11401 Digital Master Class A

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UTS: Design, Architecture and Building: Architecture
Credit points: 6 cp

Subject level:

Postgraduate

Result type: Grade and marks

Requisite(s): 72 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10413 Bachelor of Design Architecture Master of Architecture OR 72 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10004 Bachelor of Design Architecture OR 72 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): C10271 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture 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): C10272 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture Bachelor of International Studies OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C09079 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Honours)
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.

Description

The focus of this subject is an intensive design workshop presented and curated by an invited guest architect and or scholar. It offers students an opportunity to work with a highly regarded international or Austrlian practitioner, while examining specific spatial, social, and or political topics. In this subject, students are introduced to critical views of the future and labour (digital or otherwise) that engage architecture, landscape architecture, and interior architecture as collective undertakings.

Subject learning objectives (SLOs)

1.	Critically engage with and hack the components of the digital twin system, culminating in the creation of an urban or ecosystem simulation using the Unreal Gaming Engine
2.	Engage with the politics of citation and collective authorship in academic, design and creative research
3.	Engage with the theories, systems, strategies, and tactics for collective action to empower workers in architecture, landscape architecture, and interiors.
4.	Class participation and engagement

Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)

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

• Communicate ideas professionally and effectively through a variety of mediums: oral, written, visual, physical and digital (C.2)
• 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

All students will participate in three modules over the week-long intensive using design and research tools to produce collaborative projects.

Module 1 examines “digital twins” in urban simulations, exploring how this technology, which provides virtual replicas of cities populated with realtime data, impacts urban decision-making and representations across scales, with applications at the ecology/urbanism interface. Participants will critically engage with and hack the components of the digital twin system, culminating in the creation of an urban or ecosystem simulation using the Unreal Gaming Engine.

In Module 2 students will engage with the politics of citation and collective authorship in academic and creative research. Using Zotero—a free open-source research tool that organizes, analyses, and shares sources in a variety of ways—they will collectively create a public bibliography focused on a topic of relevance to their field of study to be determined together. Through readings and group writing exercises students will examine the relationship between systems of knowledge production and processes of collaboration.

Module 3 focuses on collective work in architecture, landscape architecture, and interiors, and will engage students in the theories, systems, strategies, and tactics for collective action to empower workers in these fields. The sessions will move from utopian approaches to work to specific organizational systems like unions and cooperatives, and how they intersect with the specific challenges of the design professions. Technologies and practices will be evaluated for their reinforcement of a commons, across disciplines and professional fields.

Content (topics)

This subject is divided into three inter-connected modules using design and research tools to produce collaborative projects:

• "Digital Twins" will explore how urban simulation impacts urban decision making and representations.
• "Collective Authorship" will engage with politics of citation and collective authorship in academic, design and creative research.
• "Collective Action" will engage in the theories and strategies that can empower collective work amongst architecture, landscape architecture and interiors.

Assessment

Assessment task 1: Digital Twins

Intent:	Module 1 examines “digital twins” in urban simulations, exploring how this technology, which provides virtual replicas of cities populated with realtime data, impacts urban decision-making and representations across scales, with applications at the ecology/urbanism interface. Participants will critically engage with and hack the components of the digital twin system, culminating in the creation of an urban or ecosystem simulation using the Unreal Gaming Engine.
Objective(s):	This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1 and 4 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.2 and R.3
Type:	Project
Groupwork:	Group, individually assessed
Weight:	25%
Criteria:	Class participation and engagement: 40% Module project submission(s): 60% (To be elaborated during induction session)
Criteria linkages:	Criteria Weight (%) SLOs CILOs Criteria 1: Module Project Submission (To be elaborated during induction) 60 1 R.3 Criteria 2: Participation 40 4 C.2 SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes

Assessment task 2: Collective Authorship

Intent:	In Module 2 students will engage with the politics of citation and collective authorship in academic and creative research. Using Zotero—a free open-source research tool that organizes, analyses, and shares sources in a variety of ways—they will collectively create a public bibliography focused on a topic of relevance to their field of study to be determined together. Through readings and group writing exercises students will examine the relationship between systems of knowledge production and processes of collaboration.
Objective(s):	This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 2 and 4 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.2 and R.3
Type:	Project
Groupwork:	Group, individually assessed
Weight:	25%
Criteria:	Class participation and engagement: 40% Module project submission(s): 60% (To be elaborated during induction session)
Criteria linkages:	Criteria Weight (%) SLOs CILOs Criteria 1: Module Project Submission (To be elaborated during induction) 60 2 R.3 Criteria 2: Participation 40 4 C.2 SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes

Assessment task 3: Collective Action

Intent:	Module 3 focuses on collective work in architecture, landscape architecture, and interiors, and will engage students in the theories, systems, strategies, and tactics for collective action to empower workers in these fields. The sessions will move from utopian approaches to work to specific organizational systems like unions and cooperatives, and how they intersect with the specific challenges of the design professions. Technologies and practices will be evaluated for their reinforcement of a commons, across disciplines and professional fields.
Objective(s):	This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 3 and 4 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.2 and R.3
Type:	Project
Groupwork:	Group, individually assessed
Weight:	50%
Criteria:	Class participation and engagement: 40% Module project submission(s): 60% (To be elaborated during induction session)
Criteria linkages:	Criteria Weight (%) SLOs CILOs Criteria 1: Module Project Submission (To be elaborated during induction) 60 3 R.3 Criteria 2: Participation 40 4 C.2 SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes

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.

References

UTS references UTS Library www.lib.uts.edu.au UTS-Online http://online.uts.edu.au The BELL (Becoming an Effective Lifelong Learner) http://www.bell.uts.edu.au/bells/ The ELSSA (English Language and Study Skills Assistance) Centre http://www.uts.edu.au/div/elssa/