units are taken sequentially and are available in either semester. These units represent the culmination of a university education in the discipline of architecture. Studio projects may vary in scale and complexity, from domestic to urban; however, they are all capable of incorporating the full range of knowledge and skill required for the conceptualisation and realisation of a fully resolved architectural proposition. Level 5 studios demand complete schemes, taken to a developed design stage incorporating program formulation, site planning and spatial organisation. In addition, it is expected that students demonstrate a thorough grasp of the various technical aspects of building design including construction, services and detailing. The making of things, and specifically the making of architecture, carries with it the burden of cultural responsibility. Level 5 studios are intended to promote and encourage individual architectural identity on the basis of technical competence rather than as a consequence of it. For many students Level 5 offers the greatest opportunity for the architectural experiment to take place—to propose what might be rather than what is, without the inevitable degree of compromise which professional practice entails.
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Independent design requires the development and demonstration of ability and acquired competence. It is expected that, in addition to addressing a design brief, students establish theoretical parameters (aesthetic, critical, and/or technical) that form the basis for design investigation. While projects may vary in scale, and exhibit varying levels of complexity, students are required to incorporate the full range of knowledge and skills required for a fully resolved design proposition. Projects of an experimental nature are encouraged.
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This unit has two parts: (1) a weekly series of lectures and seminars introducing students to critical frameworks for reading architectural and urban planning practices in non Euro-American economies, particularly developing economies, where specific focus is placed on studying the effects of postcolonial experience and globalisation on modern architecture. Sessions discuss issues affecting the appropriateness of architectural and planning models adopted in these societies and develop in students analytical approaches which can be applied to comparative discussions of regional practices; and (2) weekly seminars dedicated to the development of individual student projects involving the application of analytical approaches to the study of an element or elements of architectural and/or urban planning practices in a specific region.
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This unit comprises a series of lectures and research seminars which introduce the ideas of dense environments and urban models. Students contribute through research and group presentations and the unit terminates in a two-day workshop that requires students to prepare a design proposal based on the selected research.
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From the earliest daguerreotypes, the city and its architecture have been the subject of the unique vision of the camera. This elective unit explores this relationship through a theoretical and historical investigation. Through a series of thematic lectures the nature of photography as both a unique record of time and place as well as a tool of a critical interpretation of architecture, landscape and urbanism is explored.
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This unit explores the use of computer visualisation as a representational medium. It focuses on modelling and representing light, texture, surface and site. It introduces animation, techniques in post-production and the composition of renderings and animations with live footage and other computer graphic material.
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This unit provides a grounding in the primary treatises on architecture and a familiarity with a number of significant buildings which emanate from those polemics. It focuses intently on and investigates in depth the treatises and buildings being studied. The principals of this study include Vitruvius, Alberti, Laugier, Le Corbusier, Loos and Venturi.
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This unit builds on the introductory lectures in the Level 1 history program towards a more comprehensive understanding of the principles of ancient Egyptian aesthetics, conventions and artistic expression. It is, however, impossible to appreciate the art and architecture of ancient Egypt without a knowledge of Egyptian religion. This belief explained the cosmic order and provided for the survival of that order in an eternal world and thus formed the ideological basis of the monuments and artefacts under consideration. Furthermore, the indivisible connections between writing, pictures, architecture and sculpture require an introduction to Egyptian hieroglyphic script (at least to the point of being able to write one's own name and read and translate simple inscriptions). Most ancient Egyptian literature is religious in nature, much of it comprising hymns, spells, charms and intricate texts inscribed on the walls of temples, tombs, sarcophagi, mummy cases and coffins. Rather than offering a survey of 3000 years of Egyptian culture, the unit concentrates on the New Kingdom (c.1550 to 1070 BC). Specifically, it focuses on the city of Thebes (Waset) which became, in the eighteenth dynasty, the political and religious centre of the Egyptian empire. To the ancient Egyptians, it was 'The City', the prototype of all cities.
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Offered with the assistance of the National Trust (WA), this unit covers the following: conservation as a cultural endeavour—understanding continuity and change; an illustrated discussion of the things people want to keep—what, where, why and how (assessment, protection and administration); the roles of heritage organisations. Other areas include the Burra Charter—definitions, principles and practices; the logic of the Conservation Plan—a planning and working document; associated disciplines—engineer, archaeologist, historian, planner, materials scientist; a building construction approach to materials conservation; townscape values—illustrating the design challenges of streetscapes and precincts; life after conservation planning—case studies of buildings conserved for continued use; site visits to conservation works in progress; and managing heritage properties—conservation, interpretation and business planning.
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This unit focuses on a wide range of publishing techniques related to architectural and design publications. The design and production of image and text are investigated through traditional and contemporary electronic techniques, in part by case study of selected examples of the international architectural and design press. An introduction to the potential of desktop publishing tools and their application forms the core of the unit. Typography, graphic design and print production techniques are introduced at a conceptual level and implemented through live projects. The unit raises the student's level of visual literacy in print and graphic design.
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This unit serves as a vehicle for understanding cities as they have been traditionally constituted and their modes of transformation. Recognising the city as the primary site for architectural speculation, imaginative projection and realisation are antithetical to both conventional statistical and quantitative analysis typical of contemporary 'urban design'. The unit includes a series of lectures and seminars exploring current issues confronting the city as a symbolic and concrete site for architecture, followed by individual creative work.
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This unit comprises a series of lectures sketching the historical background of architecture and, to a lesser extent, the planning of towns in Western Australia from 1829 to the present. Running parallel to the lectures is a series of tutorials and site visits concentrating on the processes of the architectural production which have taken place since 1829. There is some choice in the selection of topics within this range. Examples are the assimilation of principally English ideas and architectural models during the early years of settlement (1829 to 1860s), the dramatic change of architectural expression during the 1890s, and the application of radical ideas from 1950 to the 1960s.
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This unit offers specialised studies in architecture, varied from year to year, and is taught by professionals in the nominated areas of the 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.
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Elective units are taken sequentially and are available in either semester. Students should ascertain from the unit co-ordinator what electives are offered.
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Elective units are taken sequentially and are available in either semester. Students should ascertain from the unit co-ordinator what electives are offered.
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Elective units are taken sequentially and are available in either semester. Students should ascertain from the unit co-ordinator what electives are offered.
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Elective units are taken sequentially and are available in either semester. Students should ascertain from the unit co-ordinator what electives are offered.
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