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Design Fabrication
UndergraduateCUR-BIA2902025
Work on forward-thinking, sustainable designs for interior objects. You’ll consider making technologies and the nature of light. Assessment is based around your project where you’ll propose and present a prototype object.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 25 May 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 2 June 2025,
- 1 Sept 2025
- Price from
- $1,286
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Design Fabrication
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- research and analyse relevant theory and precedents in relation to light, relevant technologies and the future of light
- adapt and transform existing methods to design, create and assemble an object
- incorporate ethical and sustainable work practices working independently and collaboratively in the production of objects
- communicate conceptual intent through the construction of an object using new technologies of light, making and construction
- Phenomenology of Light;
- Laser Cutting and CNC Routing;
- 3D Printing;
- Sustainability;
- Safety;
- Model Making.
This innovative subject examines narratives of occupation, of use, and of making, as embedded in designed products that constitute the interior. Through a series of explorations and testings, students use technology to create a prototype object that has purpose and feasibility for the design industry. Emphasis is placed upon future-thinking and finding simple ways to communicate narratives of construction, use, and occupation. Practices of environmental sustainability are also considered in students’ final products.
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- Proposal (20%)
- Presentation (30%)
- Constructed Prototype Project (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-IND-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Interior Design
- CUR-IAH-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Applied Science (Interior Architecture) (Honours)
Elective
- CUR-BAS-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Applied Science (Architectural Science)
- CUR-CME-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management)
- CUR-FAST-DEG-2025 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study
Equivalent subjects
You won't be able to enrol into this subject if you've already successfully completed or currently enrolled in the following subject(s) as they are considered anti-requisites due to the similarity of the content.
CUR-BIA490 (Not currently available)
Others
Pre Requisite: Successful completion of 150 credit points.
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Audio video equipment required - webcam, microphone and speakers.
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
UndergraduateCUR-IND-DEG
Bachelor of Applied Science (Interior Architecture) (Honours)
UndergraduateCUR-IAH-DEG
Bachelor of Applied Science (Architectural Science)
UndergraduateCUR-BAS-DEG
Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management)
UndergraduateCUR-CME-DEG
Fast track your Curtin on campus study
UndergraduateCUR-FAST-DEG