11364 Building Anatomies

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UTS: Design, Architecture and Building: Architecture
Credit points: 6 cp
Result type: Grade and marks

Requisite(s): 144 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10413 Bachelor of Design Architecture Master of Architecture
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.

Description

We can transform Sydney to run on resources that will never run out - and benefit both socially and economically from the transition. A New Normal facilitates the modelling and prototyping of an actionable strategy to transform our cities energy, water, waste and food production systems to function self sufficiently within a 10 year period. Following on from the launch at Design Week Melbourne in 2021 - A New Normal is set to transform Sydney in 2024. In this elective, groups of 3 students work together with the team at finding infinity (www.findinginfini-ty.com) to help write a book to accelerate Greater Sydney’s transition. This book will be launched at Vivid Festival 2024 with an art installation / architectural exhibition involving some of Sydney’s best architects. Each group collaboratively works on 1 of the 12 chapters including: researching global case studies, writing, creating infographics, and more. Collectively students help transform Sydney into a city that never runs out!

Subject learning objectives (SLOs)

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1.	Demonstrate an understanding of learned + innovated technique applied to writing/fabrication/or design.
2.	Demonstrate an ability to synthesise ideas through iterative methods and processes, in response to a complex brief.
3.	Research and set up conceptual framing.
4.	Situate within the broader profession in order to innovate.
5.	Participate and collaborate.

Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)

This subject also contributes to the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes:

Establish and develop an informed and ethical position towards social, technical and environmental issues and practices (A.1)
Work cooperatively and professionally as part of a team, initiate partnerships with others, take a leadership role when required, and constructively contribute to peer learning (C.1)
Communicate ideas professionally and effectively through a variety of mediums: oral, written, visual, physical and digital (C.2)
Produce inspirational responses that demonstrate the successful integration of sub-disciplinary areas of knowledge: history, theory, tectonics and/or practice (I.1)
Understand and challenge disciplinary conventions through an engagement with emergent forms of architectural practice, technologies and modes of production (P.1)
Independently analyse, synthesise and formulate complex ideas, arguments and rationales and use initiative to explore alternatives (R.3)

Contribution to the development of graduate attributes

The term CAPRI is used for the five Design, Architecture and Building faculty graduate attribute categories where:

C = communication and groupwork

A = attitudes and values

P = practical and professional

R = research and critique

I = innovation and creativity.

Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs) are linked to these categories using codes (e.g. C-1, A-3, P-4, etc.).

Teaching and learning strategies

Students will engage with invited Industry Professionals who are niched in their field for innovation across the categories of research + theory, fabrication, material technology or practice models. Engaging in collaborative exchange, Students will be introduced to new ways of working in response to an assigned, complex brief and iterate responses across mediums, but not limited to – writing/prototyping/exhibition/drawing/documentation

Content (topics)

Social + Economic structures for a city
Systems thinking
Rescources - water, energy, waste, food production
Global case studies

Assessment

Assessment task 1: Research + development

Intent:

Refer to Subject Brief handout for intent, method and deliverables.

Objective(s):

This task addresses the following subject learning objectives:

1, 2, 3, 4 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.):

A.1, C.1, C.2, P.1 and R.3

Type:

Design/drawing/plan/sketch

Groupwork:

Group, individually assessed

Weight:

35%

Criteria linkages:

Criteria	Weight (%)	SLOs	CILOs
Research / Precedent study	30	4	A.1
Conceptual Framing	10	3	R.3
Design Response	20	2	P.1
Representation	30	1	C.2
Participation + contribution	10	5	C.1

SLOs: subject learning objectives
CILOs: course intended learning outcomes

Assessment task 2: Documentation