Course Title: Present architectural designs

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2019

Course Code: ARCH5233

Course Title: Present architectural designs

School: 320T Architecture & Urban Design

Campus: City Campus

Program: C6161 - Advanced Diploma of Building Design (Architectural)

Course Contact: Catherine Ciavarella

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9819

Course Contact Email: catherine.ciavarella@rmit.edu.au

Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 120

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to present a design concept for an architectural project. The design could be for a residential (BCA Classes 1 and 10) or commercial (BCA Classes 2 to 9) building. It includes reviewing the project brief, developing presentation materials and presenting the final design concept to relevant stakeholders. Materials for presentation could include sketches, computer generated drawings/images, or models. It requires the ability to effectively clarify or communicate ideas and the design concept to stakeholders.

National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:	VU22467 Present architectural designs
Element:	1 Plan presentation
Performance Criteria:	1.1 The project brief is reviewed to confirm requirements for presentation. 1.2 Suitable presentation format is selected according to project brief, timelines and budgetary limitations. 1.3 Relevant stakeholders are consulted during presentation planning to ensure appropriate format and materials are determined. 1.4 Consultation with team members is undertaken to determine individual responsibilities and time frames in the planning of presentation.
Element:	2 Produce presentation images and/or models
Performance Criteria:	2.1 Presentation materials and equipment are selected to suit the format and purpose of the presentation and client requirements. 2.2 Final drawings/models are produced for presentation to stakeholders within agreed time frames and to industry standards. 2.3 A range of presentation materials is produced to assist comprehension of final design.
Element:	3 Make presentation to client or stakeholder
Performance Criteria:	3.1 Equipment and materials are organised for presentation and team members are briefed on their roles and responsibilities for the presentation, as required. 3.2 Non-verbal and verbal communication techniques are used to secure and maintain the interest of the audience. 3.3 Opportunities are provided for stakeholders to seek clarification on central concepts and ideas, and presentation is adjusted to meet the needs of the audience, if required. 3.4 Key concepts are summarised at strategic points to facilitate understanding.

Learning Outcomes

This unit supports the skills and knowledge required for building designers to present an architectural design to relevant stakeholders. Work is likely to be under limited or no supervision and in consultation with a variety of stakeholders

Details of Learning Activities

The following list is indicative of the range of activities undertaken in the course:

supervised and independent project work
supervised and independent research
studio critiques
student pin-up and presentations
peer reviews
in-class demonstrations
lectures
site visits and/or excursions

Emphasis of activities may vary depending on the specifics of the projects.

Refer to Canvas for details:
https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/57597/assignments

Teaching Schedule

Refer to Canvas for Teaching Schedule:
https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/57597/pages/05-%7C-teaching-schedule-%7C-semester-01

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

References

Other Resources

Refer to Canvas for additional resources:
https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/57597/pages/01-%7C-library-and-study-support?module_item_id=1441426

Overview of Assessment

This unit of competency could be assessed in the workplace or a close simulation of the workplace environment, provided that simulated or project-based assessment techniques fully replicate building design workplace conditions, materials, activities, responsibilities and procedures. Holistic or project-based assessment with other related units is recommended.

A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to provide evidence of the ability to:
• liaise with client and external stakeholders in the development of a design presentation
• prepare and facilitate a design presentation to industry standard
• communicate design ideas and solutions with sketches and images.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Overview:
This unit is delivered and assessed through a holistic, integrated, project-based approach between Design Sustainable Buildings and Present Architectural Designs. Work requirements and assessment processes:

link together elements and performance criteria from the same unit, and
group together elements and performance criteria from both units.

Assessment Model:

	work requirements^		assessment type		assessment matrix synopsis
	ESD	Presentation				ESD	Presentation
semester-01	RS+KD-01	-	Satisfactory or Not Satisfactory
QZ-01		-	COMPETENCY ASSESSED**	-	nom^ Element 1
QZ-02		-	COMPETENCY ASSESSED**	-	nom^ Element 5
RS+KD-02	-	Satisfactory or Not Satisfactory
semester-02	IP-BA	-	COMPETENCY ASSESSED	-	nom^ Elements 2-4	Elements 1-3

	work requirement acronyms
RS+KD	Required Skils + Knowledge Development		-	Formative Feedback
QZ	Quiz - on-line		-	Formative + Summative Feedback
IP-BA	Integrated Project-Based Assessment		-	Summative Feedback

	work requirement overview
RS+KD-01	Precedent Study - Introduction - Fitzcaraldo
RS+KD-02	Precedent Study - Independent choice in groups of 4No.
IP-BA	Precedent Study - APPLIED, EVALUATED + INCORPORATED into various SITES + CLIMATES - developed + documented as RECOMMENDATIONS

*	against a set of criteria
**	quizzes MUST be retaken until satisfactorily completed at scheduled assessment points - refer to teaching schedule
^	refer to each Unit Assessment Matrix for more detail
NB -	all work requirements MUST be submitted as per scheduled time frames in order to be assessed against COMPETENCIES

Work Requirements and Submissions:
All work requirements in this integrated course MUST be submitted as scheduled in order to be assessed for Competency at the end of the unit.

