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BAEN2011: DIL: Material and Technology
2025 unit information
This studio expands the scope of architectural design to include the role of materials and structure as a proponent of built form. Through the design of a small-scale public building in a constrained urban site, students learn to synthesize conceptual, programmatic, and organisational strategies with the material and structural parameters of an architectural project. In-class lectures and assignments will introduce students to both digital and analogue modes for exploring fundamental material and structural logics of architectural design. This unit will also introduce students to regional and international precedents to demonstrate the application of innovative practices using materials and structure in the built environment. The objective of this unit is to equip students with an ability to think critically about the transformation, evaluation, and creative synthesis of different materials and structure into an imaginative and plausible architectural response to a project brief.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Architecture |
| Credit points | 12 |
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Prerequisites:
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BDES1023 and BAEN1001 |
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Corequisites:
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BADP2004 |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Critically interpret and evaluate an architectural brief for a small-scale public building and devise an imaginative and plausible response.
- LO2. Develop design solutions that effectively synthesize building form, materiality, spatial organisation, and building technologies to programmed activities.
- LO3. Convey architectural propositions through creation of rendered, accurate and appropriately scaled architectural plan, section, and elevation drawings using analogue and digital media techniques.
- LO4. Critically select from and use both hand and digital fabrication techniques to produce a physical scale model of design proposals.
- LO5. Evaluate feedback from others in a manner that is both reflective and proactive.
- LO6. Demonstrate the ability to study precedents and apply knowledge of precedents to the development of architectural ideas and proposals.
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