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Interior Design Studio 5- Structure
Undergraduate | CUR-BIA260 | 2020
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Analyse structures and identify how they fit into design situations. Focus on walls, joins and connections. Participate in furniture workshops. Experiment with model making and technology to test structural principles like compression and tension.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Interior Design Studio 5- Structure
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- apply basic structural principles of compression and tension
- analyse and test structural elements, material, economy, sustainability and construction through design processes of modelling, diagramming and drawing
- critique and negotiate temporal, physical and cultural conditions of site, in particular developing an understanding of Indigenous perspectives of this inter-relatedness
- formulate a design proposition through synthesising and reflecting on a range of resources including readings and site investigations
- communicate the complexities of structure and site using appropriate oral and visual strategies.
- Loads
- Typology of a Wall
- Expression of Structure
- Materials
- Joins and Connections
- Expression of Form
- Communicating your Ideas
- Precedents to Inspire
This subject was previously known as Interior Architecture Expressive Structures Studio.
This studio unit considers a multi-disciplinary approach to the relationship between structure and meaning, and secondly, the concept of site: physical/cultural/poetic. Through processes of drawing, diagramming and model making, students test and experiment with the nature of physical structures to gain an understanding of basic structural principles. In relation to social structure, the studio program will provide students with an understanding of the relationship between indigenous people's connection to country, community, culture and wellbeing The studio introduces an experience of place and time, thinking about designing with an awareness of temporality: past, present and future. Students will undertake site visits, diagramming, the examination of precedents and work strategically and collaboratively in groups.
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- Site Investigation Presentation (30%)
- Design Proposition Presentation (20%)
- Final Design Project Presentation (50%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this 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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