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ARCH9105: Architectural Drawing Through History
2025 unit information
In Architectural Drawing Through History, students critically investigate and then imaginatively deploy in a studio project an unconventional historical drawing technique of their choosing. Close studies of the widely differing range of drawings that were produced to achieve the architecture of Ancient Egypt, Classical Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque, can illuminate aesthetic sensibilities that are often profoundly difference to our own, and can provide insights into the worldviews of the cultures that produced them. Drawings are a vital mediator between that which can be imagined and that which can be built, and the elective contributes to architectural historian Robin Evans' claim that it would be possible to 'write a history of western architecture that would have little to do with either style or signification, concentrating instead on the manner of working. Students conduct textual and graphic analyses of case study drawings and buildings, but engage equally in practical experimentation in an effort to unfold and re-animate the potential of forgotten or marginalised drawing methods to inform current architectural practice.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Architecture |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrate an increased understanding of the conventions of architectural drawing and model making, and an ability to employ these for the purposes of both critical analysis and creative expression.
- LO2. Evaluate multiple written and graphic sources in order to filter and synthesise information.
- LO3. Work productively in an architectural studio setting to assess, reflect and provide feedback on one's own design process as well as that of others.
- LO4. Convincingly convey architectural propositions using oral, graphic and written modes of communication.
- LO5. Evaluate feedback from others in a manner that is both reflective and proactive.
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Intensive January - February 2024
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive January - February 2025
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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