ARCHDES 703 : Advanced Design in Housing
Creative Arts and Industries
2023 Semester One (1233) (30 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
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 and apply knowledge on architectural forms, tenure, typologies and construction systems in the development of a design of a housing complex (Capability 1)
- Investigate and develop expressive-tectonic characteristics of the housing project through exploration and testing of key material, structural and constructional propositions (Capability 2 and 3)
- Identify, critique and apply relevant cultural, social and functional positions as they might inform an architectural proposition for a housing programme in a given context (Capability 2, 5 and 6)
- Evaluate and apply relevant and nuanced formal and spatial solutions responsive to concepts, contexts, the housing programme and material facets (Capability 2 and 6)
- Survey and apply appropriate communicative media richly indicative of design propositions and intentions (Capability 4)
- demonstrate, design and create work processes that support collegiality and produce design outputs enabling a range of users and communities (Capability 3, 4 and 6)
Assessments
Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
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Project | 100% | Group & Individual Coursework |
100% |
Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
Project |
Teaching & Learning Methods
This is a core design paper. Teaching takes place in a studio setting, kanohi ki te kanohi (face-to-face) with students typically working in groups of approximately 18 students per tutor and brief. Teaching takes place in 1:1 and small group tutorial settings, through assigned tasks (undertaken individually or as part of a group), through presentations, site visits, readings, film or video-viewings, and other participatory means. Students are expected to present work-in-progress to their peers, teachers and invited guests progressively throughout the semester and to engage in discussion of their own work and that of their peers.
Workload Expectations
This paper is designed as a 30-point course, and as such, students are expected to invest 300 hours total across the semester into their Design Course. Over 12 weeks this amounts to approximately 25 hours per week. Of these 25 hours, 8 are undertaken in studio learning settings (2 x 4hr sessions) with the tutor present and students are expected to attend each of these sessions for the full duration. The remaining 17 hours weekly are required for self-directed and informal group study in support of the studio sessions and presentation events.
Delivery Mode
Campus Experience
Active participation is expected at scheduled activities including all timetabled studio sessions, workshops, and site visits. This attendance is mandatory for completing components of the course. Some presentations will be available as recordings. Other learning activities in studios will typically not be available as recordings. Attendance on campus is expected for the final presentation and for other scheduled presentations events. The activities for the course are scheduled and described in the delivery timetable of the Topic Outline.
Learning 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.
Health & Safety
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
These events are designed to assist students to learn from each other to offer feedback and support.
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.
In design papers, students are expected to utilise design precedents to advance their own designing. However, plagiarism is a serious infringement of academic integrity and this extends to outright copying of previous design work by others. If reference is made to, or images utilised of, other design projects, a written citation acknowledging the original creator should be included. You will be instructed in this paper how to use precedents productively and creatively and how to avoid plagiarism in design.
Class Representatives
Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.
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.
Learning Continuity
In the event of an 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. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.
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 students may be asked to submit 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. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.