11528 Special Project 5A
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Credit points: 6 cp
Result type: Grade and marks
Requisite(s): 144 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C09079 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Honours)
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Description
The School of Architecture Special Project series engages Industry Professionals/Advocates/Affiliates in discourse across the topics of Decarbonisation, Decolonisation + Urban Equity, relative to the Practice of Architecture. Drawing on varied methods, which can include speculative design / technological prototyping / theory / writing / exhibition + encounters, students collaborate and formalise their own positions in response to the specific briefs set by the curated Elective Leads.
This is a Global Travel Study Tour Elective
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
| 1. | Engage and reflect on industry practice methods |
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| 2. | Situate the discipline through investigations of practice methods + case studies |
| 3. | Set up a narrative of reflection + analysis |
| 4. | Utilise mixed-media to make an argument of analysis |
| 5. | Actively engage and participate in teamwork |
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)
- Recognise and appreciate local and global cultural diversities and values (A.2)
- 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)
- Creatively use architectural media, technologies and materials (I.2)
- Understand and challenge disciplinary conventions through an engagement with emergent forms of architectural practice, technologies and modes of production (P.1)
Teaching and learning strategies
This subject is a Global Travel Study Tour Elective - run in block mode in the specified location. Students will be expected to attend the full itinerary as outlined (in a separated supplementary document)
Students will engage in site visits, workshops + seminars to inform and engage with material, develop iterative processes, culminating in an analytical response to a brief, produced via mixed media.
Content (topics)
- Historic and ongoing narratives
- Fabrication + material prototyping
- Innovation in sustainability
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Contextual Analysis
| Intent: | Assessment Task 1 asks students to research and analysis a case study / practice for presentation on location - refer to supplementary handout for briefing specifics and deliverables |
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| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1, 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.): C.1, I.2 and P.1 |
| Type: | Case study |
| Groupwork: | Group, individually assessed |
| Weight: | 40% |
Assessment task 2: Reflective Production
| Intent: | Assessment Task 2 will ask Students to undertake a comprehensive analaysis of presscribed areas of observation: Daily Rituals, Dwelling, Public Space, Landscapes + Sustainability - refer to supplementary handout for briefing specifics + deliverables |
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| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 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, A.2, C.1 and I.2 |
| Type: | Design/drawing/plan/sketch |
| Groupwork: | Group, individually assessed |
| Weight: | 60% |