This unit of study will give the student an understanding of the design of a small scale building in an urban context. It teaches the foundations for an interdisciplinary design process between the fields of architecture, architectural science, and urban planning. Architectural aspects including typology, scale, proportion, structure, program and materiality are investigated. Students learn the complexities of architectural design, from concepts, ideas and design models to applied aspects including programmatic, structural, and material requirements, limitations of a particular site, or city conditions. The unit equips students with conceptual tools and design skills from analogue modelling and graphic representation to digital drafting, rendering and fabrication, and verbal and written communication. On the successful completion of this unit of study, students will have demonstrated: an understanding of the architectural design process; critically draw upon a historical, theoretical, social, and environmental context; and an ability to express concepts and designs creatively, clearly and cohesively across a range of representation media.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Architecture |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Anastasia Globa, anastasia.globa@sydney.edu.au |
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Lecturer(s) | Hannes Frykholm, hannes.frykholm@sydney.edu.au |
Anastasia Globa, anastasia.globa@sydney.edu.au |