86133 Spatial Design Practices

6cp; 3hpw, on campus
Requisite(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
Recommended studies:
Active participation in Orientation Week activities including induction to UTS Fabrication Workshop.

Construction and Detailing Elective

Undergraduate

Description

Details are small parts, but they might be strategically deployed to stitch together, to graft and to intimately reengage us; wherein we might rearrange the whole through its parts, engaged in close proximity to and meaningful engagement with material processes and outcomes. They are a key skill of the Interior Architect.

Intimately engaged with the smallest units, students practice architecture as a jeweller might. Students explore local case studies in person - examining buildings as a botanist might examine the workings of a flower. As we look at spaces, students think about how we live in the most intimate dimensions, for example, how does the shape of a pocket relate to the height of the bar?

The elective takes students through iconic examples of detailing practice through 3 key themes/approaches:

Students study and explore how details might be empathetic to the users, and how they are the most intimate moments in the architectural experience
Students consider how they are linked to an understanding of materials and making practices & how details can allow us to remake a space in conversation with the existing built fabrics.
Students look at how we might use detailing as a response to the contingent circumstances in a design. Moving between practices of ‘care’ and of ‘making do’ active detailing engages the complexity of the interaction with the thing itself within the spontaneity and complexity of the ebb and flow of making.

Typical availability

Autumn session, City campus
Spring session, City campus

Detailed subject description.

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