Course results for Architecture Subjects

Build on your understanding of the primary architectural components: space, form, structure and materials. Engage in a reflective and iterative design process to create a new living space that reflects your ideas and complements its surroundings.

Gain an overview of the influences of modern, post-modern and post-structuralist intellectual movements on architecture. Consider and critique the cultural, historic, social, political and philosophical ties that inspired urban environment design. 

Pick apart the advanced architectural systems that make up a complex project. Draw on a number of analytical and testing methods. Address the importance of a project's structure and façade. Juggle your research with a hands-on fieldwork component.

Deconstruct cultural and historical themes shaping Australia’s nation-wide and local architectural identity. Ponder Australian design with global and post-modernism styles. Unearth and assess universal heritage and conservation issues impacting design. 

Unearth national and global environmental parameters impacting architectural decisions. Explore bonds linking climate with design, form and function. Consider structure, materials and construction methods of small-scale builds in local settings. 

Select a research topic and dig into the theoretical, historical, social and cultural aspects of architecture.Take on topics including cultural heritage and sustainability. Frame your architectural study in the context of the urban environment.

Navigate the urban terrain and foundations of cities, from historic grid plans to futuristic cybercities. Reveal the age, issues and historic legacies that shape urban landscapes today. Compare past and present urban planning and design. 

Develop and investigate visual, concrete or abstract design techniques from concept to actualisation. Draw on modelling. Build and apply skills in a variety of real and simulated settings and sites. Collaborate with community and industry. 

Undertake a research assignment into a digital, technological or environmental architectural system.Expand your analytical research method tool kit. Go out into the real work and conduct fieldwork. Transcribe all your findings into a critical review.