11529 Special Project 6A
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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)
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Description
The Masters 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. The Masters Special Project electives are announced in the Master of Architecture Prospectus prior to the commencement of each session and introduced at the Ballot Day, when self-enrolment opens.
This subject aims to develop skills in the combination of computational design and robotic fabrication processes. These skills are developed via the design, documentation and construction of prototypes and demonstration assemblies at a scale of 1:1. The subject is largely subservient to the Masters Studio “11551-11554 SuperNatural: Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication for Decarbonisation”, and the designs that are developed and physically prototyped in this elective have begun life in that studio. Students who are not taking that specific Masters studio are encouraged to enroll in this elective and join groups that contain studio participants.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
| 1. | Draw upon local and global techniques and cultures of making via the selection of key research papers and precedent projects. |
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| 2. | Use initiative to explore alternatives, make, test and evaluate detailed design and fabrication decisions. |
| 3. | Produce designed artefacts of high-quality that evidence the integration of knowledge from diverse sources |
| 4. | Establish and communicate a project’s position in the context of designing for decarbonisation, multiple forms of performance and social equity, explaining how design decisions relate to and evidence this position |
| 5. | Communicate designs, details, assembly processes and assembly sequences in a manner that is professional, appropriate and effective |
| 6. | Work cooperatively, professionally and safely as part of a team, contributing appropriately to all required aspects of the project from conceptualisation to realisation |
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)
- 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)
- Independently analyse, synthesise and formulate complex ideas, arguments and rationales and use initiative to explore alternatives (R.3)
Teaching and learning strategies
This subject is taught in-person on campus in one of two modes:
- Semester stream – weekly 3hr touchpoints across a semester
- Block mode – 36hrs across a 2 week period
Students will engage in workshops + seminars to inform and engage with material, develop iterative processes, culminating in a response to a complex brief.
Content (topics)
- Historic and ongoing narratives
- Fabrication + material prototyping
- Innovation in sustainability
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Assessment TASK 1
| Intent: | Assessment Task I sets up the framework of the elective brief specific to either research, context, texting and prototyping, where relevant. Refer to Subject briefing documents |
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| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1, 2, 3, 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.): A.2, C.1, C.2, I.1 and R.3 |
| Type: | Project |
| Groupwork: | Group, group and individually assessed |
| Weight: | 35% |
Assessment task 2: Assessment TASK 2
| Intent: | AT2 develops a translation from AT1 into a considered reponse, that can include, but is not limited to - design solutions, policy documents, fabrication + protoyping, parametric modelling, architecture speculation. Refer to Subject Briefing document for agenda and deliverables |
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| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 2, 3, 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.): A.1, C.1, C.2, I.1 and R.3 |
| Type: | Project |
| Groupwork: | Group, individually assessed |
| Weight: | 65% |