Built Environment ARCH1101 Architectural Design Studio 1 Russell Lowe 3+ Abbreviated Course Outline T1
Disclaimer This abbreviated course outline is indicative of the outcomes, delivery and assessment. While Course Learning Outcomes will remain constant, other details may be subject to change. The full and most accurate course outline will be available in Moodle. 1. COURSE STAFF Course Convenor Office Location Email Consultation Russell Lowe 2026 Red Centre West Wing russell.lowel@unsw.edu.au By appointment organise via email. 2. COURSE DETAILS Credit Points Workload Teaching Times and Location 6 units of credit (uoc) Approx. 150 hours including class contact hours, weekly individual and group online learning activities, readings, class preparation, and assessment activities. Find details in timetable http://www.timetable.unsw.edu.au Description This studio lays down the disciplinary foundations for architectural design. Through small scale and experimental design projects, the course introduces the main concepts and activities of architectural design that is, making and thinking of human inhabitation, including space, form, order, structure, material, scale, proportion, as well as the relation between plan, section and elevation. The studio introduces manual and digital forms of representation as design tools. The aim of this design studio is to develop inquiry, literacy, and compositional skills in architectural design; placing a focus on manual as well as digital techniques of architectural representation. In doing so it will consider the similarities and distinctions between manual and digital techniques as well as developing potential overlaps. You will be introduced to a range of key spatial and architectural terms and will use them to develop a vocabulary for designing in three dimensions. Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) By the end of the course students will be able to: 1. Analyse design method in the context of design and architectural precedents. 2. Design architecture comprising of interpretation of the design brief, conceptual design and schematic design to an elementary level of resolution. 3. Demonstrate elementary skills in the application of social, ethical, environmental and regulatory knowledge to architectural design. 4. Apply elementary skills in architectural communication with an emphasis on hand sketching (section, axonometric and perspective) and digital representation (rendering, animation and dissemination). 5. Apply ethical judgement in architectural design with an emphasis on the structure and facilitation of their own education. ARCH1101 Architectural Design Studio 1, Term 1, 2019 2
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) The Program Learning Outcomes from Architectural Studies addressed in this course are: 1. Apply social, ethical, environmental and regulatory knowledge and skills to architectural design, documentation and delivery. 2. Demonstrate competent skills in architectural enquiry through research, analysis, critique and reflection. 3. Apply communication skills which are precise, persuasive and creative using a variety of methods and media. 4. Acquire self-directed disciplinary knowledge and demonstrate reflective practice in relation to architectural problem solving. Alignment of Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs), Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs), and Assessment CLO # CLO Statement PLO # Assessment(s) CLO 1 CLO 2 CLO 3 CLO 4 CLO 5 Analyse design method in the context of design and architectural precedents. Design architecture comprising of interpretation of the design brief, conceptual design and schematic design to an elementary level of resolution. Demonstrate elementary skills in the application of social, ethical, environmental and regulatory knowledge to architectural design Apply elementary skills in architectural communication with an emphasis on hand sketching (section, axonometric and perspective) and digital representation (rendering, animation and dissemination). Apply ethical judgement in architectural design with an emphasis on the structure and facilitation of their own education. 2, 4 Experiment 1 and 2 2,4 Experiment 1 and 2 1, 4 Experiment 1 and 2 3,4 Experiment 1 and 2 1 Experiment 2 ASSESSMENT Assessment Task Weight CLOs Assessed 1. Experiment 1: The Stair Conceptual Model PLOs Assessed Due Date 10% 1, 2, 3, 4 03/03/2019 2. Experiment 1: Final 30% 1, 2, 3, 4 24/03/2019 3. Experiment 2: Final 60% 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 11/05/2019 ARCH1101 Architectural Design Studio 1, Term 1, 2019 3
5. WEEKLY COURSE SCHEDULE Week Learning Activity Assessment Submissions 1 18/02/2019 Course Introduction Lecture: Related CLOs 1 Introduction to Experiment 01, The Datum, and the Section Descriptive analysis: artwork Section drawings SketchUp Make tutorials Blog setup 2-25/02/2019 The Stair: Architectural precedents Design two stairs Represent with two sections each Repeat for a second scheme Model in SketchUp Make Upload to blog - 03/03/2019 The Stair, Concept Model, Due 23:59. Weighting: 10% 3-04/03/2019 Super Materials! Contemporary materials Descriptive analysis: materials Material sections Introduction to critique Draft selection Material creation: SketchUp Make Rendering Embed video in blog 4-11/03/2019 Developed Design Introduction to design development Stair regulations Animated sections File Sharing for collaboration 5-18/03/2019 Online Tutorial 01: The Hero and the Detail Lumion tutorials The hero shot The detail Conceptual relationships Image composition Theoretical statement - 24/03/2019 Experiment 1 Due 23:59. Weighting: 30% 6-25/03/2019 Introduction Lecture to Experiment 02: The Bridge, Theory, Axonometric and Perspective Laziness, Recycling and Sculptural Mathematics Context model and as built documentation The concept ARCH1101 Architectural Design Studio 1, Term 1, 2019 4
The axonometric The micro and macro: form and texture Lumion stills: rendering atmosphere Online Tutorial 02: The BIG idea TED talks Axonometric diagram Architectural precedents Lumion stills: rendering abstraction 7-01/04/2019 The Bridge: Architectural, engineering, science and art precedents: the bridge First person experience Single point perspective Lumion stills: rendering point of view 8-08/04/2019 The Plan: Architectural precedents: the plan Section becomes the plan Lumion stills: rendering the section 9-15/04/2019 MOVE!: Architectural precedents: moving elements Descriptive analysis: movement Representing movement Navigation Two point perspective Draft moving elements 10-22/04/2019 SWOT Lecture Full draft presentation Tutorial review Peer to peer assessment Descriptive analysis: summary statements Online Tutorial 03: The story of the experience Film, animation, machinima Architectural precedents: film makers and game designers Narrative Short film: 3 minutes - 12/05/2019 Experiment 2 Due 23:59. Weighting: 60% ARCH1101 Architectural Design Studio 1, Term 1, 2019 5