88525 Light, New Materials and Form 2
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Credit points: 6 cp
Subject level:
Undergraduate
Result type: Grade and marksRequisite(s): 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10271 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10272 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture Bachelor of International Studies OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10322 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10423 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture Bachelor of Languages and Cultures OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10004 Bachelor of Design Architecture OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10325 Bachelor of Design Architecture Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10413 Bachelor of Design Architecture Master of Architecture OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C09079 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Honours)
Description
Light, materials, form and space are the primary elements that create and define human environments. Through the manipulation and enhancement of these elements, the human experience can be shifted, elevated, orientated and guided. In this subject students explore the effects that spatial and elemental forms, lighting, colour and materials can have on the experience and interpretation of a space. This elective expands the scale of lighting applications beyond the object and the room, and explores the interior-exterior relationship and the role of lighting in the urban realm. This subject also focuses on the night-time with a darkness-minded design approach.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
1. | Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of light, photometry and colorimetry. |
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2. | Effectively select and use of lamps, light fixtures and controls for lighting installations. |
3. | Explore and explain the effects of illuminated objects in external public spaces. |
4. | Examine the effects of new material technologies on the spatial qualities of interior environments. |
5. | Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of the interaction of light and materials by laboratory research and practical application. |
6. | Clearly communicate design intent using two- and three-dimensional representation. |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject also contributes to the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes:
- Ability to work cooperatively as part of a team, initiate partnerships with others, take a leadership role when required and constructively contribute to peer learning and critique (C.1)
- Ability to communicate ideas effectively, including oral, written, visual, analogue and digital presentations (2D and 3D) (C.2)
- Ability to apply experimentation in thinking and practice as a means toward developing an individual design approach (I.1)
- Ability to understand and generate design propositions across a diverse range of design scenarios and negotiate final propositions with multiple stakeholders (I.2)
- Ability to rigorously explore, apply and extend multiple representational techniques (P.2)
- Ability to apply and deploy disciplinary learning, with a continuing commitment to professional development (P.3)
- Ability to reflect on, challenge and interrogate theoretical speculation (R.4)
Contribution to the development of graduate attributes
The term CAPRI is used for the five Design, Architecture and Building faculty graduate attributes. The course content, learning strategies and assesment structure is explicitly designed with these attributes in mind.
C = communication and groupwork
A = attributes and values
P = practical and professional
R = research and critique
I = innovation and creativity
Teaching and learning strategies
Content will be delivered through presentations and structured exercises that will guide the student step by step to apply the knowledge independently. People enrolled to the subject will be expected to be actively involved in the tutorials to enrich the knowledge of the class. Resources developed by the tutor will be provided to students as included in the class presentations and possible evening study visits to undertake field studies to compliment the knowledge of students.
Content (topics)
This subject addresses the following issues and topics :
1. Lighting in the urban context
2. The role of lighting to transform architecture in the nightscape
3. Architectural lighting concepts and design methodologies
4. Architectural lighting techniques and technologies
5. Types and characteristics of lighting equipment and their application in practice
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Lighting Experimentation, Investigations and Research
Intent: | Experiment and record how light interacts with different materials and simulate ideas for nighttime |
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Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 4, 5 and 6 This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): C.1, C.2, I.1, I.2 and R.4 |
Type: | Report |
Groupwork: | Group, group and individually assessed |
Weight: | 35% |
Length: | Refer to brief/ handout for further information |
Criteria: | Assessment Task 1A: Light and Materials Experiments
Subject Objectives: 1,2,4
Feedback: Students will receive verbal feedback and marks uploaded to Review Assessment Task 1B: Photographic Nightscape Analysis
Assessment criteria
Feedback: Students will receive marks uploaded to Review
Assessment criteria
Feedback: Students will receive marks uploaded to Review |
Assessment task 2: Lighting Project
Intent: | Develop strategic and holistic design solutions with a masterplanning approach to architectural lighting: 2A Lighting Masterplan -Group work 15% |
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Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1, 2, 3 and 5 This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): I.2, P.2, P.3 and R.4 |
Type: | Project |
Groupwork: | Group, group and individually assessed |
Weight: | 65% |
Length: | Refer to brief/ handout for further information |
Criteria: | Assessment Task 2A: Lighting Masterplan
Due date: Week 8 27 Sep 2021 Mon
Lighting masterplan needs to provide an overarching strategy and framework for the development of design proposals for individual elements within the site. It needs to set out aspirations and also provide guidance on the overall lighting composition as well as specific lighting effects or typologies.
Feedback: Students will receive verbal feedback and marks uploaded to Review Assessment Task 2B: Lighting Design Concept
Feedback: Students will receive verbal feedback and marks uploaded to Review
Feedback: Students will receive verbal feedback and marks uploaded to Review |
Minimum requirements
The DAB attendance policy requires students to attend no less than 80% of formal teaching sessions (lectures and tutorials) for each class they are enrolled in to remain eligible for assessment.