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Integrated Buildings Research Methods
Postgraduate | CUR-MAA507 | 2018
Course information for 2018 intake
Wield industry-standard computer programs to create a design for a small-scale architectural project.Visually convey your design intent. Document your process while acknowledging statutory planning, environmental guidelines and client requests.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
FEE-HELP available
Integrated Buildings Research Methods
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- create a detailed design through computer generated drawing that meets industry standards
- reflect upon project detail and visually communicate initial design intent
- determine project constraints through construction methods considerations.
- Place Evaluation
- Conceptual Framework
- Sustainability
- Life Cycle Design
- Development Approval
- Modelling
- Detailing
- Maintaining Design Intent
- Building Licence
- Working Drawings
- Documentation Set
Together with the Integrated Buildings Research Studio, in this subject students will investigate techniques of ideation and methods to resolve and document a small-scale architectural project, with the documentation including provisions for incorporating statutory planning, building and environmental guidelines and client requirements whilst employing best practice documentation standards.
Work Integrated Learning will be incorporated throughout the subject by using a mode of teaching where design activity will take place in workshop situations/ on sites/ simulation of the real world project/ interaction with community and industry etc.
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- Contextual Investigation (30%)
- Dev Application Drawing Set (30%)
- Documentation Drawing Set (40%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
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-MAA506-Integrated Buildings Research Studio
CUR-MAA503 (Not currently available)
Others
Students who have completed MAA506 (previously MAA503) PRIOR to 2015 are not required to enrol into its co-requisite MAA507 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.
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