86025 The Art of Detail
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Credit points: 6 cp
Result type: Grade and marks
Requisite(s): 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 72 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10413 Bachelor of Design Architecture Master of Architecture OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10423 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture Bachelor of Languages and Cultures 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): 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
Recommended studies:
Induction to UTS Fabrication Workshop
Description
An interdisciplinary elective designed for students who are interested in developing their detail, documentation and 1:1 model building skills by working on a client-based project.
In a 2-week intensive block students prototype solutions including furniture elements in the UTS studio and fabrication workshop to test their design ideas.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
| 1. | Participate actively during studio sessions individually and in groupwork activities. |
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| 2. | Demonstrate proficiency in clear and industry related representational (graphic and model building) conventions. |
| 3. | Generate design propositions appropriate to the assessment tasks and demonstrate an understanding of the connection between design intent and construction details |
| 4. | Apply and understand construction and detailing methods and techniques and define considerations relating to detail design, materials and specifications. |
| 5. | Research, analyse and document precedents and synthesise information relating to materials, processes, production and ecological sustainability. |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject also contributes to the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes:
- Ability to develop and establish an informed and ethical understanding and/or position toward social, technical and environmental practices (A.2)
- Ability to work cooperatively as part of a team, initiate partnerships with others, take a leadership role when required and constructively contribute to peer learning and critique (C.1)
- Ability to communicate ideas effectively, including oral, written, visual, analogue and digital presentations (2D and 3D) (C.2)
- Ability to apply experimentation in thinking and practice as a means toward developing an individual design approach (I.1)
- Ability to understand and generate design propositions across a diverse range of design scenarios and negotiate final propositions with multiple stakeholders (I.2)
- Ability to apply and deploy disciplinary learning, with a continuing commitment to professional development (P.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
This subject uses problem based learning strategies that involve students in researching and developing their own solutions to complex design and detailing challenges.
The subject is delivered over 2 weeks in daily 4h studio sessions.
The students will work individually and in groups and in each studio session they will receive feedback on their project. During pin-up and workshop presentations, students will be expected to actively participate in collaborative peer review feedback exercises.
The students are to research appropriate materials for their design and work in the studio and UTS workshops to produce a 1:1 or 1:2 scale model of a part of their design. At the end of the subject, the students will present their documented proposals and models to the client with verbal presentation of the process.
All subject documents and messages about activities and exercises will occur through UTS Canvas. Grades, marks and feedback on final design submissions will be provided through Review.
Content (topics)
Topics include:
- Critical and Conceptual thinking to generate informed design ideas using interdisciplinary and client responsive approach
- Documentation and Detail drawings to produce documentation drawings to communicate the design intent to builders and fabricators in a contract documentation context
- Fabrication and Modelmaking to develop an understanding of fabrication processes
- Material and Product research to enable informed design decisions
- Verbal and Visual Presentation to develop client responsiveness
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Precedent Research
| Intent: | Research based assessment task to analyse display and storage strategies of real life precedents. Materials are collected. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 2, 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.2, C.2 and I.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Design/drawing/plan/sketch | ||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Individual | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 20% | ||||||||||||||||
| Length: | Refer to brief/ handout for further information | ||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Assessment task 2: Concept Design
| Intent: | Concept design of spatial layout iterations and detailed sketch proposals of display and storage modules. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1, 2, 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.1, C.2, I.1 and I.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Design/drawing/plan/sketch | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Group, group and individually assessed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 40% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Length: | Refer to brief/ handout for further information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Assessment task 3: Final Design
| Intent: | Final design presentation: set of of design and detail drawings and prototype model of display/ storage module. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1, 2, 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.1, C.2, I.2 and P.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Design/drawing/plan/sketch | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Group, group and individually assessed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 40% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Length: | Refer to brief/ handout for further information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
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.
Recommended texts
Thompson, Rob (Designer).The materials sourcebook for design professionals, Thames & Hudson
Materials experience : fundamentals of materials and design,MARK AS DONE, Butterworth-Heinemann
Transmaterial Next: A Catalog of Materials that Redefine Our Future, Princeton Architectural Press
Material Revolution: Sustainable and Multi-Purpose Materials for Design and Architecture, Birkhäuser Verlag
Ballast, David Kent. Interior Detailing Concept to Construction, John Wiley & Sons
Series Scale (2014) Furnishing - zoning : spaces, materials, fit-out, Birkhauser
Edition Detail (2008), Interior surfaces and materials : aesthetics, technology, implementation,
Birkhauser Promopress, New portable architecture, Designing mobile and temporary structures, Sandu Publishing Co
Plunkett D. (2010) Construction and Detailing for Interior Design, Laurence King Publishing
Other resources
DETAIL Magazine English 5/2011 - Materials and Finishes
DETAIL Magazine English 6/2013 - Temporary Structures
DETAIL Magazine English 4/2013 - Simple and Complex,
DETAIL Magazine English 4/2015 - Materials and Finishes
DETAIL Magazine English 6/2014 - Interiors and Lighting
DETAIL Magazine English 10/2022 - Lighting Interiors