ARCH71-123: Architecture and Urbanism Studio: High Performance Building

Description

Architecture + Urbanism Studio: High Performance Buildings focuses upon the research and design of a single, comprehensive architectural project over the duration of the semester through either a civic or hybrid typology. Students will engage with a broad community of professionals, stakeholders, and programmatic conditions. Students shall conduct rigorous analysis and research to inform high-quality design outcomes that are attendant to social, ethical, regulatory, technical, procurement, and environmental issues.

Students are expected to develop projects to a high degree of resolution in terms of spatial and experiential quality, technical proficiency, and conceptual rigour, underpinned by theoretical and historical knowledge, and communicated clearly. The work of the studio will demonstrate competency across fundamental architectural skills including brief writing and analysis, site analysis, conceptual and design development, detailed documentation, and integration of building services and structures to result in a highly-resolved and technically proficient proposal.

Projects in the studio will be of a large scale, urban setting, and complex building type with a thematic emphasis that will change from year to year under the umbrella of contributing to the overall research direction of the School of Architecture. Students will be expected to engage in the studio with a high degree of individual motivation, resourcefulness, and inquisitiveness as would be expected of professional level studies.

Subject details

Learning outcomes

1. Integrate contemporary architectural and urbanism technology, practice and discourse in the design of a complex architectural project. 2. Research, analyse, and integrate relevant aspects of historical, theoretic, and sociocultural precedents and themes to critically inform design decisions. 3. Develop and document design proposals using industry standard software and communication tools, including drawing, models, 3d visualisations, and physical models. 4. Creatively and imaginatively implement aesthetic and functional resolution of a project design including project briefing, site planning, spatial requirements, building occupancy and circulation, and formal composition. 5. Test, evaluate, and propose through detailed documentation the integration of comprehensive building services, engineering structures, and environmental systems to support a holistic project solution and procurement strategy. 6. Work collaboratively and individually as part of a design project lifecycle and critically reflect on how design activity generates new skills and discoveries.

Enrolment requirements

Subject outlines

• September 2022 [Standard]
• September 2021 [Standard]
• September 2020 [Standard]

Subject dates