Integrated Buildings Research Studio
PostgraduateCUR-MAA5062022
Course information for 2022 intake
Transform your creative ideas into an industry-standard architectural design project.Work in statutory planning considerations and client requirements. Turn to theoretical principles and design concepts. Engage in additional fieldwork research.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Integrated Buildings Research Studio
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- research and analyse best practice exemplars and case studies as a tool for referencing and generating a creative and imaginative design response to brief, site, user intent and built purpose.
- integrate design knowledge and industry requirements to produce a coherent conceptual design.
- develop and present a detailed design with an increasing level of functional and technical resolution that articulates conceptual thinking whilst integrating construction systems, materials and building services.
- Place Evaluation
- Conceptual Framework
- Sustainability
- Development Approval
- Modelling
- Detailing
- Maintaining Design Intent
- Building Licence
- Working Drawings
- Documentation Set
This subject was previously known as MAA503 Integrated Buildings Research Studio.
This subject focuses on the process of design, developed through industry based projects and requirements. Students will design a small-scale architectural project to a high level of resolution, while addressing statutory planning, building and client requirements. Best practice exemplars and cases studies will be referred to as a foundation for design. There will be a fieldwork component, the nature of which is dependent upon the focus of research. Work Integrated Learning will be incorporated throughout the subject by using a mode of teaching where activities will take place in workshop situations/on sites/simulation of the real-world project/interaction with community and industry.
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- Schematic Design Project (50%)
- Documentation 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:
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
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.
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
Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice
PostgraduateUNE-PRO-GCE