Course Title: Architecture Design Studio 6

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Architecture Design Studio 6

Credit Points: 24.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

ARCH1006

City Campus

Undergraduate

315H Architecture & Design

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2006,
Sem 2 2006,
Sem 1 2007,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 1 2009,
Sem 1 2010,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 1 2012,
Sem 2 2012,
Sem 1 2013,
Sem 2 2013

ARCH1006

City Campus

Undergraduate

320H Architecture & Urban Design

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2014,
Sem 2 2014,
Summer2015,
Sem 1 2015,
Sem 2 2015,
Sem 1 2016,
Sem 2 2016,
Sem 1 2017,
Sem 2 2017,
Sem 1 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 1 2022,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 1 2023,
Sem 2 2023,
Sem 1 2024

Course Coordinator: Vicky Lam

Course Coordinator Phone: Contact via email

Course Coordinator Email: vicky.lam@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 100.9

Course Coordinator Availability: Appointment via email


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required Prior Study 

You should have satisfactorily completed the prerequisite course Arch 1005 - Architecture Design 5 

Arch 1005 - Architecture Design 5 

 before you commence this course.  

 Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.  

Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning


Course Description

The course ARCH 1006 is undertaken in the context of design studio programs. Design studios aim to develop, apply and test your architectural design skills. This entails developing an understanding of a selected range of technical, theoretical, historical and professional issues, the ability to integrate this understanding into their design proposals and the communication techniques necessary to demonstrate this. Each studio develops a program of study to suit your studio theme. Refer to individual studio poster and balloting presentation for details of each studio and specific objectives.
The course ARCH 1006 is part of the vertically integrated Architecture Upper Pool Design Studio program which involves ARCH1006, ARCH 1330, ARCH 1333 and ARCH 1335. It is the capstone design course of the Bachelor of Architectural Design program.
 


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

In this course you will develop the following program learning outcomes:

• apply design knowledge to solve a range of architectural problems in diverse contexts
• critically analyse, evaluate and make informed judgment on a wide range of architectural problems and situations
• demonstrate and articulate design skills from concept formation through to design development
• integrate a body of practical and theoretical knowledge into your design process
• comprehend key architectural works, cultural movements and ideas, their theoretical and cultural
context and relevance to design
• communicate complex design ideas through verbal, visual and written media
• reflect upon your learning achievements in design, taking responsibility for your future design direction
and continued learning
• develop an awareness of environmental factors affecting the built environment


On successful completion of this course you will be able to:

  1. Apply design knowledge to an architectural problem.
  2. Critically analyse, evaluate and make informed judgement on a selected range of technical, programmatic, theoretical, historical and professional issues and their implications for the building design, as outlined by each studio program.
  3. Integrate and make manifest a body of practical and theoretical knowledge into the design process, within the time deadlines given by each studio.
  4. Investigate & comprehend architecture and its relationship towards location, program, form and representation.
  5. Demonstrate & articulate design skills through an iterative and considered design process, to resolve ideas from concept formation through to design development.
  6. Communicate design ideas to high standard, demonstrating through the building design & its representation the aims & claims that are made for the building design. 
     

 


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be exposed to a wide range of learning experiences. The mode of learning in the architectural design studio is primarily through ‘practicing and doing’, the core of which is the design studio project. These projects are communicated through are communicated through different types of drawings and models. Your projects will undergo a continuous cycles of reviewing, verbal feedback and reflection between staff, peers and students. Your work is presented verbally, critiqued and submitted in a portfolio of drawings and images.
Apart from this, you may receive all or some of the following learning experiences:

• Excursions to examine some piece of exemplar work.
• Lectures either by in-house staff or invited guests, to expound on some aspect of some piece of exemplar work.
• Remote recording and analysis of data pertinent to the task in hand.
• Fabrication of models and components relevant to the task in hand, under qualified supervision in the Faculty workshops.
 


Overview of Learning Resources

The individual studios on offer will provide you with guides and outlines specific to their projects.
The studio balloting posters and balloting presentations describe these, and form the basis of selecting a studio, and its guide to the semester’s activities. It is important that you are familiar with this information, including studios you do not ballot.
Your studio project leader may provide additional resources specific to the project, and may direct you to other resources in the course.
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.
The University Library has extensive resources for architecture students. The library has produced a subject guide that includes quality online and print resources for your studies: http://rmit.libguides.com/architecture
The library provides guides on academic referencing http://www.rmit.edu.au/library/referencing 
 


Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed holistically on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes. The evidence for your learning outcomes will be in the design projects you present through a variety of visual and verbal means.

You will receive verbal feedback on a weekly basis from your tutor in response to the particular tasks you have been set.

Your work will also be formally reviewed in progress at a mid semester review, in which you will present your work. At this stage you will receive a guiding feedback form. If your progress is unsatisfactory and you are in danger of failing this course, you will be informed at this stage.

Graded Final Assessment: Final Project 100% (all Course Learning Outcomes linked), evidenced in your final presentation and digital portfolio.

The digital portfolio is a record of the development of work done during the studio along with a reflection by you on the work. This reflection can be done through annotation of images or short descriptions.

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.