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9522 (v.3) Architectural Design 302


 

Area:

Department of Architecture and Interior Architecture

Credits:

37.5

Contact Hours:

6.0

Studio:

2 x 3 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

9521 (v.3) Architectural Design 301 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Extended development documentation of architectural design as a means to further investigate and clarify the relationship of architectural means and intent. Including analysis of design brief, consideration of planning controls, environmental and urban issues.
 

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Skills in the extended development of architectural design documentation, as a means to further investigate and clarify the relationship between architectural intent and means. Includes analysisof design brief, consideration of planning controls, environmental and urban design issues.

Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases.

Unit References:

http://webct.curtin.edu.au. Gausa, M. (1998), Housing: New alternatives, new systems. Birkhauser, Basel. (Q 728.094 GAU) Robertson Closed Reserve. Jenkins, D. (1993), Unite d'Habitation Marseilles : Le Corbusier. London, Phaidon. (Q 728.314 LEC) Robertson Closed Reserve. Koster, E., van Oeffelt, T. (1997), Highrise in the Netherlands. Rotterdam, Nai Uitgevers. (Q 720.48309492) Robertson Closed Reserve Lane, T. (1984), Vienna 1913: Josef Hoffman's Gallia apartment. Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria. (Q 745.44943613 1984 VIE ) UWA Library. Le Corbusier, (1995), Le Corbusier et Pierre Jeanneret: oeuvre complete de 1929-1965. Zurich, Les Editions d'Architecture. (Q720.944 LEC) Robertson Closed Reserve. Liebing, R. (1990), Architectural Working Drawings. New York, Wiley. (Q 720.284 LIE) Robertson Closed Reserve. Maas, W., van Rijs, J., Koek, R. (1998), FARMAX: excursions on density / MVRDV. Rotterdam, 010 Publishers. (728 FAR) Robertson Closed Reserve. MOstaedi, A., 1999, Apartment Buildings, Cales Broti I Camerma, Barcelona. (Q 728.314 1999 APA) UWA Library. Richards, I , 2001, T.R. Hamzah & Yeang: Ecology of the Sky, Images Publishing Group, Mulgrave, Vic. (Q720.483 YEA) Robertson Closed Reserve.

Unit Texts:

Adler, D. (ed), (1999), Metric handbook Planning and Design Data, (second edition). Oxford, Architectural Press. (Resource centre, R721.0212 TUT). Allen, E. (1993), Architectural Detailing: function, constructability, aesthetics. Robertson Closed Reserve. AS 1100 - Drawing Standards, Standards Association, Homebush, New South Wales. (resource centre). Banham, R., Bayley, S. (1975), Mechanical Services: The Modern Flat, Open University Press, Milton Keynes. (Q 724 OPE) Robertson Closed Reserve . Barley, N., Ireson, A. (2000), City Levels, Birkhauser, Basel. (Q 720.483) Robertson Closed Reserve Blaser, W. (1999), Mies van der Rohe: Lake Shore Drive apartments, BIrkhauser, Basel. (728.3140943 MIE) Robertson Closed Reserve. Blyth, A. (2001), Managing the brief for better design. London, E & FN Spon. (720.688 BLY) Robertson Closed Reserve. Coe, P., (1981), Lubetkin and Tecton. London, Arts Council of Great Britain. Eckstein, B. et al, (1996), Towards a new kind of living: the werkbund housing estate Breslau. Birkhauser, Basel. (728.314 AUF) Robertson Closed Reserve. Evans, B.J. (1991), 'Design Development', Architects' Journal, Nov, 1991 pp 51-59 Robertson. Ford, E. (1990), The Details in Modern Architecture: Vols. 1 and 2. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press.
 

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Submission 1- Sketch Design + Brief 20%, Submission 2- Design Development 30%, Submission 3- Working Drawing 35%, Submission 4- Refined Design 15%. This is by grade/mark assessment.

Field of Education:

 40100 Architecture and Urban Environment (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2  

Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information:

 Supplemental  

Result Type:

 Grade/Mark


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2004Bentley CampusSemester 2Y  
2004Lim Kok Wing Inst MalaysiaTrimester 2AY  

Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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