ARCHDES 200 : Design 3
Creative Arts and Industries
2021 Semester One (1213) (30 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
This is a core course in the BAS. Design 3 carries the theme of the ‘domestic’. While being grounded in the known world, the paper presents the imperative of interrogating the familiar. Home, human relationships, privacy, connection to community and social structures will be examined as issues that hold architectural opportunity. Design 3 looks to build upon the critical and technical skill-bases developed in year 1 of the BAS. It emphasises the importance and power of design precedents in the formation of architectural responses.
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 1: | Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice |
| Capability 2: | Critical Thinking |
| Capability 3: | Solution Seeking |
| Capability 4: | Communication and Engagement |
| Capability 5: | Independence and Integrity |
| Capability 6: | Social and Environmental Responsibilities |
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the domestic and pursue a consistent line of questioning to uncover architectural opportunity within the familiar, and further, to explore that opportunity through the development of design propositions. (Capability 1.1, 1.3 and 5.2)
- Demonstrate abilities to develop the tectonic characteristics of the project through the use of expressive material choices and systems. propositions. (Capability 2.2, 2.3 and 3.2)
- Show evidence of an understanding of how a design proposition behaves as an environment (in terms of light, heat, ventilation ...) and how it responds to and influences the site and spatial context it occupies (Capability 1.2, 2.2, 3.2 and 6.2)
- Show evidence of conceptual and developed design skills relative to formal/spatial composition and in the making of scaled 3-dimensional architectural propositions. (Capability 3.1, 3.3 and 5.2)
- Demonstrate productive engagement with media specific to the discipline of architecture – plans sections, elevations, perspectives, models – and understandings of their uses and relationships to one another. (Capability 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 5.2)
- Develop and demonstrate design and creative work processes that support collegiality and produce design outputs enabling a range of users and communities. (Capability 1.1, 1.3, 2.3, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 100% | Group & Individual Coursework |
| 100% |
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Coursework | ||||||||||
Teaching & Learning Methods
This is a core studio course. Teaching takes place in a studio setting, with students typically working in a ratio of a group of approximately 18 students per teacher. Teaching will take place in 1:1 and small group tutorial settings, through assigned tasks (as an individual or as part of a group), through presentations, site visits, readings, film viewings, etc. Students are expected to present work-in=progress to their peers, teachers and invited guests throughout the semester and to engage in discussion of their own work and that of their peers.
Workload Expectations
This course is a standard 30 point course and students are expected to spend 20 hours per week involved in each 30 point course that they are enrolled in. Of this, 8 hours are undertaken in studio learning settings and you are expected to attend each of these. The remainder of the 12 hours will comprise self-directed and informal group study in preparation for the studio sessions
Delivery Mode
Campus Experience
Attendance is expected at scheduled activities including studios, workshops and site visits to complete components of the course. Some presentations will be available as recordings. Other learning activities in studios will typically not be available as recordings. Where the course involves off-shore students, live online events including group discussions, one-to-one design sessions and presentations will occur. Attendance on campus is required for the final presentation and for other scheduled presentations events. In the case of off-shore students, this requirement will be met via online resources. The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable delivery.
Learning Resources
Student Feedback
At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.
Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.
Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.
Other Information
Attendance in studio class as well as engagement with course activities and readings supports academic success. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that students make every effort to attend class and complete all the necessary in-class requirements (see the Student Charter). Attendance in studio and for the duration of presentation sessions is mandatory – students are expected to support and learn from their colleagues. This course may include some group work activities.
Digital Resources
Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).
Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.
Academic Integrity
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.
Inclusive Learning
All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.
Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz
Special Circumstances
If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.
If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.
This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.
In the event of unexpected disruption
We undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions, the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. In the event of a disruption, the University and your course coordinators will make every effort to provide you with up to date information via Canvas and the University website.
Student Charter and Responsibilities
The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.
Disclaimer
Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.
In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.