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Complex Buildings Research Methods
Postgraduate | CUR-MAA411 | 2022
Course information for 2022 intake
Analyse your Complex Buildings Research Studio (MAA409) project in written, graphical and oral formats.Dig into industry codes and project systems. Rely on this knowledge to craft a response to your project's site situation or urban formation.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Complex Buildings Research Methods
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- research, analyse and integrate information relevant to comprehension of context and siting of project.
- develop a critical design position by sequencing and ordering of formal and spatial relationships applying manual and graphic techniques.
- reflect upon own project in terms of new knowledge specific to the design research task.
- Spatial Intelligence
- Thinking Architecture
- Tower and Office
- National Construction Code
- Performance
This subject focuses on the ‘making’ of outputs emanating from complex building design. Students will develop a series of outputs which describe the design from the co-requisite Complex Buildings Research Studio, in written, graphical and oral presentation forms.
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- Investigative Analysis Project (50%)
- Portfolio (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-MAA-MAS-2022 - Master of Architecture
Elective
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2022 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
- UNE-PRO-GCE-2022 - Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:
one of
- CUR-MAA409-Complex Buildings Research Studio
CUR-MAA406 (Not currently available)
Others
Students who have completed MAA409 (previously MAA406) PRIOR to 2015 are not required to enrol into its co-requisite MAA411 as it was previously counted as double subject.
Additional requirements
- Other 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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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateCUR-MAA-MAS
PostgraduateOUA-PSU-GCE
PostgraduateUNE-PRO-GCE