Area: | Department of Architecture and Interior Architecture |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Conceptually-based, focusing on three generic structural systems. They are introduced and examined in terms of theory, examples, techniques and applications. Tutorials provide a number of project-based exercises concerned with the use of the three structural systems in conceptual architectural design. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- The ability to understand and be able to explain and manipulate the three basic Structural Systems- Solid, Skeletal and Surface. To understand the principles of how different materials operate, the differing qualities inherent in them and spatial atmospheres conditioned by them. An understanding of the role of construction, structures and materials in the Design Process. |
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: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignment 1 30%, Assignment 2 30%, Assignment 3 30%, Participation 10%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 40100 Architecture and Urban Environment (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
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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