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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

313654 (v.1) Interior Architecture External Forces 422

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Area: Department of Architecture and Interior Architecture
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Individual Study: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Workshop: 1 x 8 Hours Once-only
Prerequisite(s): 313647 (v.1) Interior Contexts and Trajectories 322 or any previous version
AND
313648 (v.1) Interior Architecture Extreme, Complex and Bizarre Studio 322 or any previous version
AND
313649 (v.1) Interior Architecture Spatial Enclosure Studio 322 or any previous version
Syllabus: The external forces that underpin directly or indirectly the research, design and building of the interior. Students are encouraged to think critically and to take a speculative approach to the implications of such external forces relative to their research and/or creative practice. Topics include: Politics; Economics; Intellectual property, copy write and ownership; Ethics; Sustainability -economic, social, environmental; Innovation- profiling design and its significance/contribution in these contexts;Ways of working in particular contexts; Acts of Parliament; Business-organizational psychology. Strengthen professional practice and ethics. The unit will focus on ways of approaching issues or situations that emphasis experimentation. New methods of seeing, thinking and doing are fore grounded, and students are encouraged to push beyond what is known. Students will be encouraged to envisage new methods, processes, technologies and/or scenarios to provide challenging insights and /or outcomes for future contexts. Emphasis is given to peer mentoring and self directed learning.
Field of Education: 040107 Interior and Environmental Design
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Categorised
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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