ARCHTECH 207 : Design Technology 1

Creative Arts and Industries

2024 Semester One (1243) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Development of structural and construction principles and systems for small-scale and residential buildings. Characteristics and behaviour of common building materials. Building components and detailing. Outline of building codes, health and safety regulations and site operations. Active building services and technologies for residential housing, including heating, cooling, ventilation, water, waste, electrical services and vertical transportation. Application to design studio projects.

Course Overview

The course provides an overview of the most important construction methods and the range of different materials employed. In keeping with the course objectives, course contents are structured from the large to small scale, ensuring that each component of information is represented within the fabric of the whole. An examination of the inter-relationships between various construction techniques will highlight the nature of building construction as a complex, technical, functional aesthetic in the context of architectural reality.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: ARCHTECH 108

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: People and Place
Capability 2: Sustainability
Capability 3: Knowledge and Practice
Capability 4: Critical Thinking
Capability 5: Solution Seeking
Capability 6: Communication
Capability 7: Collaboration
Capability 8: Ethics and Professionalism

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Describe and understand critically the development of structural and construction principles and systems for small-scale and residential buildings. (Capability 3.2)
  2. Understand and explain characteristics and behavior of common construction materials. (Capability 3.3 and 4.2)
  3. Approach the design process for building components and detailing (Capability 4.2 and 5.3)
  4. Use and apply fundamental knowledge for the relationship between material, construction and form and of the principles forming the basis of these relationships. (Capability 4.3 and 5.3)
  5. Communicate the most important construction methods, structured by most important construction methods and the range of different materials employed. (Capability 2.2, 4.3, 5.3 and 6.2)
  6. Use the appropriate disciplinary vocabulary. (Capability 7.3 and 8.3)
  7. Demonstrate the achievement of the outcomes above, both as individual students as well as contributors to group work. (Capability 1.3, 2.2, 3.2, 4.3, 5.3, 6.3, 7.3 and 8.2)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Assignments 20% Individual Coursework
Assignments 10% Group Coursework
Assignments 30% Individual Coursework
Final Exam 40% Individual Examination
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Assignments
Assignments
Assignments
Final Exam
Pass Requirements
Sitting the final exam is compulsory. Not sitting the exam will lead to a DNS in your academic record and to the automatic failure of this course.

Teaching & Learning Methods

The course will be delivered in a combination of lectures and tutorial courses.
• The lectures are connected contently to the tutorials and to the assignments made in the tutorials. It is structured by most important construction methods and the range of different materials employed.
• In the lectures students develop knowledge of structural and construction principles and systems for small-scale residential buildings. In the tutorial the students have to practices the development of construction details for small-scale residential buildings.
Team teaching: During the presentation there will be an exchange of the tutor supervisor’s within the tutorial groups. The lecturer and course coordinator will give also feedback during the presentations in the different tutorial groups.
There will be guest lectures. The content of the lecture includes subjects like building codes, building service and bearing structure.

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.

For this course, you can expect 26 hours of lectures, a 18 hour tutorial, 20 hours of reading and thinking about the content and 86 hours of work on assignments and/or test preparation.

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

Attendance is required and expected at scheduled activities including tutorials and lectures to complete components of the course.
Lectures will be available as recordings. Other learning activities including tutorials will be not be available as recordings.
The course will not include live online events including.
Attendance on campus is not required for the exam.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.

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.

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.

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Other Information

Students are expected to attend to tutorials and lectures weekly. Attendance in tutorial class and in tutorial sessions, as well as engagement with course activities, modules and readings, supports academic success. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that students make every effort to attend tutorial class and complete all the necessary in-class requirements. Please note that participation to Tutorial sessions will be tracked by Tutors each week.
Emails will be answered from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm during weekdays. Emails will not be sent or answered during the weekends. Any emails received after 5:00pm will be answered within 48 hs counting from the next day.

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 for potential plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct, using computerised detection mechanisms.

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.

Requests for extensions of time must be submitted and approved using the online Extension of Time Application form available on Canvas. Students should notify the Course Director/Course Coordinator of their situation as soon as practicable, and preferably before any due date. Notifications received after an assessment due date will be accepted, where this is reasonable, within the context of the course. If possible, students are encouraged to seek medical, counselling or other support from the most appropriate sources.

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.

Published on 31/10/2023 11:44 a.m.