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BDES2013: Architectural Technologies 2
2024 unit information
Architectural Technologies 2 explores the roles that environmental considerations, structure and construction play in moderately complex small-scale buildings. Emphasis is placed on developing in students an active awareness of the impact that technical and constructional decisions have on architectural design. Through project-based learning, students develop an active awareness of the important role that appropriate technical and constructional decisions play in terms of fulfilling conceptual ambitions in tangible works of architecture. Students develop and demonstrate their developing appreciation of these issues via case study analysis, a group project, individual technical drawings and a final examination.
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 | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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BDES1023 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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DESA2111 or BDES2613 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand the principles of thermal comfort, heat transfer, climate zones and the performance of building materials and elements
- LO2. explain passive design principles incorporated in vernacular architecture and buildings with low energy operation
- LO3. understand the key principles of climate change
- LO4. identify and illustrate a full range of site factors including slope, orientation, outlook, context, and both micro- and macro-climate
- LO5. understand the relationships between climatic conditions including humidity, temperature, air movement and exposure to solar radiation illustrated in the bioclimatic chart
- LO6. employ appropriate circulation and activity spaces to achieve functional planning
- LO7. design and document an appropriate, reasonably priced and build-able structural layout and construction system
- LO8. understand and employ the fundamental principles of ventilation, solar design and natural lighting design for passive comfort
- LO9. understand and employ the fundamental principles of water harvesting
- LO10. employ a sequential design method integrating construction, structural and environmental design principles to produce an environmentally sustainable design exhibiting firmness, commodity and delight
- LO11. design and document an appropriate, reasonably priced and build-able architectural detail.
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