86222 Communication and Construction: Synthesis
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Credit points: 6 cp
Result type: Grade and marks
Requisite(s): 86221 Communication and Construction: Interior Technologies
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Description
The subject explores communication and construction through orthographic drawings and industry practices. This subject interrogates modes of production through the development of a drawing package suitable for the feasibility of a residence and, separately, the tendering of a small commercial project. The drawing package are documented to industry standards, consisting of a numbered drawing index and corresponding drawings of appropriate scale and complexity for a contractor to price. Skills developed in this subject include observation and the production of measured drawings and the development of integrated and cross-referenced architectural drawings, including plans, elevations, lighting, wet area layouts, shadow diagrams, and materials + equipment schedules.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
| 1. | Demonstrate understanding of Interior Architecture industry standard documentation. |
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| 2. | Generate spatial design solutions that respond to project briefs and functional requirements |
| 3. | Identify, select and specify a range of Interior Architecture technologies including lighting, joinery, wall, floor and ceiling finishes |
| 4. | Demonstrate the ability to produce a drawing package integrating sufficient scale and complexity for a specific documentation phase |
| 5. | Analyse and evaluate the relationship between controls and their impact on architectural design and formal outcomes |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject also contributes to the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes:
- Ability to take autonomous responsibility for actions and decisions (A.1)
- Ability to communicate ideas effectively, including oral, written, visual, analogue and digital presentations (2D and 3D) (C.2)
- Ability to initiate and execute meaningful self-directed iterative processes (I.3)
- Ability to apply and utilise appropriate communication techniques, knowledge and understanding to enable practical applications in spatial design (P.1)
- Ability to rigorously explore, apply and extend multiple representational techniques (P.2)
- Ability to apply and deploy disciplinary learning, with a continuing commitment to professional development (P.3)
- Ability to independently select and apply appropriate research methodologies to carry out investigative study (R.1)
- Ability to analyse, formulate and synthesise complex ideas, arguments and rationales and use initiative to explore alternatives (R.2)
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of interior and spatial design precedent and to contextualise one's work within the extended discipline (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
Communication and Construction: Synthesis is a studio-based subject. It consists of 3-hour weekly studio sessions and an interactive lecture series. Studio sessions comprise task-specific exercises encouraging interactive and collaborative learning through student/tutor and peer-to-peer dialogues. During the semester, students are presented with core theoretical and practical components essential to satisfying the five subject learning objectives.
Studio sessions are forums for ongoing tutor feedback, peer feedback, exchanging ideas and knowledge, and producing subject-specific material. Formative feedback is designed to help students improve their performance in time for submitting an assessment item. For this to occur, students need to respond constructively to the feedback provided. This involves critically reflecting on advice given and, in response, altering the approach to a given assessment. Formative feedback may also, on occasion, be provided by other students. It is delivered informally, either in conversation during a tutorial or in the course of discussion at the scale of the whole class. It is the student’s responsibility to record any feedback given during meetings or studio sessions.
Communication and Construction: Synthesis uses an inquiry-based learning strategy that engages students in researching and developing their own individual understanding of the learning objectives. Therefore, student attendance in all classes is required to facilitate a proper working environment where exchanging ideas and knowledge can occur. All subject documents, content-specific information, and communication will be handled through CANVAS.
Summative feedback is provided in written form with all assessed work. It is published along with indicative grades in CANVAS. Summative feedback focuses on assessment outcomes. It indicates how successfully a student has performed in terms of specific assessment criteria.
Content (topics)
The subject addresses the following issues and topics:
- Research and analysis processes specific to producing Interior Architecture documentation
- Construction principles of Interior Architecture
- The production of a numbered drawing package for a specific documentation phase
- Interior Architecture technologies
- Materials, finishes, lighting and equipment specifications
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Feasibility report
| Intent: | Assessment Task 1: Feasibility Report asks students to produce a report that tests massing options for a residential development following a council's Local Government Area's (LGA) statutory controls and guidelines. | ||||||||||||||||
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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.): I.3, P.1 and P.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Report | ||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Individual | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 40% | ||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Assessment task 2: Design development
| Intent: | Assessment Task 2: Design Development shifts focus away from residential statutory controls and focuses on the design and documentation of a commercial fit-out. Students will produce documentation for an office fit-out, including the specified lighting, equipment, materials and furnishings. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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, C.2 and R.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Project | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Individual | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 20% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Assessment task 3: Tender documentation
| Intent: | Assessment Task 3: Tender documentation builds on AT2 and asks students to document the commercial amenities for the space designed in the previous task. The documentation of the amenities is to align with the requirements of the National Code of Construction and AS 1428.1-2021. Accompanying the orthographic drawing set will be a set of schedules for the lighting, equipment, materials and furnishings to a level of detail suitable for tendering | ||||||||||||||||
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| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 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.): P.3, R.1 and R.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Project | ||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Individual | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 40% | ||||||||||||||||
| Criteria: | |||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Minimum requirements
Attendance
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.
Pursuant to "UTS Rule 3.8.2", students who do not satisfy attendance requirements, may be refused permission by the Responsible Academic Officer to be considered for assessment for this subject. Students can make themselves familiar with all University rules here:
https://www.uts.edu.au/about/uts-governance/rules/uts-student-rules
Students who are unable to attend for personal reasons (e.g. sickness) are to notify the subject's coordinators by email on the day of absence.
Late and Incomplete Assignments
A non-attendance at Assessment Submission Presentations without reasonable substantiated documented evidence, signed off by the Subject Coordinator, will be an automatic non-assessment.
Digital upload of Assignments submitted after the due time/date will incur the late penalties listed below unless a formal extension of time has been granted by the Subject Coordinator. This should be approved BEFORE the submission deadline where possible. Work submitted more than 5 working days after the stated submission date, will not be accepted for assessment unless a formal extension of time has been granted by the Subject Coordinator on receipt of a Special Consideration Form. (Please refer to the “Exemptions and Absence” and “Special Consideration” sections of the DAB Subject Information Book).
Late digital submissions will incur the following penalties -
Up to 1 day late: 10% late reduction **(24 hours from the specified deadline)
Up to 2 days late: 20% late reduction
Up to 3 days late: 30% late reduction
Up to 4 days late: 40% late reduction
Up to 5 days late: 50% late reduction
Over 5 days late: NOT ACCEPTED
** Where no exact time is specified for a deadline it will be assumed that the deadline is 9am on the date specified.
Recommended texts
Texts can be found and accessed on the subject Reading List, accessible via Canvas.