Submitting all work requirements does not equate to Competency Achieved. Competency is assessed against the unit's performance criteria on work requirements as indicated in the Assessment Model above.
Failing to submit all work requirements by the scheduled deadlines throughout the academic year will result in a DNS - Did Not Submit awarded at the end of unit. Adjustments to assessments can be made by following RMIT protocol: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/assessment/adjustments-to-assessment Always refer to the Teaching Schedule for dates: https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/57597/pages/05-%7C-teaching-schedule-%7C-semester-01
Students may not be able to continue to the second year of the program until a Competency Achieved is awarded against the unit.
All work requirements MUST be authenticated in order to be assessed. Authentication requires students to actively participate in ALL scheduled classes and have their work reviewed by their teacher on a weekly basis.
Resubmissions are not possible on Required Skills + Knowledge Development and Integrated Project-Based Assessments.

Assessment Processes:
All work requirements in this integrated unit are assessed as either formative and/or summative:

Formative assessments evaluate student performance throughout the unit. Formative assessments provide the basis for ongoing feedback and can be considered essential building blocks for the more substantial summative assessments.
Formative assessments in this course are assessed against a range of criteria as Satisfactory or Not Satisfactory.
Summative assessments evaluate student learning at the end of the unit, against the unit's Performance Criteria.
Summative assessments in this course are assessed as Competent or Not Yet Competent.

Refer to the Assessment Model above for when Formative or Summative Assessments are used.
Refer to Canvas Assignment section for more specific assessment criterial and details: https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/57597/assignments

Work Requirement Feedback Processes:
General Feedback:
The most important feedback is the feedback that occurs in class discussions and via the resources provided through Canvas. As such, students are expected to:

attend and participate in every class and lecture as scheduled.
understand that valuable feedback and advice may be delivered in an ad hoc basis.
reference the Canvas based resources regularly.
take a scholastic approach to their studies, which includes note taking and reflection.
review the teaching schedule prior to classes to ensure you come to each class prepared.

Formal Feeback:
Rubrics in Canvas will display formative or summitive feedback across a range of criteria as explained above, per work requirement.
Further details are available through Canvas under the Assignments section: https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/57597/assignments

This unit is assessed in accordance with competency-based assessment and RMIT University VE Grades: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/results/grading-information/vet-grades#final

Assessment Matrix

			Work Requirements
			Semester-01	Semester-02
			RSKD 01	RSKD 02	IP-BA
ELEMENTS	PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

1 Plan presentation
1.1	The project brief is reviewed to confirm requirements for presentation.		x	x	x
1.2	Suitable presentation format is selected according to project brief, timelines and budgetary limitations.		x	x	x

1.3	Relevant stakeholders are consulted during presentation planning to ensure appropriate format and materials are determined.		x	x	x

1.4	Consultation with team members is undertaken to determine individual responsibilities and time frames in the planning of presentation.		x	x	x

2 Produce presentation images and/or models
2.1	Presentation materials and equipment are selected to suit the format and purpose of the presentation and client requirements.		x	x	x

2.2	Final drawings/models are produced for presentation to stakeholders within agreed time frames and to industry standards.		x	x	x

2.3	A range of presentation materials is produced to assist comprehension of final design.		x	x	x
3 Make presentation to client
3.1	Equipment and materials are organised for presentation and team members are briefed on their roles and responsibilities for the presentation, as required.		x	x	x

3.2	Non-verbal and verbal communication techniques are used to secure and maintain the interest of the audience.		x	x	x

3.3	Opportunities are provided for stakeholders to seek clarification on central concepts and ideas, and presentation is adjusted to meet the needs of the audience, if required.		x	x	x
3.4	Key concepts are summarised at strategic points to facilitate understanding.		x	x	x

REQUIRED SKILLS

Communication skills to:
	• enable clear and direct communication, using questioning to identify and confirm requirements and share information with internal and external personnel where required:
	− project brief		x	x	x
	− architectural documentation		x	x	x
	• use language, terminology and concepts appropriate to industry conventions		x	x	x
	• facilitation and presentation skills to communicate design concept to stakeholders		x	x	x
Written skills to:
	• sketch preliminary presentation drawings using a variety of media and techniques as required		x	x	x

	• communicate design ideas and concepts in sketch format		x	x	x
	• prepare documentation to an accepted industry standard		x	x	x
Problem solving skills to:
	• identify requirements for presentation according to project brief		x	x	x
	• liaise with stakeholders to plan presentation		x	x	x
Initiative and enterprise skills to:
	• develop presentation that meets client requirements		x	x	x
	• produce presentation materials to industry standard to assist client in understanding design		x	x	x

Planning and organisational skills to:
	• plan, prepare and facilitate a design presentation		x	x	x
	• complete work within accepted time frames		x	x	x
Technological skills to:
	• complete presentation materials using a variety of computer software		x	x	x
	• operate presentation equipment		x	x	x
	• develop presentation materials		x	x	x
Self management skills - coordinate own responsibilities in planning presentation within designated time frame		x	x	x

Teamwork skills during consultation with, and coordination of, internal and external personnel		x	x	x
Working safely in a design drafting working environment, according to legislation and workplace procedures and policies		x	x	x


REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE

Techniques required for sketches/drawings		x	x	x
Colour and its applications		x	x	x
Rendering techniques and applications		x	x	x
Relationship between sketching and rendering techniques and the appropriate media		x	x	x
Computer digital editing applications		x	x	x
Presentation methods and techniques		x	x	x
Occupational health and safety requirements in the development and facilitation of a design presentation		x	x	x

CRITICAL ASPECTS OF ASSESMENT

Provide evidence of the ability to:
	• liaise with client and external stakeholders in the development of a design presentation		x	x	x

	• prepare and facilitate a design presentation to industry standard		x	x	x
	• communicate design ideas and solutions with sketches and images		x	x	x