Architecture and Identity
UndergraduateCUR-BAS2502021
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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.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Architecture and Identity
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- critically analyse the historical and cultural context of national and local architecture
- critically evaluate architectural places in terms of cross-disciplinary and contextual relationships
- recognise the relationship between identity and heritage in national and local architecture
- critically evaluate the issues and problems surrounding heritage and conservation.
- Memory, Identity and Architecture
- Introduction to Heritage
- Identity
- Strangers in a Strange Land
- The Armed Camp
- Marvellous Melbourne
- Sweetness and Light
- The Showgirl and the Priest
- Modernism in Australia
- Nuts and Berries
- The Architecture of Commemoration
- The Contested Past
This subject was previously known as Australia, Architecture and Identity.
This subject explores cultural and historical themes in regional design precedents. Through research and site visits this subject examines the development of national and local architecture identity and its present context in global modernism and post-modernism. Global, national, local, and heritage issues impacting on architecture are also investigated in this subject.
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- Presentation (20%)
- Essay (40%)
- Report (40%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Others
Level 2 subjects normally assume an introductory level of prior knowledge in this area, eg for this subject the completion of BAS130 Architecture and Culture. Ensure all Level 1 subjects have been completed.
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Access to hardware: webcam, speakers and microphone.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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